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Listed on the FESSH training-centre directory. Details are submitted by the centre's principal contact; FESSH states it has not checked or approved these fellowships.
Listed on the FESSH training-centre directory. Details are submitted by the centre's principal contact; FESSH states it has not checked or approved these fellowships.
Listed on the FESSH training-centre directory. Details are submitted by the centre's principal contact; FESSH states it has not checked or approved these fellowships.
Listed on the FESSH training-centre directory. Details are submitted by the centre's principal contact; FESSH states it has not checked or approved these fellowships.
Listed on the FESSH training-centre directory. Details are submitted by the centre's principal contact; FESSH states it has not checked or approved these fellowships.
The listing describes a one-year fellowship consisting of stays at different centres. Listed on the FESSH training-centre directory. Details are submitted by the centre's principal contact; FESSH states it has not checked or approved these fellowships.
Hand
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
One year (as listed), made up of stays at different centres
Listed on the FESSH training-centre directory. Details are submitted by the centre's principal contact; FESSH states it has not checked or approved these fellowships.
Listed on the FESSH training-centre directory. Details are submitted by the centre's principal contact; FESSH states it has not checked or approved these fellowships.
Listed on the FESSH training-centre directory. Details are submitted by the centre's principal contact; FESSH states it has not checked or approved these fellowships.
The listing describes a 6–12 month fellowship focused on hand and upper-extremity trauma. Listed on the FESSH training-centre directory. Details are submitted by the centre's principal contact; FESSH states it has not checked or approved these fellowships.
The HKU division at Queen Mary Hospital (an accredited plastic-surgery training centre and one of Hong Kong's two major burn centres) states that it offers attachments for local and international fellows and students. No structured prospectus is published.
One-year oncology and reconstructive training for IAOMS fellows in an IAOMS-designated fellowship centre. This is an oral and maxillofacial surgery route; plastic surgeons should confirm whether they are eligible.
Head & neck reconstructionMicrosurgeryCraniofacial
Ain Shams University Hospitals runs specialised plastic surgery courses for physicians from Egypt and other Arab countries, covering injectables and endoscopic and surgical facelift techniques.
Aesthetic surgeryFacial plastic surgery
Pathway
Short-term training
Duration
Not publicly listed (described as intensive courses)
A one-year Mount Sinai fellowship combining ablative head and neck oncologic surgery with microvascular free flap reconstruction; plastic surgery graduates are among those eligible.
Leeds plastic surgery, which describes itself as having the largest microsurgery services in the UK, lists subspecialty fellowship training programmes in microsurgery, skin cancer and aesthetic surgery (hand fellowship listed separately).
MicrosurgeryAesthetic surgery
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
The TUM Section of Hand Surgery is registered with FESSH as a training centre offering research and self-funded fellowship places in trauma, microsurgery and wrist instability. The FESSH entry dates from 2020 and the section's leadership has since changed, so availability should be confirmed.
HandMicrosurgery
Pathway
Hybrid clinical and research
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
The Regensburg plastic, hand and reconstructive surgery department is listed by FESSH as offering observer attachments and self-funded fellowships, with a focus on hand trauma and additional interest in peripheral nerve and brachial plexus surgery. The listing is older (2012) but the department and its chief are unchanged.
HandPeripheral nerve
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
The Markgröningen hand and plastic surgery centre is registered with FESSH as offering observer attachments and fellowships, with a listed special interest in wrist arthroscopy. The centre's own page highlights wrist arthroscopy, Dupuytren's disease and congenital hand surgery.
Hand
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
Private hand and upper-limb centre near Angers listed by FESSH as a training centre offering fellowships. Clinical focus covers brachial plexus, congenital hand, trauma, microsurgery and Dupuytren's disease.
HandMicrosurgeryPeripheral nerve
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
FESSH-listed observer attachment at the SOS Main hand emergency centre of Clinique du Pré, which reports about 30 urgent or scheduled hand operations a day. Research opportunities are also listed.
HandMicrosurgery
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
Bern's university clinic for plastic and hand surgery is registered as a FESSH hand surgery training centre offering self-funded observer attachments. Its own training page lists clinical training stays for Swiss and foreign doctors alongside weekly teaching and case conferences.
HandMicrosurgery
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
The orthopaedically based hand surgery unit at Schulthess Klinik in Zurich is listed by FESSH as a training centre offering self-funded visitations. The department is an SIWF-certified postgraduate training centre.
Hand
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
A certified Swiss training centre in hand and orthopaedic surgery near Lugano, listed by FESSH as offering research and self-funded observer attachments. The centre's own site lists it as a FESSH training centre, an SIWF hand surgery training site and part of the four-canton hand surgery training network.
HandMicrosurgeryPeripheral nerve
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
USZ's Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery is listed by FESSH as a hand surgery training centre offering research and self-funded observer attachments covering a wide range of hand surgery. This is distinct from the department's robotic lymphatic microsurgery fellowship; the FESSH entry dates from 2012, so availability should be confirmed.
Hand
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme