Visiting pathways

Plastic surgery observerships

Structured observational visits that do not imply direct patient care or independent clinical activity.

Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery Observership

Singapore General Hospital · Singapore, Singapore→

International Fellowship Program — Plastic Surgery Track

Korea University Guro Hospital · Seoul, South Korea→

Oncologic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery Observership 2027

Gustave Roussy · Villejuif, Paris Region, France→

SIM International Microsurgery Fellowship — Winterthur

Kantonsspital Winterthur / Italian Society of Microsurgery · Winterthur, Switzerland→

Visiting Breast Surgery Observership

Institut du Sein Paris Restitute — Paris Breast Center · Paris, France→

Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Observership — Oldenburg

Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg · Oldenburg, Germany→

Facial Plastic Surgery Observership — Marienhospital Stuttgart

Marienhospital Stuttgart — Facial Plastic Surgery · Stuttgart, Germany→

Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Observership — Speyer

Sankt Vincentius Krankenhaus Speyer · Speyer, Germany→

Reconstructive Microsurgery Visiting Scholarship

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou · Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan→

FESSH Congress Fellowship — Prague 2027

Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand · Hand surgery units across the Czech Republic, Czech Republic→

ISAPS Fellowship — Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Stockholm

ISAPS / Victoriakliniken · Stockholm, Sweden→

ISAPS Fellowship — Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, London

ISAPS / Great Ormond Street Hospital and Parkside Private Hospital · London, England, United Kingdom→

ISAPS Fellowship — Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, London

ISAPS / The Cadogan Clinic · London, England, United Kingdom→

ISAPS Fellowship — Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Barcelona

ISAPS / IMAGN Institute · Barcelona, Spain→

ISAPS Fellowship — Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Istanbul

ISAPS / Multiple Istanbul hospitals and private clinics · Istanbul, Turkey→

ISAPS Fellowship — Aesthetic Surgery, Campinas (São Paulo)

ISAPS / Doutor Opera Day Hospital · Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil→

Jichi Medical University Hospital — Plastic Surgery Observership

Jichi Medical University Hospital · Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan→

Tokai University School of Medicine — Plastic Surgery Observership

Tokai University School of Medicine · Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan→

Juntendo University — Plastic Surgery Observership

Juntendo University · Tokyo, Japan→

Nippon Medical School — Plastic Surgery Observership

Nippon Medical School · Tokyo, Japan→

Kyorin University — Plastic Surgery Observership

Kyorin University · Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan→

The Jikei University School of Medicine — Plastic Surgery Observership

The Jikei University School of Medicine · Tokyo, Japan→

Sapporo Medical University — Plastic Surgery Observership

Sapporo Medical University · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan→

Iwate Medical University Hospital — Plastic Surgery Observership

Iwate Medical University Hospital · Yahaba, Iwate, Japan→

UMC Utrecht — Hand Surgery Observership

UMC Utrecht · Utrecht, Netherlands→

IAAPS Gurukul Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship — Advanced Aesthetics / Aesthetics Medispa

IAAPS / Advanced Aesthetics / Aesthetics Medispa · Pune, Maharashtra, India→

Observership — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau / Reconstructive Microsurgery European School (RMES) · Barcelona, Spain→

Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — Genoa

IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini — Paediatric Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Unit · Genoa, Italy→

Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — Rome

San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital — Unit of Reconstructive Surgery of the Limbs · Rome, Italy→

Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria — Hand Surgery Unit · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain→

Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — Bilbao

Hospital Intermutual de Euskadi — Hand and Wrist Unit · Bilbao, Spain→

Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — Vienna

AUVA Trauma Hospital Lorenz Böhler · Vienna, Austria→

Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — Innsbruck

Medical University Innsbruck — Department of Trauma Surgery · Innsbruck, Austria→

Craniofacial Center Visiting Scholarship

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital — Craniofacial Center · Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan→

Hand Surgery Observership and Visiting Hand Surgeon Attachment

The University of Hong Kong — Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Division of Hand Surgery (Queen Mary Hospital) · Hong Kong, Hong Kong→

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery — Observer Visiting Resident Elective

American University of Beirut Medical Center — Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Beirut, Lebanon→

