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Fellowship in Acute Burn Care and Microvascular Reconstruction (Adult and Paediatric)

Programme overview

What the official source supports

A flexible-length burn and reconstructive fellowship on the University of Alberta burn unit and at the Stollery Children's Hospital. Clinical and basic science projects are encouraged, with presentation at a national or international conference expected. The page lists supervisors but names no separate director.

Training structure

Published areas of exposure

  • Acute burn care in adults and children, including frostbite and exfoliative disorders
  • Burn reconstruction with microsurgery and use of skin substitutes
  • Acute wound closure and scar reconstruction
  • Multidisciplinary burn rounds, journal club, cadaveric dissections and a microsurgery animal training course
  • Clinical or basic science research project

Eligibility

Who should verify their fit

Eligible for a CPSA licence; completing or completed an accredited Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada residency or equivalent; IELTS scores if trained outside an English-speaking country

Application

Published application route

The page lists a single contact for the division's fellowships (below) and states no further application steps.

Published application documents

  • IELTS scores, for applicants trained outside an English-speaking country; other documents are not stated on the page

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Programme leadership: Not stated on the cited programme page; supervisors listed are Drs Edward Tredget, Peter Kwan, Joshua Wong, Alexis Armour and Alexander Morzycki · Leadership profile →

Contact note: Dr Matt Curran via Kim Caskey, caskeyda@ualberta.ca (as printed on the cited page for all of the division's fellowships)

Sources and verification

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University of Alberta — Division of Plastic Surgery fellowship page ↗

Last reviewed by PlasticFellow: 15 Oct 2026. Information not shown by an official source is labelled as unavailable or requiring confirmation.

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