Fellowship

Fellowship in CTVAIC

European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology (EACTA) Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Fellowship Curriculum: Second Edition

Authors: Gabor Erdoes MD, PhD, Patrick F. Wouters MD, PhD, R. Peter Alston MD, ... and Mohamed R. El-Tahan MD

  • Publication stage: In Press Corrected Proof
  • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia
  • Published Online: May 20, 2022

Copyrights are reserved for Elsevier.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2022.05.022

Effective since April 12, 2022

Science direct link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105307702200389X

Click here to read the Second Edition of the EACTAIC Adult Fellowship Curriculum


European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology (EACTA) Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia Fellowship Curriculum: First Edition

Authors: Gabor Erdoes, Alain Vuylsteke, Jan-Uwe Schreiber, R. Peter Alston, Simon J. Howell, ... Mohamed R. El-Tahan

  • Publication stage: In Press Corrected Proof
  • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia
  • Published Online: February 12, 2020

Copyrights are reserved for Elsevier.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2018.12.014

Effective since April 21, 2019

Science direct link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053077019312688

Click here to read the Curriculum


For the White Paper for the Board of Directors for Approving the Hosting Centres for the EACTA CTVA Fellowship Programme, click here. Upd. April 12, 2022

Benefits and expectations of the fellowship programme.

Click here to download the four monthly report & evaluation for centre directors

CTVA fellowships are currently offered in the following hosting centres (in chronological order as per accreditation):

Fellowship Hosting Centres

Host Centre Training Period Available Posts per Annum More Details Programme Director(s) Contact
University Hospital Basel (Switzerland) 12 months Basic Fellowship in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia 1 for Basic and 1 for Advanced training Click Joachim Erb, Tobias Zumbrunn joachim.erb@usb.ch, tobias.zumbrunn@usb.ch
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (Milan, Italy) 12 months Basic Fellowship in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia 1 or 2 for Basic Programme per year Click Giovanni Landoni landoni.giovanni@hsr.it
Inselspital, University Hospital Bern (Switzerland) 12 months Basic + 12 months Advanced Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia 2 per Basic Programme per year Click Gabor Erdoes gabor.erdoes@insel.ch
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center (Athens, Greece) 12 months 2 for Basic Click Thrasyvoulos Petrou t.petrou@ocs.gr
Maastricht University Medical Center (Netherlands) 12 months 1 for Basic Programme Click Jan-Uwe Schreiber jan.uwe.schreiber@mumc.nl
Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, University Hospital of Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) 12 months 2 for Basic and 1 for Advanced per year Click Wido Dossow wido.dossow@hdz-nrw.de
University Hospital Leuven (Belgium) 12 months Basic 1 for Basic Programme Click Dieter Van Elstraete dieter.vanelstraete@uzleuven.be
Sant’Orsola University Hospital (Bologna, Italy) 12 months Basic 1 for Basic Programme Click Marcello Mariani mariani@aosp.bo.it
Imperial College, Royal Brompton Hospital (London, UK) 12 months Basic + Advanced 2 for Basic and 1 for Advanced Click Marcela Vizcaychipi, Robert Klein m.vizcaychipi@rbht.nhs.uk, r.klein@rbht.nhs.uk
Clinic Asklepios (Göttingen, Germany) 12 months Basic 2 per Basic Programme per year Click Stefan Koerner stefan.koerner@asklepios.com
University of Bonn (Germany) 12 months Basic 1 for Basic Programme per year Click Markus Rohrer markus.rohrer@ukbonn.de
University of Plymouth (UK) 12 months Basic 1 for Basic Programme Click Aurora Baluja, Zoran Slavog aurora.baluja@nhs.net, zoran.slavog@nhs.net

Is your centre interested to host the fellowship programme? Click here to fill the application form and submit it.

Important: EACTAIC will not consider applications with removed headings, sections, or cells. Please, don’t change the current format and content of the application.

For the tasks required by the Hosting Centres, click here.

For the sequence of procedures for EACTAIC Exit Interviews, click here.

For the process for appealing the decisions of an examiner or their professional conduct during an exit interview from an EACTAIC Fellowship, click here.

For the EACTAIC Policy for Dealing with the Non-Compliant Host Centres: A staged approach policy in escalating issues with non-compliant host centres for EACTAIC Fellowship Programs, click here.

EACTAIC approved the solutions suggested to cope with the interrupted fellowship training during the COVID-19 pandemic or similar unforeseen crisis. The regulation is effective from October 15, 2021; click here to read it.

This document is no longer applicable.

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