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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Fellowship

Programme overview

What the official source supports

A clinical fellowship established to mentor young surgeons broadly across reconstructive surgery, including clinical research, in a unit that has been a leader in microsurgical reconstruction of traumatic and malignant defects and in elective and acute hand surgery, aligned closely with the O'Brien Institute.

Training structure

Published areas of exposure

  • Exposure to breast, head and neck, sarcoma and skin malignancy reconstruction
  • Elective and emergency hand and wrist cases and maxillofacial trauma
  • Leadership of junior staff in day to day clinical management, teaching, research and administrative duties
  • Presentation of at least one paper at a specialty meeting and publication of at least one article in a specialty refereed journal

Eligibility

Who should verify their fit

MBBS or equivalent; FRACS Part II or equivalent; full medical registration with AHPRA; teaching commitment and research commitment and participation in research activities.

Application

Published application route

Application route is not stated on the position description; contact St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne for the current recruitment round.

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.

Application contact details are not recorded. Use the official source to locate the responsible office.

Sources and verification

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St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellow position description (PDF, May 2025) ↗

Last reviewed by PlasticFellow: 28 Oct 2026. Information not shown by an official source is labelled as unavailable or requiring confirmation.

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