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Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship

Shriners Children's Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania programmes · United States

Programme overview

What the official source supports

A six-month fellowship in congenital and acquired paediatric upper extremity conditions, open to orthopaedic and plastic surgery-trained surgeons who have already completed a year-long hand fellowship.

Training structure

Published areas of exposure

  • Work-up and management of congenital and acquired upper extremity conditions
  • Exposure to the breadth of paediatric upper extremity pathology

Eligibility

Who should verify their fit

Completion of a year-long hand surgery fellowship; both orthopaedic- and plastic surgery-trained applicants are considered.

Application

Published application route

Use the online application linked from the Shriners page; contact the named surgeon with questions.

A programme-specific document checklist is not published in the recorded evidence. Follow the official application instructions; do not assume a generic checklist is sufficient.

Contact note: epark@shrinenet.org

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Shriners Children's Philadelphia — Pediatric Fellowship Programs ↗

Last reviewed by PlasticFellow: 20 Oct 2026. Information not shown by an official source is labelled as unavailable or requiring confirmation.

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