What are fellowships?
Fellowships are undertaken by trained anaesthesia providers who want to develop their careers by specialising or sub-specialising. The WFSA offers its Fellowships to anaesthesiologists from low and middle-income countries to increase their skillset and become leaders for anaesthesia once they return to their home countries.
WFSA fellowships have a lasting impact both on the skills and professional development of the individuals but also their colleagues and patients back home. Find out more about this impact from Fellowship testimonies.
Beginning with 3 fellows in 1996, in 25 years the programme has grown to over 400 fellows trained in 62 countries across 8 clinical subspecialties, research and medical education / simulation.
Fellowships
| ASIA | |||||
| Country | Specialty | Hospital/ City | Programme Head | Duration | Availability |
| India | Intensive Care Medicine | Christian Medical College, Vellore | Dr Subramani Kandasamy | 1 year | Currently on hold |
| India | Paediatric Anaesthesia (supported by SPANZA) | Christian Medical College, Vellore | Dr Ekta Rai | 6 months | Currently on hold |
| India | Regional Anaesthesia | Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, Coimbatore | Dr Balavenkat Subramanian | 6 months | Currently on hold |
| India | Pain Management | Virinchi Hospitals, Hyderabad | Dr Muralidhar Joshi | 6 months | Currently on hold |
| India | Paediatric Anaesthesia | Children’s Anaesthesia Services, Mumbai | Dr Vrushali Ponde | 6 months | Currently on hold |
| India | Cardiac Anaesthesia | Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore | Dr Muralidhar Kanchi | 1 year | Currently on hold |
| India | Thoracic Anaesthesia | Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi | Prof Jayashree Sood | 6 months | Currently on hold |
| Thailand | General Anaesthesia | Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok | Associate Professor Orawan Pongraweewan | 1 year | Currently on hold |
| Thailand | Pain Management (supported by IASP) | Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University | Asst. Prof Nantthasorn Zinboonyahgoon | 1 year | Operational |
| AFRICA | |||||
| Country | Specialty | Hospital/ City | Programme Head | Duration | Availability |
| Ghana | Regional Anaesthesia | Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi | Dr Antwi-Kusi | 3 months | Currently on hold |
| Kenya | Paediatric Anaesthesia (supported by ImPACT Africa, and SPA ) | University of Nairobi, Nairobi | Dr Mark Gacii | 12 months | Operational |
| Morocco | Obstetric Anaesthesia | Mother and Child Hospital, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Marrakesh | Dr Ahmed El Adib | 6 months | Currently on hold |
| Morocco | Paediatric Anaesthesia | Mother and Child Hospital, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Marakesh | Dr Yousaf Mouaffak | 6 months | Currently on hold |
| Nigeria | Obstetric Anaesthesia | Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria/Port Harcourt | Dr Elizbeth Ogboli-Nwasor | 6 months | Currently on hold |
| LATIN AMERICA | |||||
| Country | Specialty | Hospital/ City | Programme Head | Duration | Availability |
| Argentina | Pain Management (supported by CLASA) | Centro de Atencion Integral del Dolor, Buenos Aires | Dr Erica Bernich | 2 months | Currently on hold |
| Brazil | Pain Management (supported by CLASA) | Universidad Estatal de Sao Paulo, Botucatu | Dr Guilherme Moreira de Barros | 2 months | Currently on hold |
| Brazil | Regional Anaesthesia (supported by CLASA) | Hospital Jose Frotta, Fortaleza | Dr Danielle Dumaresq | 2 months | Currently on hold |
| Chile | Paediatric Anaesthesia | The Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital, Santiago | Dr Silvana Cavallieri | 6 months | Currently on hold |
| Colombia | Obstetric Anaesthesia (supported by Colombian Society, SCARE) | Clinica Universitaria Bolivariana, Medellin | Dr Mauricio Vasco | 3 months | Currently on hold |
| Mexico | Paediatric Anaesthesia | Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez | Dr Victor Edmundo Fuentes Garcia | 3 months | Currently on hold |
| NORTH AMERICA | |||||
| Country | Specialty | Hospital/ City | Programme Head | Duration | Availability |
| USA | Research Fellowship | Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Centre | Dr Sergio Bergese | 1 year | Currently on hold |
| USA | Research Fellowship | UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) | Dr Maytinee Lilaonitkul | 1 year | Currently on hold |
| EUROPE | |||||
| Country | Specialty | Hospital/ City | Programme Head | Duration | Availability |
| Serbia | Paediatric Anaesthesia | University Children’s Hospital, and Institute for Health Protection of Mother and Child of Serbia, Belgrade | Dr Dusica Simic | 3 months | Currently on hold |
Fellowship applications
Fellowships open to applications on a rolling case by case basis.
A suitable applicant should fit the following criteria:
- Must be a qualified physician and fully trained in anaesthesia as per the regulations of your home country.
- Must be supported in their application by their own National Society of Anaesthesia
- Must be supported in their application by Chief of their home department of anaesthesia
- Must be returning to home country to a recognised post
- Must be under 40 years of age
- Should preferably be working in a teaching hospital
- The fellowships are intended mainly for young anaesthesiologists from the geographical region near where the training is based.