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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.
Named training-centre contact (FESSH host-submitted listing)Massimo Corain
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.
Named training-centre contact (FESSH host-submitted listing)Bruno Battiston
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.
Fellowship mentor (IAOMS fellow, oncology and microvascular reconstruction, Peking University School of Stomatology)Xin Peng
Head & neck reconstructionMicrosurgeryCraniofacial
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.
Host department leadership (as listed)Haydar Kükrek
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.
Named in official programme listingMarcus Spies
HandPeripheral nerve
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.
Chief Physician Hand Surgery and Co-Director Hand Surgery; FESSH contactProf. Esther Vögelin
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 surgery host / named contactDaniel Herren, MD, MHA
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.
Named in official programme listingIvan Tami
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.
Named training-centre contact (FESSH host-submitted listing)Maurizio Calcagni
Hand
Pathway
Observership
Duration
Duration not published; confirm with the programme
Training across UCI and CHOC combines pediatric craniofacial surgery with orthodontics, maxillofacial surgery and neurosurgery. Research support includes tissue engineering and clinical outcomes.
Microsurgery and Complex Reconstruction Fellowship in Los Angeles, California, represented by an official plastic-surgery or microsurgery society listing. Current case mix, appointment terms and vacancies require direct confirmation.
Intake not confirmed
Named training-centre contact (FESSH host-submitted listing)Massimo Corain
