Adult Cardiac · Clinical Fellowship
Advanced Aortic Surgery Fellowship
University of Calgary — Sections of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery (Libin Cardiovascular Institute) · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Calgary · Canada
Programme overview
A 12-month clinical fellowship within the Calgary Aortic Program giving focused training in open and endovascular management of complex aortic disease, rotating six months at each of two academic teaching hospitals plus the aortic clinic. The fellow takes part in all thoracoabdominal, open descending thoracic and endovascular arch procedures.
Associated faculty
Programme relationships are sourced from official material; portraits come from institutional profiles where available. This directory does not infer operative volume or outcomes.
R. Scott McClure, MD, SMAssociate Professor, Department of Cardiac Sciences; Co-Director, Calgary Aortic Program; Program Director, Advanced Aortic Surgery Fellowship
Kenton Rommens, MD, FRCSC, FACSClinical Professor of Surgery; Co-Director, Advanced Aortic Surgery Fellowship, Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Programme details
- Focus
- Complex aortic disease, open and endovascular
- Duration
- 12 months
- Eligibility
- Completed or completing a Royal College accredited residency in Cardiac or Vascular Surgery
- Required prior training
- Cardiac or vascular surgery residency
- Application documents
- Letter of interest, 2 reference letters, CV
- Official contact
- samantha.hardy@ahs.ca
- Data quality
- Official institutional source verified 9 Oct 2026
- Source type
- Official institutional or society page
- Registration
- Royal College–accredited residency (or in progress) required per page
- Language
- English
- Visa information
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Funding
- Not publicly listed — confirm with the programme
- Participation
- Clinical fellowship; privileges depend on credentialing
- International applicants
- Not publicly listed — confirm with the programme
International applicant check
- Clinical participation
- Clinical fellowship; privileges depend on credentialing
- Registration
- Royal College–accredited residency (or in progress) required per page
- Visa
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
- Language
- English
This is a source summary, not an eligibility decision. Confirm licensing, immigration, funding and clinical privileges with the responsible institution.
How to apply
Submit a letter of interest, two letters of reference and a CV to Drs. Scott McClure & Kenton Rommens c/o samantha.hardy@ahs.ca (Advanced Aortic Fellowship Program Coordinator). Interviews in October; applicants notified by end of October.
Open official programme page ↗Verification notes
Libin clinical training page lists 'Deadline for applications October 1' with no year; the 1 Oct 2026 deadline has passed, so the next window is presumably October 2027. Call not to exceed 1-in-4 per block.