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Orthopaedic Fellowships in Lyon

Lyon's listed training interests include knee reconstruction, hand surgery and shoulder-and-elbow education. Hospital fellowships, specialist-centre visits and short observerships need separate comparisons: a programme's reputation does not identify its application process or the visitor's operative role. Review the Centre Orthopédique Santy and other host profiles for the actual department, supervisor and training format, then confirm the dates, teaching language and cost of the intended visit.

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How the Lyon inventory is structured

Counts are generated from the current OrthoFellow database. They are not programme rankings, recommendations or guarantees of application availability.

12city-specific pathways
3verified network pathways
10current application signals
11funding details published
DOCUMENTED PATHWAYS

Programmes connected to Lyon

A network-host entry means the official pathway names a host in this city; it does not mean that a standalone vacancy is currently open.

✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipRolling applicationCity-specific programmeHip and Knee →

Centre Orthopédique Santy Fellowship — Knee Arthrosis Surgery (Hip & Knee)

Centre Orthopédique Santy / Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz

⌖ Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Duration1 to 6 months (ISAKOS listing; the centre customises…
FundingNo fee published. ISAKOS listing: 'No financial assistance or other support is available' from…
ExposureKnee arthrosis and arthroplasty surgery with the Santy knee-arthrosis surgeons; the Santy fellows list shows fellows of Michel…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipRolling applicationCity-specific programmeSports Medicine →

Centre Orthopédique Santy Fellowship — Sports Knee Surgery and Sports Medicine

Centre Orthopédique Santy / Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz

⌖ Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Duration1 to 6 months (ISAKOS listing; the centre customises…
FundingNo fee published. ISAKOS listing: 'No financial assistance or other support is available' from…
ExposureFollow the surgeon in consultations and in theatre; the ISAKOS record lists managing patients directly, scrubbing in, assisting in…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
ObservershipRolling applicationCity-specific programmeShoulder and Elbow →

Centre Orthopédique Santy Observership / Short Visit

Centre Orthopédique Santy / Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz

⌖ Lyon, France

DurationA few days to 1 year; non-EU short-stay pathway up to 3 months…
FundingSelf-funded; no institutional salary or financial assistance is published
ExposureObserver immersion in shoulder clinics and operating lists, with possible clinical-research, database and scientific-meeting…
✓ Verified 23 Sep 2026
Clinical FellowshipRolling applicationCity-specific programmeShoulder and Elbow →

Centre Orthopédique Santy Shoulder Fellowship

Centre Orthopédique Santy / Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz

⌖ Lyon, France

Duration1–6 months; the host also describes research expectations for…
FundingNo institutional financial assistance; external Arthrex fellowship grants may be requested at…
ExposureShoulder clinics and operating lists, supervised clinical participation, cadaver laboratories, patient assessment, database work,…
✓ Verified 24 Sep 2026
ObservershipClosed for this cycleVerified network hostHip and Knee →

EFORT Robotic Travelling Fellowship Network

Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse

⌖ Lyon

Duration3 weeks in the published 2024 programme; two days at each of…
FundingThe published 2024 fellowship grant covered all accommodation and travel expenses
ExposureRobotic-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty, Mako workflow integration, supervised scrub-in where permitted and practical experience…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipRolling applicationCity-specific programmeSpine →

Fellowship en endoscopie du rachis — INSER / Centre d'Endoscopie du Rachis (Institut Santy d'Endoscopie du Rachis)

INSER Lyon — Centre Orthopédique Santy

⌖ Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

DurationNot published
FundingNot published
ExposureTraining in minimally invasive endoscopic lumbar and cervical spine surgery within the team; no further details on the page.
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipClosed for this cycleCity-specific programmePaediatric Orthopaedics →

FEPOS Paediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship — Lyon

Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant / Hospices Civils de Lyon

⌖ Lyon, France

Duration1 year
FundingPaid FEPOS hospital appointment; salary amount is not published
ExposurePaediatric orthopaedic clinics and operating rooms across spine, tumours, skeletal dysplasia and other selected subspecialties, with…
✓ Verified 4 Oct 2026
ObservershipRolling applicationVerified network hostHand and Microsurgery →

