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Roger van Riet, MD
Surgeon responsible for the fellowship (FESSH listing)
Monica Hospital (AZ Monica), Antwerp
Van Riet’s clinical biography records a medical sciences doctorate from Antwerp and shoulder and elbow training in Melbourne. It also describes academic orthopaedic work at Université Libre de Bruxelles and Erasme Hospital.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 19 Oct 2026
FESSH training-centres listing ↗Profile reviewed 18 Oct 2026
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Frederik Verstreken, MD
Surgeon responsible for the fellowship (FESSH listing)
Monica Hospital (AZ Monica), Antwerp
Verstreken studied medicine and orthopaedic surgery at KU Leuven, completed a hand and microsurgery fellowship in Louisville in 1999 and earned the European hand surgery diploma. His clinical interests include wrist disorders, nerve injuries and corrective osteotomy planning.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 19 Oct 2026
FESSH training-centres listing ↗Profile reviewed 18 Oct 2026
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Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for Monica Hospital — Hand Surgery Fellowship.
- Leadership as published
- Roger van Riet, MD and Frederik Verstreken, MD (surgeons responsible for the fellowship, listed by FESSH)
- Evidence reviewed
- 8 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- Monica Hospital
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Training context
Published programme focus
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Associated training route
Clinical fellowship
Monica Hospital — Hand Surgery Fellowship
Society-listed hand-surgery training opportunity; historical listing terms require direct reconfirmation.
- Location
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Duration
- 1 year
- Clinical participation
- Confirm clinical privileges and local registration before arranging training
- International applicants
- International eligibility and visa support must be confirmed directly
- Funding
- Not publicly confirmed
- Application timing
- No current dated application deadline confirmed
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
Current intake not confirmed
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
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Published training
- Hand
Application route
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Official society listing · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
Official sources
Source review: 8 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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