Transplant & MCS · Texas Medical Board-approved Fellowship
Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Therapy Fellowship
UTHealth Houston / Center for Advanced Heart Failure · Houston, Texas, United States · Houston · United States
Programme overview
One-year programme combining surgical implantation and longitudinal medical management of mechanical circulatory support devices.
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.
Programme details
- Focus
- Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Duration
- 1 year
- Participation
- Supervised implantation, perioperative and longitudinal device-management training
- International applicants
- International medical graduates require ECFMG certification; the programme states that J-1 sponsorship is available
- Registration
- Texas Medical Board and institutional credentialing requirements apply
- Accreditation
- Texas Medical Board-approved; not presented as an ACGME fellowship
- Positions
- Not publicly listed
- Intake
- Contact the programme
- Deadline
- Contact the programme
- Funding
- Not publicly listed
- Language
- English
- Visa information
- J-1 eligibility is described; confirm current sponsorship with the programme
- Fees
- Not publicly listed
- Data quality
- Official institutional source verified 8 Oct 2026
- Application opens
- Not publicly announced
- Eligibility
- At least four years of US general surgery training or five years of surgical training outside the United States, plus programme requirements
- Required prior training
- Substantial prior general surgical training
- Application documents
- See official application instructions
- Operative exposure
- Supervised implantation, perioperative and longitudinal device-management training
- Research component
- Not publicly listed
- Salary or stipend
- Not publicly listed
- Benefits
- Not publicly listed
- Accommodation
- Not publicly listed
- Official contact
- Use the official programme page
- Source type
- Official institution
International applicant check
- Clinical participation
- Supervised implantation, perioperative and longitudinal device-management training
- Registration
- Texas Medical Board and institutional credentialing requirements apply
- Visa
- J-1 eligibility is described; confirm current sponsorship with the programme
- 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
Follow the official Center for Advanced Heart Failure application route.
Open official programme page ↗Verification notes
UTHealth publishes a one-year programme covering both implantation and medical management, with specific US and international training thresholds.