International
Children's Heart Fund

Training/Educational Opportunities

A few training sites and programs for non-ACGME/ABMS fellowship training
 in Cardiothoracic Surgery are listed below.

 These will be updated as new opportunities appear.
 Details regarding ECFMG and VISA requirements in USA
should be sought through the individual programs.

 This list is neither complete nor exhaustive.
Please contact Dr. AT Pezzella at:
atpezzella@hotmail.com
for training opportunities in India.

Residency Training in the USA 
What the Foreign Medical Graduate should know

West African J. Medicine 2003; 22:  79-87

American Association
 for Thoracic Surgery -
List of clinical fellowships
www.aats.org/EducationTraining/clinicalFellowships.html
Bambini Cardiopatici nel mondo www.bambinicardiopatici.it
Bergamo School EUROPEAN SCHOOL FOR CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
Villa Elios, Bergamo, Italy
Registration and enquiries:
EACTS Executive Secretariat
3 Park Street, Windsor, Berks SL4 1 LU, UK
Tel: + 44 (0)1753 832166, Fax: +44 (0)1753 620 407
E-mail: info@eacts.co.uk
Website: www.eacts.org
Direct to Bergamo info :
www.ctsnet.org/doc/6898
La Chaine de L'Espoir
(Chain of Hope)
http://www.chainedelespoir.org/sites/uk/
http://www.chainedelespoir.org  (French)
Frontier Lifeline www.frontierlifeline.com
E-mail: drkmc@frontierlifeline.com