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SIM fellowship that lets young members rotate through Italian microsurgery units chosen from the society's list of training centres (including Niguarda, Gemelli, Campus Bio-Medico, IFO Regina Elena, Sant'Orsola Bologna, Modena and Padua) across areas such as head and neck, breast, nerve, limbs and trunk. City reflects the SIM secretariat.
Annual SICPRE scholarships funding a stay of at least one month at a high-quality public or private plastic surgery unit in Italy or abroad, chosen by the applicant and approved by a five-member committee. Recent winners have used them for breast reconstruction training at IEO Milan and microsurgery abroad.
Aesthetic surgery
Pathway
Travelling fellowship
Duration
At least one continuous month; must be activated within nine months of award and completed by 31 December 2026 (2025 edition)
SICPRE scholarships for newly qualified plastic surgeons to spend at least one month at a qualifying reconstructive or aesthetic plastic surgery unit in Italy or abroad. Applicants propose the host and programme in a letter and short video.
Aesthetic surgery
Pathway
Travelling fellowship
Duration
At least one continuous month; must be activated within nine months of award and completed by 31 December 2026 (2025 edition)
Mentor-based breast-reconstruction observation. The generic department page describes 12 months, but the specific 2027 registration listing describes short observerships; obtain written clarification before payment.
Host department leadership (as listed)Nicolas Leymarie
Breast reconstructionMicrosurgery
Pathway
Observership
Duration
1–3 months in the specific 2027 registration listing.
A cooperative institute/university programme with US/Canadian and international pathways for qualified surgeons pursuing additional hand and upper-extremity training.
Hand Surgery Fellowship Program DirectorMichelle Palazzo, MD
Dedicated peripheral nerve reconstruction training, combining operative releases and reconstruction with microsurgical laboratory work and electrodiagnostic exposure.
Rady-based clinical training covers pediatric and adult craniofacial disorders, including multiple approaches to craniosynostosis, cleft surgery and ear reconstruction.
Pittsburgh combines craniofacial and pediatric reconstruction with multidisciplinary cleft care, maxillofacial planning and a required clinical research project.
Fellowship leadership (as listed)Jesse A. Goldstein
CraniofacialCleftPaediatric plastic surgery
Pathway
Clinical fellowship
Duration
1 year clinical fellowship with required clinical research project
An ASCFS-accredited programme based primarily at Texas Children's Hospital, with additional Austin exposure and training across pediatric plastic surgery and multidisciplinary craniofacial care.
A cleft and craniofacial training programme based at Children's Wisconsin, combining operative reconstruction, anatomy instruction and an optional international experience.
Fellowship leadership (as listed)Kristen A. Klement
An 18-month TUMS fellowship following Iran's national hand surgery curriculum, covering tendon, nerve, brachial plexus, vascular and soft-tissue reconstruction, flaps and microsurgery.
A one-year fellowship at the Boston Lymphatic Center at BIDMC covering the full spectrum of lymphatic disease and surgery, with imaging training and optional clinical and large-animal research.
Director of Lymphatic SurgeryDhruv Singhal, MD
Lymphatic surgeryMicrosurgery
Pathway
Hybrid clinical and research
Duration
1 year; applications accepted in the fall for a start the following summer
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
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Listed SIM fellowship tutorMichele Riccio
