109 source-led programme profiles. Licensing, visa and hands-on eligibility vary by institution and candidate; always confirm with the programme and regulator.
Clinical posts and observer visits
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Compare observerships with clinical fellow posts before applying. Check whether the host requires UK registration, a specific training background or language evidence. Use the official advert to confirm current intake and the role you may undertake.
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UK-based fellow visiting centres in the UK or abroad · United Kingdom
The Stack Fellowship, introduced in memory of Graham Stack, is a BSSH award recognising achievement and contribution to UK hand surgery. It funds an honorarium of £12,000 for visits of typically 6 to 12 weeks to centres of excellence in the UK and abroad, focused on clinical interest, scientific investigation or specific education. The fellow submits a written report to the BSSH Education and Training Committee.
ISAPS fellowship placement in London hosted by Mr Neil Bulstrode, a consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon and former head of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The page lists ear reconstruction, congenital facial surgery, upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty, brow and forehead lift, facelift and lipofilling.
Named in official programme listingNeil Bulstrode
Aesthetic surgeryFacial plastic surgeryPaediatric plastic surgery
ISAPS three-month fellowship at the Cadogan Clinic, Chelsea, London, hosted by Dr Bryan Mayou, Dr Jonathan Britto and Dr Garrick Georgeu. Fellows observe the full range of aesthetic plastic surgery, including deep plane facelift, Brazilian abdominoplasty, liposuction, fat transfer and minor reconstructive surgery. Participation in procedures is possible only after registration with the UK General Medical Council; accommodation is not provided.
European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery (EACMFS) with The Charles Wolfson Centre for Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Free and UCLH Hospitals
A joint clinical/academic fellowship offered by the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery together with The Charles Wolfson Centre for Reconstructive Surgery at the Royal Free and UCLH Hospitals in London.
Cambridge, London, Glasgow, Oxford/Salisbury or Birmingham · United Kingdom
A JCST interface fellowship giving high-level training in cleft lip and palate and non-cleft velopharyngeal dysfunction. Training is based at units in Cambridge, London (Guy's & St Thomas'), Glasgow, Oxford/Salisbury and Birmingham, though not all units are available or accepting a fellow in a given year.
Lead trainer (JCST listing)Duncan Atherton
CleftPaediatric plastic surgery
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
12 months (stated on the JCST Fellowships overview page)
A Trust-appointed Skin Cancer Fellow post at Queen Victoria Hospital, described as a service post and not a training post. It lets registrars develop surgical skills and experience, particularly in skin cancers, across the Trust's plastic surgery services, with exposure to other sub-specialties arranged.
Clinical Director for Plastic Surgery and Chairperson of hosting specialist skin cancer multidisciplinary teamSiva Kumar Veeramani
Skin cancer & Mohs reconstruction
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
Trust-appointed Trauma Fellow posts at Queen Victoria Hospital support the trauma service and suit practitioners with considerable plastic surgery experience. The Trust describes them as service posts rather than training posts, but they help develop surgical skills in a trauma setting, with exposure to other sub-specialties arranged.
Hand
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
Five whole-time, non-residential clinical hand surgery posts of 6 or 12 months at the Royal Derby Hospital, funded at registrar grade, plus a 12-month clinical/research post (5 clinical, 4 research, 1 teaching/admin session). The Pulvertaft Hand Centre has 11 consultants and strengths in hand trauma, wrist, tendon, brachial plexus and rheumatology.
Fellowship Director (BSSH listing); lead clinician (unit team page)Peter Russell
Hand
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
6 or 12 months (clinical); 12 months (clinical/research)
An RCS England Senior Clinical Fellowship approved by ENT UK (reapproved December 2025 to November 2028) in major head and neck resection, skull base approaches and pedicled flap reconstruction. It is an otolaryngology-based fellowship.
Supervisor / Lead Consultant — Consultant OtolaryngologistAlasdair Mace
An oculoplastic advanced training post listed by the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS), run by the ophthalmology eye unit rather than a plastic surgery department. The listing is a society entry with no separate hospital page, and describes eyelid, lacrimal and some orbital training with exposure to post-Mohs reconstruction.
Oculoplastic surgerySkin cancer & Mohs reconstruction
A children's hospital observership programme that lists Plastic Surgery, Craniofacial and Cleft Lip and Palate among the specialties considering observers. The learning plan is agreed with the specialty team after the application is reviewed.
A three-month paid cosmetic surgery fellowship at Weymouth Street Hospital, London, organised and supervised by consultant plastic surgeon Simon Eccles and described on the page as BAAPS-recognised advanced training. Exposure covers facial, breast and body contouring surgery in private practice, including patient assessment, surgical planning and post-operative care.
