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An ABS/BAPRAS-approved RCS England Senior Clinical Fellowship (reapproved December 2024 to November 2027) led by a consultant plastic surgeon, covering oncoplastic breast surgery and immediate and delayed microsurgical reconstruction.
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.
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.
A post-CCT hand and wrist fellowship at the UHCW Hand Centre (Coventry and Rugby St Cross) covering elective and trauma hand surgery, with research opportunities via the University of Warwick.
A plastic-surgery-based hand fellowship at St Thomas' Hospital, mainly adult hand and wrist surgery with exposure to paediatric hand surgery at Evelina Children's Hospital and brachial plexus work at Stanmore.
HandPaediatric plastic surgeryPeripheral nerve
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
The hand, plastic and aesthetic surgery department in Nürtingen is registered (2025) as a FESSH training centre offering observer attachments, research and self-funded fellowships. Listed interests include trauma, microsurgery, Dupuytren's disease, wrist instability, arthroscopy and joint replacement.
HandMicrosurgery
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
UKE's hospital-wide 'hands off' observership lets physicians from non-EU countries observe in a chosen department, which can include the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. Applications are routed by HR to the requested department for approval.
Breast surgeryAesthetic surgery
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Duration not published; applicants state their desired period
Magdeburg's medical faculty allows international graduates to complete observerships of up to one month, arranged directly with individual clinics such as the University Clinic for Plastic, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery. Research periods are also possible depending on the department.
FESSH-listed hand and upper-limb fellowship at the HCL SOS Mains unit at Hôpital Edouard Herriot, a 24/7 hand emergency centre performing microsurgery and replantation. Posts run six months, extendable to one year.
Spital Thurgau's hand surgery service, run across Münsterlingen and Frauenfeld, is listed by FESSH as a training centre offering self-funded observer attachments. FESSH describes it as a public hospital with two sites and more than 8,000 outpatient visits a year.
Hand
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
Kantonsspital St. Gallen's hand, plastic and reconstructive surgery department is an IBRA upper-limb training centre hosting short clinical visits and longer resident/scientific fellowships funded through IBRA scholarships. This IBRA scholarship route is separate from the hospital's own international fellowship.
Zuyderland MC Sittard-Geleen holds NVPC recognition for a post-training fellowship in hand and wrist surgery, recognised from 1 December 2020 with recognition running to 1 December 2026. It is one of the few hand-surgery fellowships formally accredited by the Dutch Society for Plastic Surgery.
Hand
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
Minimum 6 months under the NVPC fellowship regulation; programme-specific length not published
A joint Groningen hand and wrist surgery fellowship across Martini Ziekenhuis, Ommelander Ziekenhuis Groningen and UMCG, listed by the NVPC with an extended provisional recognition dated 15 May 2023 to 15 September 2026. The listed recognition end date has passed, so current accreditation status should be confirmed with the NVPC.
Hand
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
Minimum 6 months under the NVPC fellowship regulation; programme-specific length not published
IBRA lists the Maastricht UMC+ Hand and Upper Extremity Unit, a joint centre of trauma, orthopaedic and plastic surgery, as a training centre offering a resident and scientific fellowship (IBRA programme C only). The unit runs a 24-hour replantation service and is a national referral centre for scaphoid nonunion, radius malunion and DRUJ instability.
HandMicrosurgery
Pathway
Hybrid clinical and research
Duration
IBRA states this centre is available for Program C only, a scientific residential stay of 4–12 weeks. The host's own term is not stated.
Erasmus MC's International Office runs an observership programme for international healthcare professionals, with Plastic Surgery among the participating departments. Placements are observational and depend on availability in the requested period.
One-to-one ISAPS Expert Program visit with a Milan aesthetic surgeon covering the full range of aesthetic operations, with optional help preparing scientific papers.
ISAPS Expert Program observership in Rome focused on facial and body aesthetic surgery, including facelift, blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty and fat grafting.
Three-month fellowship in robot-assisted supermicrosurgery for lymphedema, run by the UZ Brussel plastic and reconstructive surgery department in partnership with the Hamdi Foundation. The fellowship director is Prof. Moustapha Hamdi; the page names a scientific committee that selects the fellow. The page describes the 2025 edition only.
Six-month hand and microsurgery fellowship at Tampere University Hospital led by the chief hand surgeon. Clinical work covers emergency and elective hand surgery including complex trauma, distal radius fractures, wrist pain, osteoarthritis, nerve compression and congenital deformities, with weekly hand conferences and monthly cadaver dissection sessions. This is separate from the hospital's general plastic surgery and reconstructive microsurgery fellowship.
Academic clinical fellowship at one of Sweden's two national burn centres, which admits about 150 patients and sees about 1,400 outpatient visits a year. The fellow is expected to carry out at least one research project in burn care, supervised by a senior consultant, and is encouraged to complete at least one publication.
A Siriraj clinical observership hosted by the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, reported on the faculty's news pages after a six-month placement in 2023 under the division director. Placement terms follow Siriraj's general international observership rules.
Breast reconstructionAesthetic surgeryCleft
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Applicant-proposed dates, with the final schedule set by the committee; no minimum or maximum is stated. The observership reported on the Siriraj news page ran six months (3 April to 29 September 2023)
A one-year National University Hospital fellowship in hand and reconstructive microsurgery, with up to four fellows chosen twice a year after online interview.
A short hands-off observership in the National University Hospital hand and reconstructive microsurgery department for foreign doctors, also suggested as a preview before applying for the fellowship.
HandMicrosurgery
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Up to 4 weeks; the page encourages a visit of one to two weeks to understand the fellowship