Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Alps Surgery Institute
⌖ Annecy, France · Host: Thibault Lafosse
SHOULDER & ELBOW · DESTINATION
Shoulder and Elbow Fellowships in France
Showing only Shoulder & Elbow programmes in France. Other subspecialties remain available through the country filters below.
15Total programs
1Selected subspecialty
15Clinical & visiting
0Research
11Network host institutions
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How the Shoulder and Elbow inventory in France is structured
This page contains 15 canonical pathways across 11 locations. Counts come from the current OrthoFellow database; missing funding or application information is never treated as a negative finding.
5clinical fellowships
0research fellowships
7observerships
3short courses
12current application signals
10funding details published
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Hospital and clinic profiles connected to an official fellowship or education-centre pathway. A recognised host does not automatically mean that a position is open.
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →American Hospital of Paris
⌖ Paris, France · Host: Philippe Collin
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Centre Orthopédique Santy
⌖ Lyon, France · Host: Lionel Neyton
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Clinique de l'Orangerie
⌖ Strasbourg, France · Host: Maxime Antoni
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Clinique de l'Union
⌖ Toulouse Métropole (Saint-Jean), France · Host: Jean Kany
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Hôpital Ambroise Paré
⌖ Boulogne-Billancourt, France · Host: Jean-David Werthel
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Hôpital Pierre Paul Riquet
⌖ Toulouse, France · Host: Nicolas Bonnevialle
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Hôpital Privé la Châtaigneraie
⌖ Clermont-Ferrand, France · Host: Pierre Métais
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →ICR – Institut de Chirurgie Réparatrice Locomoteur & Sport
⌖ Nice, France · Host: Pascal Boileau
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Institut Universitaire Locomoteur et du Sport – CHU Nice
⌖ Nice, France · Host: Marc-Olivier Gauci
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Orthosud
⌖ Montpellier, France · Host: Philippe Teissier
SUBSPECIALTY
15 programsShoulder & Elbow
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026Alps Surgery Institute Research Fellowship (short-term, long-term, PhD)
Alps Surgery Institute (Clinique Générale d'Annecy)
⌖ Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Faculty & leadership
DurationShort-term 3 to 6 months; long-term 9 to 18 months; full PhD 2…
FundingSalary EUR 1,500 per month and lunch about EUR 3.50 per meal are stated for ASI fellows; the…
ExposureResearch on upper-extremity trauma, plexus surgery, arthroplasty and arthroscopy (randomised, prospective, retrospective and…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026Paris Hand & Shoulder Unit Shoulder Fellowship
Institut de la Main et de l’Épaule / Clinique Bizet
⌖ Paris, France
Faculty & leadership
Duration6 or 12 months
FundingThe current application materials do not publish a stipend, fee or funding commitment.
ExposureParticipation in theatre, consultations and emergency activity as an assistant, with tutorials, case discussion and supervised…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026Paris Shoulder Observership — Hand & Shoulder Unit
Institut de la Main et de l’Épaule / Clinique Bizet
⌖ Paris, France
Program lead
Duration1–3 months
FundingThe current application materials do not publish a stipend, fee or funding commitment.
