Setting the bar for excellence in cardiothoracic surgery

The Level 2 Fellowship consists of an oral examination conducted in person with our EBCTS examiners.

The Fellowship examination will assess all the Level One outcomes across the entire syllabus in addition to the Level Two outcomes within the General and chosen sub-specialty area (adult cardiac surgery & congenital cardiac surgery) of the syllabus. This examination will comprise of multiple structured vivas/oral examination with pairs of examiners.

Cardiovascular surgery critical care has consolidated a distinctive area of practice within our specialty. Leaders of multidisciplinary, high-performing teams are uniquely educated, trained, and skilled surgeons. Cardiovascular surgical intensive care units remain dynamic environments of complex, critical, and high-risk surgical practice. The procedures that patients undergo are highly specialized, technologically advanced, involving the vital organs within the chest and beyond, and performed by highly skilled surgeons. The ultimate responsible for a patient’s outcome – both at a human and legal level – remains the primary surgeon. This responsibility is unchanged throughout the operative and postoperative phases of care.