Hand and Plastic Surgery Observer / Self-funded Fellowship — medius Klinik Nürtingen (FESSH training centre)

medius Klinik Nürtingen — Klinik für Hand-, Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie · Nürtingen, Germany→

Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Observer / Self-funded Fellowship — Barmherzige Brüder Regensburg (FESSH training centre)

Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder Regensburg — Klinik für Plastische, Hand- und wiederherstellende Chirurgie · Regensburg, Germany→

Hand Surgery Observer / Fellowship — Zentrum für Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie, Orthopädische Klinik Markgröningen (FESSH training centre)

RKH Orthopädische Klinik Markgröningen — Zentrum für Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie · Markgröningen, Germany→

Hands-off Observership (Hospitation) for Non-EU Physicians — UKE, incl. Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) · Hamburg, Germany→

Observership (Hospitation) for International Graduates — University Clinic for Plastic, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, Magdeburg

University Hospital Magdeburg (Otto von Guericke University) — University Clinic for Plastic, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery · Magdeburg, Germany→

Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — SOS Main Le Mans

Centre de la Main — Clinique du Pré (SOS Main Le Mans) · Le Mans, France→

Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment / Self-Funded Fellowship — Universitätsklinik für Plastische- und Handchirurgie

Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern — Universitätsklinik für Plastische- und Handchirurgie · Bern, Switzerland→

Hand Surgery Self-Funded Visitation — Schulthess Klinik

Schulthess Klinik — Fachbereich Handchirurgie · Zurich, Switzerland→

Hand and Elbow Surgery Training Centre — Self-Funded Fellowship / Clinical Attachment

Centro manoegomito, Clinica Ars Medica · Gravesano, Switzerland→

Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment / Self-Funded Fellowship — Spital Thurgau

Spital Thurgau AG — Hand- & Plastische Chirurgie (Kantonsspital Münsterlingen and Kantonsspital Frauenfeld) · Münsterlingen, Switzerland→

Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment / Self-Funded Fellowship — USZ Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

University Hospital Zurich (USZ) — Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery · Zurich, Switzerland→

International Observership — Plastic Surgery

Erasmus MC · Rotterdam, Netherlands→

ISAPS Expert Program — Aesthetic Surgery Visit, Milan

ISAPS Expert Program / private practice of Dr. Gianluca Campiglio · Milan, Italy→

ISAPS Expert Program — Aesthetic Surgery Observership, Rome

ISAPS Expert Program / Studio Medico Pelle Ceravolo · Rome, Italy→

ISAPS Expert Program — Rhinoplasty Observership, Bergamo

ISAPS Expert Program / Villa Sant'Apollonia (private practice of Dr. Enrico Robotti) · Bergamo, Italy→

Clinical Observership Program in Plastic Surgery

Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University — Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Bangkok, Thailand→

Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery Observership (hands-off)

National University Hospital — Department of Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery · Singapore, Singapore→

ISAPS Fellowship — Aesthetic Surgery Observership, Sydney

ISAPS / Cosmetic Culture Clinics, Sydney (A/Prof Tim Papadopoulos) · Sydney, Australia→

Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Observership

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau / Reconstructive Microsurgery European School (RMES) · Barcelona, Spain→

Peripheral Nerve Injury Clinical Observership

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Stanmore, United Kingdom→

BFIRST Fellowships

British Foundation for International Reconstructive Surgery & Training (BFIRST) · London, United Kingdom→

ACPA Visiting Scholar Program

American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) — host ACPA Approved Teams · Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States→

ISAPS Expert Programme Observership — Prof. Ernst-Magnus Noah

Noahklinik · Kassel, Germany→

Interactive Aesthetic Fellowship — Observership (1 to 5 days)

Interactive Aesthetic Fellowship — Dr Marco Romeo (private practice, Madrid) · Madrid, Spain→

Visiting Observer Program

Stanford University — Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · Stanford, California, United States→

Plastic Surgery Observer Program

NYU Langone Health — Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery · New York, New York, United States→

Department of Plastic Surgery Physician Observership

UPMC — Department of Plastic Surgery · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States→

Plastic Surgery Observer Program

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Department of Plastic Surgery · Houston, Texas, United States→

