Residents’ Committee

The Residents’ Committee is devoted to representing the views and interests of European cardiothoracic surgery residents and helping identify issues in training and facilitate education. The Committee also aims to find common ground in current European cardiothoracic training programmes in order to develop standards in surgical training. The Committee is a valuable resource for all European cardiothoracic surgeons in training and its members endeavour to carry out their tasks with commitment and transparency. The Committee encourages residents to join EACTS as trainee members and become active participants in EACTS academic activities.

Committee Chair: Nabil Hussein

The Residents’ Committee puts education and professional development at the forefront of their agenda.

Interested in what we do?

We believe that with EACTS we can strive to evolve the quality of education and training across the continent. We are pleased to announce even more activities for 2024, including some exciting additions to the Scientific Programme at the EACTS Annual Meeting and a new award to recognise the academic work of residents. See all of what we do below.

Committee Members

CT Surgery Resident Showdown

Presented by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the CT Surgery Resident Showdown is a challenging cognitive skills competition being held in both Europe and North America.

Find out more
  • This year, only the TOP THREE TEAMS will be invited to compete in the Showdown at the EACTS and STS Annual Meetings.
  • Two-person teams of cardiothoracic surgery residents will face off against one another in a test of knowledge in five cardiothoracic surgery categories: cardiac, congenital, thoracic, history of the specialty, and decision making.
  • Who is eligible to participate? The European competition is for two-person teams enrolled in a cardiac, thoracic, or cardiothoracic trainee programme, who will not complete formal training until February 2025 at the earliest (a formal letter of status signed by the programme director will be required upon registration for the qualifying exam).

    Congenital and ICU residents/fellows, as well as past Jeopardy/Showdown finalists, are not eligible to participate.

    All competitors must have a profile created through the STS web portal to access the qualifying exam.
  • Please contact [email protected] with any questions.