FESSH-listed Hand Surgery Training Centres — Western Europe

Edouard Herriot University Hospital

⌖ Lyon, France

DurationCentre-specific: observer visits, 6-week to 12-month…
FundingCentre-specific: self-funded, centre-funded and unpublished routes are clearly distinguished on…
ExposureHand, wrist, elbow, microsurgery, trauma, arthroscopy, nerve, congenital and reconstructive training according to the selected…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipRolling applicationCity-specific programmeHand and Microsurgery →

Formation Interne/Fellow — ICMMS (Institut Chirurgical de la Main et du Membre Supérieur)

ICMMS — Institut Chirurgical de la Main et du Membre Supérieur

⌖ Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Duration6 to 12 months.
FundingThe fellowship can be supported by a study grant ('bourse d'étude'); no amount or eligibility…
ExposureFellows work in consultation and in theatre at the ICMMS; the institute covers hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery, emergency…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipClosed for this cycleCity-specific programmeHip and Knee →

Hip Multicenter Visiting Fellowship (EFORT Foundation, supported by Medacta)

EFORT Foundation / Médipôle Lyon-Villeurbanne

⌖ Villeurbanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Duration6 months
FundingA fixed grant is paid (about 80% roughly one month before the start, 20% after the final…
ExposureImmersive six-month programme in total hip replacement with focus on the anterior approach and periacetabular osteotomy (PAO), with…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipCurrent availability unconfirmedCity-specific programmeHip and Knee →

LYON ADVANCED KNEE FELLOWSHIP: Sport, Preservation, Robotic arthroplasty

Hospices Civils de Lyon — Hôpital Lyon Sud / Lyon University

⌖ Pierre-Bénite, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

DurationFlexible, 3 to 12 months (programme text); ISAKOS session…
FundingNot published
ExposureTwo pillars: arthroscopic sports and preservation surgery (ACL and revision ACL, slope-reducing osteotomy, multiligament…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipRolling applicationCity-specific programmeHand and Microsurgery →

Lyon Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Fellowship

Edouard Herriot University Hospital

⌖ Lyon, France

Duration6 months, with possible extension to 1 year
FundingFunded by the centre with a basic resident salary plus on-call duties; the exact amount is not…
ExposureElective and emergency hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery, microsurgery, arthroscopy, peripheral-nerve and brachial-plexus…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipCurrent availability unconfirmedCity-specific programmeHip and Knee →

Lyon Robotic Knee Arthroplasty Fellowship

Hospices Civils de Lyon / Lyon University

⌖ Lyon, France

Duration6 months
FundingPrivate financial support is recorded, but no amount or covered-expense breakdown is published
ExposureRobotic total and partial knee arthroplasty in a high-volume university centre, with knee-research and publication opportunities
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
ObservershipRolling applicationVerified network hostShoulder and Elbow →

SECEC Education Centre Visit Network

Centre Orthopédique Santy

⌖ Lyon, France

Duration2–3 days at one selected centre
FundingSelf-funded: travel and accommodation are the applicant’s responsibility
ExposureShort educational visit at one recognised SECEC shoulder and elbow centre; the schedule is agreed with the host and depends on…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipRolling applicationCity-specific programmeSpine →

Training in Spinal Deformity Surgery (Fellowship program) — Institut de la Colonne Vertébrale Lyon Charcot

Institut de la Colonne Vertébrale (ICV) — Clinique Lyon-Charcot

⌖ Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

DurationCustomisable programmes from 1 month to 1 year.
FundingNot published
ExposureIntensive clinical practice with live surgeries, complex cases and case reviews in paediatric and adult spinal deformity (scoliosis,…
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Orthopaedic fellowship faculty in Lyon

19 people are named on source-backed Lyon programme pages. Each profile links to the official source and to the programmes the person is connected to.

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Directory data materially reviewed 7 September 2026. Always reopen the linked official source before applying or paying any costs.

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