CON 9 NEOISCRITTI PROVENIENTI DA 6 PAESI PRENDE IL VIA LA QUINTA EDIZIONE DEL MASTER INTERNAZIONALE DI II LIVELLO IN “CARDIOLOGIA E TECNICHE APPLICATE ALLA CARDIOCHIRURGIA”
Dalmine, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 - The inauguration of the 2025-2026 academic year of the International Second-Level Master's Program in "Cardiology and Techniques Applied to Cardiac Surgery" was held in the conference room of the Digital Health Lab in Dalmine. The program is offered by the SdM - Scuola di Alta Formazione of the University of Bergamo, jointly with the University of Milan-Bicocca, and in collaboration with the ETS L. Parenzan - J.W. Kirklin International Heart School Foundation.
It was an opportunity to recall the mission of the International Heart School, born from the dream of Prof. Lucio Parenzan, a pioneer of Italian pediatric cardiac surgery. In the early 1990s, he launched a structured training program for young doctors and surgeons, hosting them in Italy to learn how to treat heart disease in newborns and children, with the aim of spreading knowledge and expertise in these countries. Since its inception, the school has trained 430 doctors from 54 countries.
Durante l’incontro sono stati presentati i 9 doctors selected to attend the new cycle del Master. I professionisti – che provengono da Ucraina, Nicaragua, Zambia, Armenia, Uganda e Georgia – they will remain in Italy for 9 months and will undertake the training programme in hospitals affiliated with the school:
- Diana Furman, cardiochirurga (Ucraina) – ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo
- Chanda Jane Kabwe, anestesista (Zambia) – Hesperia Hospital, Modena
- Lwimba Kaunda, anestesista (Zambia) – ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano
- Vardan Khandanyan, cardiochirurgo pediatrico (Armenia) – ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo
- Yevgeniya Komandina, cardiologa (Ucraina) – Auxologico San Luca, Milano
- Hanna Maistriuk, cardiochirurga pediatrica (Ucraina) – Ospedale Regina Margherita, Torino
- José Luis Matus Vindel, anestesista (Nicaragua) – ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo
- Clare Nakubulwa, cardiologa pediatrica (Uganda) – ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo
- Kurtanidze Ana, cardiologa (Georgia) – Policlinico di Monza
Scholarships are supported by several organizations and foundations partners of the school. One scholarship was funded by the Mission Bambini Foundation, one by Hesperia Bimbi Onlus and one by ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII. Five scholarships are provided by the Anthem Foundation.
