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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
A one-year fellowship set up by CLEFT under a memorandum of understanding with Kirtipur Hospital in Kathmandu to train a long-term cleft and craniofacial surgeon for Nepal. The CLEFT announcement was published on 24 February 2025 and updated on 23 July 2025.
An ISAPS-listed placement in a cleft care programme at Jubilee Mission Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala, covering primary lip closure, palatoplasty, pharyngoplasty, alveolar bone grafts, secondary rhinoplasty and orthognathic surgery.
An ISAPS-listed placement in a Delhi aesthetic surgery practice, with exposure to body contouring, breast surgery and facial aesthetic surgery and to VASER, MicroAire, BodyTite and Piezotome equipment.
An ISAPS-listed placement at a Chennai aesthetic surgery centre covering facial, breast and body contouring surgery, hair restoration, female intimate aesthetic surgery and regenerative aesthetic medicine.
An ISAPS-listed placement at a Chennai plastic and cosmetic surgery unit led by a board-certified plastic surgeon, covering facial aesthetic surgery, breast surgery, body contouring and regenerative aesthetic medicine.
An ISAPS-listed placement at an NABH-certified Mumbai facility, with exposure to precision rhinoplasty, VASER liposuction, breast reshaping, facelifts and non-surgical treatments.
An ISAPS-listed observership with a Sydney plastic surgeon across Cosmetic Culture Clinics (Pyrmont, Lane Cove, Penrith), with exposure to breast and body contouring, facial aesthetic surgery, fat grafting and neck and face lifts.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC)
Not stated on the cited programme page (the hospital is headquartered in Riyadh) · Saudi Arabia
One-year postgraduate fellowship listed by the KFSH&RC education pages. The page states that the hospital's tertiary caseload includes complex, oncological and traumatic referrals that often need microsurgical free tissue transfer, and that the programme aims to graduate independent, safe, confident and competent reconstructive microsurgeons for the hospital and the Kingdom.
A one-year hand, wrist and peripheral nerve fellowship run by the Division of Plastic Surgery across three Edmonton hospitals. The page lists acute trauma, replantation, wrist arthroscopy, arthroplasty, brachial plexus injuries and nerve transfers among the experience offered, plus one research programme under a supervisor with presentation at a national or international meeting expected.
HandPeripheral nerveMicrosurgery
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
1 year, starting 1 July; the page states that a 6-month fellowship may also be possible
A flexible-length burn and reconstructive fellowship on the University of Alberta burn unit and at the Stollery Children's Hospital. Clinical and basic science projects are encouraged, with presentation at a national or international conference expected. The page lists supervisors but names no separate director.
Burn surgeryMicrosurgeryPaediatric plastic surgery
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
6 months to 2 years, with start dates of 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October
Intake not confirmed
