Overview
Austrian specialist training in thoracic surgery (24-month basic plus 48-month focus training) with options to concentrate on minimally invasive/robotic (da Vinci) VATS, extended resections with ECMO, infection and trauma surgery, plus external placements in Graz (endoscopy, oesophagus) and Vienna (tracheal surgery, lung transplantation).
The programme
- Training type
- Specialist training programme
- Duration
- 24 months basic + 48 months focus training
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Austrian Medical Chamber (ÖÄK) training requirements
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Not stated on official page
- International applicants
- Not stated on official page
- 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
- Via Kepler Universitätsklinikum job portal (resident posts)
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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