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Filter programs 2 active filters + 01 Subspecialty Available in Belgium
02 Destination Countries with Hand & Microsurgery programs
03 Funding Only confirmed stipend or self-funded information is placed in these filters
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05 Programme status Open status is shown only when current official evidence supports it
06 Upcoming deadline Only future dates with a parseable published day and month are included
5 programs match · Hand & Microsurgery · Belgium ✓ Current FESSH training-centre entry; FESSH states that centre-submitted listings are not independently approved♡
Clinical Fellowship Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery
Orthoclinic Bruges / AZ Sint-Jan Brugge
⌖ Bruges · Belgium →
Faculty & leadership FS Filip StockmansFB Francis Bonte+3 more
Duration 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months or 1 year; short visits are also…
Funding Self-funded and centre-funded routes are listed; Dutch and participation in the SOS Hand on-call…
Clinical exposure Elective and emergency hand surgery, wrist arthroscopy, microsurgery, congenital and reconstructive procedures, elbow and broader…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Plastic or orthopaedic surgeons seeking modular hand-surgery training
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current AZ Groeninge surgeon and service pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
AZ Groeninge
⌖ Kortrijk · Belgium →
Program lead JV Jeroen Vanhaecke
Duration Duration agreed directly with AZ Groeninge; no fixed period is…
Funding Observer, practising, self-funded and centre-funded routes are recorded; Dutch is required for a…
Clinical exposure Hand and wrist surgery, trauma, microsurgery, brachial plexus, congenital differences, arthroscopy, Dupuytren disease, fractures,…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, plastic and orthopaedic surgeons seeking observation or a credentialed clinical attachment
✓ FESSH centre-submitted training profile plus current official Orthoca hand, wrist and elbow service page♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Orthoca Orthopaedic Group / AZ Monica
⌖ Antwerp · Belgium →
Faculty & leadership RV Roger van RietFV Frederik Verstreken
Duration 1 year for the clinical fellowship described in the FESSH…
Funding A funded route is described for candidates with Dutch-language proficiency; the current amount…
Clinical exposure Hand, wrist and elbow sports injuries, trauma, post-traumatic reconstruction, scaphoid, distal-radius and forearm surgery, Dupuytren…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Plastic or orthopaedic surgeons seeking specialist hand, wrist and elbow training
✓ Current FESSH centre-submitted training profile♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Erasme University Hospital / H.U.B
⌖ Brussels · Belgium →
Program lead FS Frédéric Schuind
Duration Duration agreed directly with the unit; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded fellows are welcomed; occasional European fellows may be funded as Belgian…
Clinical exposure Adult trauma, brachial plexus, shoulder, elbow, complex wrist and hand surgery, congenital differences, supervised operating,…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Orthopaedic or plastic surgeons seeking clinical and research experience in hand and peripheral-nerve surgery
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current Maria Middelares hand-centre page♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Handcenter Gent / AZ Maria Middelares
⌖ Ghent · Belgium →
Faculty & leadership JG Jean GoubauMC Michiel Cromheecke+1 more
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded fellowship or attachment; research, observer and practising routes are listed but…
Clinical exposure Open hand surgery, wrist and digit arthroscopy, ultrasound-guided surgery, trauma and planned hand-and-wrist procedures in a focused…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, plastic and orthopaedic surgeons seeking an interactive hand-and-wrist attachment
✓ Current FESSH training-centre entry; FESSH states that centre-submitted listings are not independently approved
Filip StockmansFB
Francis Bonte+3 more
