Overview
Training in the care of advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation from candidate selection to long-term post-transplant management.
The programme
- Focus
- Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year (March 2026 – February 2027; 2,304 hours)
- Start
- 16 March 2026
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Einstein 'Aprimoramento' certificate (in-service training programme).
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Clinical cardiologists with cardiology residency/training, or intensivists with intensive care residency/training.
- International applicants
- Foreign applicants must present RNE, a medical diploma revalidated in Brazil, passport and permanent-residence visa at enrolment.
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Registration with the Conselho Regional de Medicina (CRM) required at enrolment.
How to apply
- Deadline
- Registration closed 19 December 2025 for the 2026 class
- Application method
- Online registration on ensino.einstein.br; selection by profile/CV analysis, interview and, for some programmes, a theory exam.
Funding
- Funding
- No stipend stated; enrolment fee R$ 1,000.
Official sources
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