Adult Cardiac · Clinical Fellowship
Structural Heart Interventions Fellowship
University Hospital Zurich (University Heart Center) · Zurich, Switzerland · Zurich · Switzerland
Programme overview
A two-year structural heart fellowship run by the Department of Cardiology within the University Heart Center, covering TAVI, transcatheter mitral and tricuspid repair and replacement, left atrial appendage closure and complex structural interventions. Cardiac surgeons have completed it to learn transcatheter techniques from scratch.
Associated faculty
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Programme details
- Focus
- TAVI, TEER, transcatheter tricuspid and mitral therapies, LAA/PFO/ASD closure
- Duration
- 2 years
- Participation
- Procedural training in structural heart interventions plus research
- International applicants
- Accepted; USZ supports visa and work-permit applications
- Language
- German B2 certificate required at start
- Funding
- Self-funded; no salary or scholarship offered
- Visa information
- Administrative support for visa and work permit
- Application documents
- CV, passport/ID, cover letter, diplomas, funding confirmation, German certificate
- Official contact
- Prof. Markus Kasel, markus.kasel@usz.ch
- Data quality
- Official institutional source verified 8 Oct 2026
- Source type
- Official institutional or society page
- Eligibility
- Accepted; USZ supports visa and work-permit applications
- Registration
- Host institutional requirements apply
International applicant check
- Language
- German B2 at start
- Funding
- Must bring own funding or scholarship
- Clinical participation
- Procedural training in structural heart interventions plus research
- Registration
- Host institutional requirements apply
- Visa
- Administrative support for visa and work permit
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How to apply
Email CV, ID copy, cover letter, diplomas, confirmation of funding and (if available) a German B2 certificate to the programme lead.
Open official programme page ↗Verification notes
Hosted by Cardiology, not Cardiac Surgery. No salary or scholarship is provided; fellows must bring their own funding.