Subspecialty fellowship by location
Microsurgery fellowship
in Europe.
51 source-led programme profiles in Europe, at 47 institutions. Free-flap reconstruction, supermicrosurgery and microsurgical techniques. Compare formats, application status and official sources before applying.
51 programme profiles47 institutions13 countries3 upcoming cycles
Programme list
Microsurgery programmes in Europe
Programmes with an upcoming cycle are listed first. Listings do not establish current vacancies.
- FESSH Congress Fellowship — Prague 2027Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand · Hand surgery units across the Czech Republic, Czech RepublicObservership · Upcoming application cycle · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- The Brussels Breast Fellowship 2026/27Brussels University Hospital (UZ Brussel) / Hamdi Foundation · Brussels, BelgiumClinical fellowship · Upcoming application cycle · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Fellowship 'Fonds Professor Guido Matton'Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent) · Ghent, BelgiumClinical fellowship · Upcoming application cycle · Source reviewed 12 Oct 2026
- Advanced Diploma in Lymphedema Surgery (BCN Lymphedema Research Fellowship)Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau / Reconstructive Microsurgery European School (RMES) · Barcelona, SpainHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Breast Reconstruction FellowshipSt. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein · Nieuwegein, NetherlandsClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Coventry Microsurgery and Major Trauma FellowshipUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Coventry Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery FellowshipUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship ProgramTampere University Hospital (Tays), Pirkanmaa Wellbeing Services County — Department of Musculoskeletal Diseases · Tampere, FinlandClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- 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, GermanyObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Training / Scientific FellowshipHandzentrum Pratteln — Northwestern Switzerland · Pratteln, SwitzerlandHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Hand and Upper-Limb Surgery Fellowship — SOS Mains Edouard HerriotHospices Civils de Lyon — Hôpital Edouard Herriot (Service de chirurgie orthopédique du membre supérieur / SOS Mains) · Lyon, FranceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- IBRA Cranio-Maxillofacial and Reconstructive TrainingUniversity Hospital of Amiens — Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery · Amiens, FranceHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- IBRA Hand Surgery Visit / Scientific Fellowship — RavensburgHand Centre Ravensburg / St. Elisabeth Hospital · Ravensburg, GermanyShort-term training · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- IBRA Resident and Scientific Fellowship — Hand and Upper Extremity UnitMaastricht University Medical Center+ (Hand and Upper Extremity Center) · Maastricht, NetherlandsHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- International Fellowship in Plastic & Reconstructive SurgeryGoettlicher Heiland Krankenhaus (Hospital of the Divine Savior) · Vienna, AustriaClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- International Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Training PlacementHospices Civils de Lyon — Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse · Lyon, FranceShort-term training · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship — UZ GentGhent University Hospital (UZ Gent) · Ghent, BelgiumClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Reconstructive Microsurgery FellowshipMaastricht UMC+ · Maastricht, NetherlandsClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Stephen S. Kroll Fellowship — Microsurgical Breast ReconstructionGhent University Hospital (UZ Gent) · Ghent, BelgiumClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Hand and Upper-Limb Fellowship — ICMMSInstitut Chirurgical de la Main et du Membre Supérieur (ICMMS) · Lyon, FranceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand Fellowship — St Andrew's Centre for Plastic SurgeryBroomfield Hospital, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (St Andrew's Centre) · Chelmsford, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship — Institut de la Main et de l'ÉpauleInstitut de la Main et de l'Épaule — Clinique Bizet · Paris, FranceHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Senior Microsurgical FellowQueen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · East Grinstead, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship — IFCMInstitut Français de Chirurgie de la Main — Clinique Victor Hugo · Paris, FranceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 12 Oct 2026
- Hand, Peripheral Nerve and Reconstructive Surgery FellowshipUrgences Mains de l'Est Parisien — Hôpital Privé Paul d'Egine · Champigny-sur-Marne, FranceHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 12 Oct 2026
- Observership — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DepartmentHospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau / Reconstructive Microsurgery European School (RMES) · Barcelona, SpainObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 12 Oct 2026
- Oncologic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery Observership 2027Gustave Roussy · Villejuif, Paris Region, FranceObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 12 Oct 2026
