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Explore individually sourced roles, affiliations and portraits. Where a portrait is unavailable in reviewed evidence, it is marked below.
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Jörg van Schoonhoven
DAH host-centre clinician — Chief, Hand Surgery; RHÖN-KLINIKUM Bad Neustadt
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Martin Richter
DAH host-centre clinician — Chief, Hand and Plastic Surgery; Helios Bonn/Rhein-Sieg
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
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Max Haerle, MD
DAH host-centre clinician — Hand and Plastic Surgery centre lead; Orthopädische Klinik Markgröningen
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
The RKH host page identifies Haerle’s clinical leadership at Orthopädische Klinik Markgröningen.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Kai Megerle
DAH host-centre clinician — Chief, Hand/Micro/Plastic Surgery; Schön Klinik München Harlaching
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Riccardo Giunta
DAH host-centre clinician — Chief, Hand/Plastic/Aesthetic Surgery; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Wilhelm Berger
DAH host-centre clinician — Chief, Orthopaedics and Traumatology; Krankenhaus Meran
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Rohit Arora
DAH host-centre clinician — Clinic director; Tirol Kliniken Innsbruck
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme. Innsbruck is marked waiting list only.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Lisa Mailänder
DAH host-centre clinician — Senior physician, congenital hand differences; Kepler Universitätsklinikum Linz
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Stefan Quadlbauer
DAH host-centre clinician — Named hand-trauma host; AUVA Traumazentrum Wien Lorenz Böhler
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
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Prof. Esther Vögelin
DAH host-centre clinician — Co-director, Hand Surgery; Inselspital Bern
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
Esther Vögelin is chief physician and co-director for hand surgery at Inselspital Bern. The University of Bern identifies her as the lead for its hand and peripheral nerve surgery research area. The clinic’s work includes minimally invasive treatment of carpal injuries, peripheral nerve repair and research on hand function and treatment outcomes.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Mathias Häfeli
DAH host-centre clinician — Chief, Hand Surgery; Kantonsspital Graubünden Chur
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Urs Hug
DAH host-centre clinician — Chief, Plastic and Hand Surgery; Luzerner Kantonsspital
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Stephan Schindele
DAH host-centre clinician — Named Hand Surgery host; Schulthess Klinik Zürich
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme. Schulthess Zürich is marked waiting list only.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Olga Politikou
DAH host-centre clinician — Named Plastic and Hand Surgery host; Universitätsspital Zürich
DAH identifies this person at an eligible host clinic. This is not an appointment as director of the entire travel scheme.
Official programme team / named host-centre listing ↗Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Profile page →Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for DAH Fellowship — Hand Surgery Hospitation Scholarship.
- Leadership as published
- Named DAH host-centre clinicians — appointments belong to the individual participating centres
- Evidence reviewed
- 20 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- Deutschsprachige Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie (DAH)
Names may identify a director, supervisor, host or contact. The source wording above defines the role; reconfirm the current appointment with the programme.
Training context
Published programme focus
These areas describe the linked training programme, rather than a complete clinical biography or list of individual credentials.
Associated training route
Short-term training
DAH Fellowship — Hand Surgery Hospitation Scholarship
The German-speaking hand surgery society (DAH) awards training scholarships for one- or two-week Hospitation at partner hand surgery departments in Austria, Switzerland, Germany and South Tyrol. Swiss hosts named include the Inselspital Bern, Kantonsspital Graubünden (Chur), Luzerner Kantonsspital, Schulthess Klinik and University Hospital Zurich; Austrian hosts include AUVA Lorenz Böhler Vienna, Innsbruck and Kepler Universitätsklinikum Linz. Some host departments are on a waiting list, and the host departments belong to plastic, orthopaedic, trauma and paediatric surgery services.
- Location
- Vienna, Austria
- Duration
- One or two weeks
- Clinical participation
- Hospitation (visiting attachment) at a participating hand surgery department; confirm the clinical role and privileges with the host department
- International applicants
- Open to DAH members who are hand surgery specialists or in hand surgery training; hosts are in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and South Tyrol
- Funding
- A contribution of EUR 1,000 per fellowship, paid after completion
- Application timing
- Current deadline not confirmed; consult the official programme
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
Fellowship must be completed in the same calendar year as the award
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
DAH membership is required; applicants must be hand surgery specialists or doctors in hand surgery training.
Published training
- Observation attachment at a hand surgery department of the applicant's choice from the host list
- Exposure to new methods in hand surgery diagnosis and treatment
- Networking with the host department
- Written report presented at the next DAH Symposium
Application route
Online application form with a CV (maximum four pages), a reference letter and a motivation letter; a board jury proposes the recipients.
Published application documents
- Online application form
- CV (maximum 4 pages)
- Reference letter
- Motivation letter
Published contact note: office@dah.at
Direct programme page · Source reviewed 20 Oct 2026
Official sources
Source review: 20 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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