International Physician Observership Program — Plastic Surgery

Cleveland Clinic — Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute · Cleveland, Ohio, United States→

EAFPS International Observership Program

European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS) · Lübeck, Germany→

Observerships and educational visits — Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Dubrava University Hospital (Klinička bolnica Dubrava) — Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery · Zagreb, Croatia→

Clinical Observership — Department of Plastic Surgery

Kobe University Hospital · Kobe, Japan→

Plastic Surgery Observership (Reconstructive Training Opportunity)

Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR · Tokyo, Japan→

Breast Center Observership (Breast Reconstruction and Lymphoedema Microsurgery)

Kameda Medical Center — Breast Center · Kamogawa, Japan→

Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Observership

Chiba University Hospital · Chiba, Japan→

Plastic Surgery Observership and Clinical Participation

Kagawa University — Department of Plastic Surgery · Kita, Kagawa, Japan→

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Observership

Aichi Cancer Center · Nagoya, Japan→

Observational Immersion for Plastic Surgeons (Oficinas Observacionais para Cirurgiões Plásticos)

Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP) — HCX FMUSP · São Paulo, Brazil→

Samsung Medical Center Observership — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Samsung Medical Center — Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Seoul, South Korea→

Plastic Surgery Observerships

UT Southwestern Medical Center — Department of Plastic Surgery · Dallas, Texas, United States→

International Observership Program — Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States→

International Observership Programme — Plastic Surgery, Craniofacial and Cleft

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · London, United Kingdom→

Observership Program — Plastic Surgery

Boston Children's Hospital · Boston, Massachusetts, United States→

International Observership in Oculoplastic Surgery

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis — Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences · St. Louis, Missouri, United States→

International Physician Observership Program (IPOP) — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Toho University Faculty of Medicine — Omori Hospital · Tokyo, Japan→

AO CMF Host-Centre Placement — Plastic, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery

Duke University Medical Center — Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery · Durham, North Carolina, United States→

Observation Program (Oculoplastic)

Oculofacial Clinic Tokyo Ginza · Tokyo, Japan→

LF Observership — Facial Plastic Surgery (1-3 months)

Lohuis Filipović Medical Group (Poliklinika), Zagreb · Zagreb, Croatia→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Luis Mastronardi Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Sanatorio Otamendi · Buenos Aires, Argentina→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Rajat Gupta Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / RG Aesthetics · Delhi, India→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Javier de Benito Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Instituto De Benito · Barcelona, Spain→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Medha Bhave; Parag Telang Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Lasercosmesis / Designer Bodyz · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Ruth Graf Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Pieta Medical Center · Curitiba, Brazil→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Bahman Guyuron Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Zeeba Clinic · Lyndhurst, Ohio, United States→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Al Aly Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, Texas, United States→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Lorne Rosenfield Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Peninsula Plastic Surgery · Burlingame, California, United States→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Apostolos Mandrekas Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Artion Plastic Surgery Center · Athens, Greece→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Sadri Ozan Sozer Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / El Paso Cosmetic Surgery · El Paso, Texas, United States→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Karthik Ramasamy Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Chennai Plastic Surgery · Chennai, India→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Sayeed Siddiky Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Cosmetic Surgery Center · Dhaka, Bangladesh→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Kai Kaye Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Ocean Clinic · Marbella, Spain→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Vakis Kontoes Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Hygeia Hospital / DRK Medical Group Laserlight Clinic · Athens, Greece→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Argentina Vidrascu Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Clinica Ortomed A.B. · Cluj-Napoca, Romania→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Foad Nahai Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Center for Plastic Surgery · Atlanta, Georgia, United States→

ISAPS Expert Visit — Tiago Baptista-Fernandes Aesthetic Surgery Observership

ISAPS / Up Clinic · Lisbon, Portugal→

AAFPS Facial Plastic Surgery Observership

Australasian Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (AAFPS) · Sydney, New South Wales (AAFPS office; host locations as arranged), Australia→

International Surgeon Observership Program

Grand Plastic Surgery · Seoul, South Korea→

Severance International Fellowship — Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery Training

Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System · Seoul, South Korea→

Chang Gung Hand Surgery Training (international clinical observer)

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou — Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan→

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Observership

Tata Memorial Centre (Tata Memorial Hospital) · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India→