{"id":587,"date":"2026-05-03T15:39:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ihsbergamo.nexapp.it\/?p=587"},"modified":"2026-05-08T08:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:41:19","slug":"2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/anni-accademici\/a-a-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Year 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fifth edition of the Level II International Master's course in \u201cCardiology and Techniques Applied to Cardiac Surgery\u201d begins with 9 new students from 6 countries.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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\"<\/strong> 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.<\/p><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>.<\/p><\/p>\n

During the meeting, the 9 doctors selected to attend the new cycle<\/strong> from the Master. The professionals \u2013 who come from Ukraine, Nicaragua, Zambia, Armenia, Uganda and Georgia \u2013 <\/strong>they will remain in Italy for 9 months and will undertake the training programme in hospitals affiliated with the school:<\/p>\n

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  • Diana Furman<\/strong>, cardiac surgeon (Ukraine) \u2013 ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo<\/li>\n
  • Chanda Jane Kabwe<\/strong>, Anaesthetist (Zambia) \u2013 Hesperia Hospital, Modena<\/li>\n
  • Lwimba Kaunda<\/strong>, Anaesthetist (Zambia) \u2013 ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan<\/li>\n
  • Vardan Khandanyan<\/strong>, paediatric cardiac surgeon (Armenia) \u2013 ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo<\/li>\n
  • Yevgeniya Komandina<\/strong>, Cardiologist (Ukraine) \u2013 Auxologico San Luca, Milan<\/li>\n
  • Hanna Maistriuk<\/strong>, paediatric cardiac surgeon (Ukraine) \u2013 Regina Margherita Hospital, Turin<\/li>\n
  • Jos\u00e9 Luis Matus Vindel<\/strong>, anaesthetist (Nicaragua) \u2013 ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo<\/li>\n
  • Clare Nakubulwa<\/strong>, Paediatric cardiologist (Uganda) \u2013 Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo<\/li>\n
  • Kurtanidze Ana<\/strong>, Cardiologist (Georgia) \u2013 Policlinico di Monza<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Scholarships are supported by several organizations and foundations partners of the school. One scholarship was funded by the Mission Bambini Foundation<\/strong>, one by Hesperia Bimbi Onlus<\/strong> and one by ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII<\/strong>. Five scholarships are provided by the Anthem Foundation<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    CON 9 NEOISCRITTI PROVENIENTI DA 6 PAESI PRENDE IL VIA LA QUINTA EDIZIONE DEL MASTER INTERNAZIONALE DI II LIVELLO IN \u201cCARDIOLOGIA E TECNICHE APPLICATE ALLA CARDIOCHIRURGIA\u201d Dalmine, mercoled\u00ec 18 marzo 2026 – Si \u00e8 svolta nella conference room del Digital Health Lab di Dalmine l\u2019inaugurazione dell\u2019anno accademico 2025-2026 del Master Internazionale di II livello in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anni-accademici"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1014,"href":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions\/1014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ihs-bergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}