Overview
Structured academy for 8 early-career women thoracic surgeons combining webinars with short clinical immersions: VATS lobectomy/segmentectomy and VR simulation at Rigshospitalet, ENB/robotic surgery at San Raffaele, advanced lung disease surgery (LVRS, PEA, transplantation) at Zurich, and robotic training in São Paulo.
The programme
- Focus
- Minimally invasive & robotic thoracic surgery
- Training type
- Observership
- Duration
- November 2025 – June 2026 (multiple 2–3-day immersions)
- Start
- November 2025
- Positions
- 8 fellows
- Accreditation
- ESTS programme
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- ESTS member; >50% activity in general thoracic surgery; final training year or within 5 years of completing training; adequate English; must attend all dates
- International applicants
- Preference to applicants from developing countries; must hold required entry visa
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Personal statement, CV and chair's reference letter to ESTS
Funding
- Funding
- Flight and hotel costs covered for centre visits
Official sources
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