ExposureShoulder-unit observation without patient-care duties, within a host practice covering arthroscopy, arthroplasty, sports-related…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026Alps Surgery Institute Clinical Fellowship (3, 6 or 12 months)
Alps Surgery Institute (Clinique Générale d'Annecy)
⌖ Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Faculty & leadership
Duration3 months (observership/fellowship), 6 months, or 12 months…
FundingSalary EUR 1,500 per month; lunch about EUR 3.50 per meal; the Institute may consider funding…
ExposureFellows join the shoulder and upper-limb team in the operating theatre, outpatient clinics and research, with more than 500…
✓ Verified 24 Sep 2026CHP Saint-Grégoire Shoulder Surgery Fellowship
CHP Saint-Grégoire / Institut Locomoteur de l’Ouest (ILO)
⌖ Saint-Grégoire / Rennes, France
Faculty & leadership
Duration3 months to 1 year, tailored to the fellow’s objectives and…
FundingA salary or stipend is not published; the programme provides an apartment at no cost and…
ExposureActive participation in more than 600 shoulder arthroscopies and 200 shoulder replacements per year under direct senior supervision.…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026Centre Orthopédique Santy Observership / Short Visit
Centre Orthopédique Santy / Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz
⌖ Lyon, France
Faculty & leadership
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 3 Oct 2026ICR Nice Shoulder Fellowship
Institut de Chirurgie Réparatrice Locomoteur et Sports
⌖ Nice, France
Program lead
Duration3–12 months
FundingNot published
ExposureShoulder clinics, operating-room coverage and research; the published weekly schedule includes three half-days in theatre, three…
✓ Verified 23 Sep 2026Centre Orthopédique Santy Shoulder Fellowship
Centre Orthopédique Santy / Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz
⌖ Lyon, France
Faculty & leadership
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 3 Oct 2026SECEC Education Centre Visit Network
⌖ Recognised shoulder and elbow centres across Europe
Program lead
HFHost faculty at the selected centre
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 3 Oct 2026ICR Nice Shoulder Observational Visit — Non-EU pathway
Institut de Chirurgie Réparatrice Locomoteur et Sports
⌖ Nice, France
Program lead
DurationUp to 3 months for the non-EU short-stay pathway
FundingNot published
ExposureObservational shoulder-surgery visit. ICR's public application form accepts observational visits, but it does not separately publish…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026SoFEC Tour — visits to French shoulder and elbow centres (including the DIU Elbow/Shoulder placements)
SoFEC (Société Française de l'Épaule et du Coude) member centres
⌖ Various host centres, France
DurationHalf a day to a few days; the DIU placements are two stays of…
FundingVisitor pays travel; host hospitality is optional and not obligatory.
ExposureObserver visits to member surgeons' clinics, operating theatre and staff meetings; the visitor is an observer and must not be…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026Shoulder Friends Institute SFI Tour Fellowship
Shoulder Friends Institute — 10 French shoulder centres
⌖ Paris and multiple cities, France
Faculty & leadership
CC
Christophe CharoussetSA
Stéphane Audebert+8 more
Duration1 month
FundingShoulder Friends Institute finances ("finance") an annual one-month Fellow Tour of its 10…
ExposureA travelling educational tour through all 10 SFI shoulder centres in France
ID✓ Verified 9 Oct 2026
Short CourseCurrent availability unconfirmedShoulder & Elbow →Inter-University Diploma in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (DIU de Chirurgie de l'Épaule et du Coude) — Université Marie et Louis Pasteur, Besançon
⌖ Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Program lead
LOLaurent Obert (responsable pédagogique)
Duration1 academic year (November–June): four 2-day seminars (60…
Funding178 EUR university fee; tuition 800 EUR (continuing education with funding), 400 EUR (without…
ExposureNational SOFEC-linked diploma covering shoulder/elbow trauma, primary and revision arthroplasty, tendon pathology and instability,…
ID✓ Verified 9 Oct 2026
Short CourseCurrent availability unconfirmedShoulder & Elbow →Inter-University Diploma in Shoulder and Elbow Pathology (DIU Pathologie de l'Épaule et du Coude) — Université de Rouen Normandie
Université de Rouen Normandie, UFR Santé
⌖ Rouen, Normandy, France
Program lead
DADr Amine Hamza (responsable pédagogique)
DurationNot published
FundingFees listed on the CFCA website (not stated on the programme sheet).
ExposureTraining in the main areas of shoulder and elbow pathology built on anatomy, biomechanics and biomaterials, taught by specialist…
ID✓ Verified 9 Oct 2026
Short CourseCurrent availability unconfirmedShoulder & Elbow →Inter-University Diploma in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (DIU Chirurgie de l'Épaule et du Coude) — Faculté de Médecine de Tours
Université de Tours, UFR Médecine
⌖ Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Program lead
JBJulien Berhouet (enseignant responsable)
Duration1 year: four 2-day seminars plus two compulsory 2-day visits…
FundingNot published
ExposureComplete teaching of shoulder and elbow pathology (trauma, primary and revision arthroplasty, tendon pathology, instability, basic…