Fellowship organiser and supervisorSimon Eccles, FRCS(Plast)
Aesthetic surgeryFacial plastic surgeryBreast surgery
A one-to-three-month aesthetic surgery fellowship run in association with BAAPS by three London consultant plastic surgeons, with broad experience of rhinoplasty, facelifts, blepharoplasty, breast and body surgery plus practice management. The page gives no dates or eligibility rules; appointment is by interview.
Fellowship trainer — consultant plastic surgeonLucian Ion
Aesthetic surgeryRhinoplastyFacial plastic surgery
A three-month fellowship at the Cadogan Clinic in Chelsea, offered to plastic, maxillofacial and ENT surgeons. The clinic describes research alongside supervised surgery and also hosts separate BAAPS/BAPRAS and ISAPS fellows. Its fellowship page names founder Bryan Mayou as a supervisor, while his individual profile states that he is retired from practice; confirm the current clinical supervision arrangements.
Founder / named fellowship supervisor — retired from clinical practiceBryan Mayou, FRCS
A JCST Training Interface Group cleft lip and palate fellowship post at Cambridge. The unit sheet lists three plastic surgery trainers and one oral and maxillofacial trainer plus a cleft nurse, speech therapy, psychology, orthodontic and audiology team, and about 60 alveolar bone grafts a year.
CleftPaediatric plastic surgery
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
Duration is not stated on the unit information sheet; see the JCST fellowship page
A JCST Training Interface Group cleft lip and palate fellowship post at Guy's and St Thomas'. The unit sheet lists plastic surgery, ENT and maxillofacial trainers plus psychology, speech therapy, orthodontic and cleft nursing support, with about 100 palate repairs a year.
CleftPaediatric plastic surgery
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
Duration is not stated on the unit information sheet; see the JCST fellowship page
A JCST Training Interface Group cleft lip and palate fellowship post in Glasgow. The unit sheet lists one cleft and plastic surgeon and two cleft and maxillofacial surgeons as main trainers, with about 60 palate repairs, 30 alveolar bone grafts and 35 to 40 lip repairs a year.
CleftPaediatric plastic surgery
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
Duration is not stated on the unit information sheet; see the JCST fellowship page
A JCST Training Interface Group cleft lip and palate fellowship post in Birmingham. The unit sheet lists four plastic surgery trainers and one oral and maxillofacial trainer, with about 100 palate repairs, 25 lip repairs and 20 orthognathic cases a year.
CleftPaediatric plastic surgery
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
Duration is not stated on the unit information sheet; see the JCST fellowship page
National or international hand surgery centres · United Kingdom
BSSH Education and Travel Bursaries help Fellow and Associate members travel to hand surgery centres in the UK and abroad for education and training. Grants cover travel and accommodation up to GBP 2,500 each, with up to GBP 10,000 awarded per year; course fees and routine living costs are excluded, and a short report is required afterwards.
Royal College of Surgeons of England and Blond McIndoe Research Foundation
Host UK institution of the fellow (RCS England based in London, England) · United Kingdom
A one-year RCS England joint research fellowship funded with the Blond McIndoe Research Foundation for research into tissue repair, regeneration and scar reduction.
An ABS/BAPRAS-approved RCS England Senior Clinical Fellowship (approval January 2024 to December 2026) led by consultant plastic and breast surgeons, covering implant and autologous reconstruction and aesthetic breast surgery.
Named in official programme listingSumohan Chatterjee
Breast reconstructionBreast surgeryAesthetic surgery
Two annual hand fellowships at Chelsea and Westminster's hand and wrist unit shared between orthopaedic and plastic surgery consultants, with protected research time.
Named in official programme listingAlice Bremner-Smith
How many plastic surgery fellowships are listed in United Kingdom?
PlasticFellow currently lists 109 source-backed programme profiles in United Kingdom at 88 institutions in 60 locations. This is a verified-source list, not a census of every hospital offering training.
What types of plastic surgery training are available in United Kingdom?
Listed formats: clinical fellowship (96), hybrid clinical and research (2), observership (5), research fellowship (1), short-term training (2), travelling fellowship (3). The most represented focus areas are oculoplastic surgery, hand, microsurgery, breast reconstruction, complex reconstruction. Observerships and short courses do not grant hands-on operating rights.
Can international surgeons apply for fellowships in United Kingdom?
Eligibility differs by host. Medical registration, language, visa and supervision rules in United Kingdom decide whether a visiting surgeon can operate. Each profile states what the official source publishes; confirm current intake and eligibility directly with the programme before applying.
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