- Hand and Elbow Surgery Training Centre — Self-Funded Fellowship / Clinical AttachmentCentro manoegomito, Clinica Ars Medica · Gravesano, SwitzerlandObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — GenoaIRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini — Paediatric Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Unit · Genoa, ItalyObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — SOS Main Le MansCentre de la Main — Clinique du Pré (SOS Main Le Mans) · Le Mans, FranceObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment / Self-Funded Fellowship — Universitätsklinik für Plastische- und HandchirurgieInselspital, Universitätsspital Bern — Universitätsklinik für Plastische- und Handchirurgie · Bern, SwitzerlandObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship — Centre de la Main AngersCentre de la Main (Village Santé Angers Loire) · Trélazé, FranceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship (self-funded) — Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand SurgeryErasmus MC · Rotterdam, NetherlandsClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — AthensHand, Upper Limb & Microsurgery Department (KAT), Athens · Athens, GreeceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — BarcelonaicatMA Hand and Microsurgery Unit — ICATME, Hospital Universitari Quirón-Dexeus · Barcelona, SpainClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — MilanASST Gaetano Pini-CTO — Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery Unit · Milan, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — MilanSan Pio X Clinic — Hand Surgery Unit · Milan, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — TurinC.T.O. Hospital — Traumatology and Hand Surgery (U.O.C.) · Turin, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — VeronaVerona University Hospital — Hand Surgery and Microsurgery Unit (European Hand Trauma and Replantation Center) · Verona, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Research / Self-funded Fellowship — Section of Hand Surgery, TUM Klinikum rechts der Isar (FESSH training centre)TUM Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich — Section of Hand Surgery · Munich, GermanyHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Subspecialty Fellowship Programmes in Microsurgery, Skin Cancer and Aesthetic SurgeryLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust — Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Leeds, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Visiting Hand and Upper-Limb Training — Paris MonceauCentre Main Paris Monceau — Clinique Internationale du Parc Monceau · Paris, FranceShort-term training · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 7 Oct 2026
- Bruce Bailey FellowshipBritish Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (hosted by Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore) · Coimbatore, India (host centre), United KingdomTravelling fellowship · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 17 Oct 2026
- Fellowship in MicrosurgeryKarolinska University Hospital · Stockholm, SwedenClinical fellowship · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 16 Oct 2026
- Advanced Skills Training Diploma in Breast ReconstructionHospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · Barcelona, SpainClinical fellowship · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Fellowship in General Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive MicrosurgeryTampere University Hospital (Pirkanmaa Wellbeing Services County) · Tampere, FinlandClinical fellowship · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- International Fellowship Program in MicrosurgeryUppsala University Hospital (Akademiska sjukhuset) · Uppsala, SwedenClinical fellowship · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Robotic Supermicrosurgery Brussels Lymphedema FellowshipUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel) — Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, with the Hamdi Foundation · Brussels (Jette), BelgiumClinical fellowship · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- SICM Fellowship in Hand Surgery and Reconstructive MicrosurgerySocietà Italiana di Chirurgia della Mano (SICM) — SICM-accredited Italian hand surgery centres · Brescia, ItalyClinical fellowship · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- SIM International Microsurgery Fellowship — WinterthurKantonsspital Winterthur / Italian Society of Microsurgery · Winterthur, SwitzerlandObservership · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- SIM Italian Clinical Fellowship in MicrosurgerySocietà Italiana di Microchirurgia (SIM) — network of Italian microsurgery training centres · Brescia, ItalyShort-term training · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
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How many microsurgery fellowships are listed in Europe?
PlasticFellow currently lists 51 source-backed microsurgery programme profiles in Europe, hosted by 47 institutions across 13 countries. This is a verified directory of documented routes, not a complete census of every training opportunity.
What types of microsurgery training are available in Europe?
Listed formats: clinical fellowship (30), observership (9), hybrid clinical and research (7), short-term training (4), travelling fellowship (1). Observerships and short courses do not grant hands-on operating rights; check each profile for the supervised role it describes.
Are these microsurgery fellowships recruiting now?
3 of these profiles list an upcoming application cycle, 9 show a passed deadline and 39 have no confirmed intake. Confirm current vacancies, dates and eligibility with the official source linked on each profile.
Can international surgeons apply for microsurgery fellowships in Europe?
Eligibility differs by host. Medical registration, language, visa and supervision rules decide whether a visiting surgeon can operate. Each profile states what its official source publishes about international applicants; confirm directly with the programme before applying.
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