Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →ATOS Klinik Fleetinsel
⌖ Hamburg, Germany · Host: Jörn Kircher
SHOULDER & ELBOW · DESTINATION
Shoulder and Elbow Fellowships in Germany
Showing only Shoulder & Elbow programmes in Germany. Other subspecialties remain available through the country filters below.
13Total programs
1Selected subspecialty
13Clinical & visiting
0Research
23Network host institutions
COUNTRY × SUBSPECIALTY SNAPSHOT
How the Shoulder and Elbow inventory in Germany is structured
This page contains 13 canonical pathways across 13 locations. Counts come from the current OrthoFellow database; missing funding or application information is never treated as a negative finding.
1clinical fellowships
0research fellowships
12observerships
0short courses
13current application signals
12funding details published
VERIFIED NETWORK HOSTS
Institutions you can explore
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 · Official network
View within pathway →Franziskus-Hospital Harderberg, Orthopaedics (Niels-Stensen-Kliniken)
⌖ Georgsmarienhütte (Osnabrück), Lower Saxony, Germany · Host: PD Dr. Olaf Rolf
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Harris Georgousis Private Practice
⌖ Düsseldorf, Germany · Host: Harris Georgousis
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Helios Endo Klinik
⌖ Hamburg, Germany · Host: Andreas Werner
Shoulder & Elbow · Official network
View within pathway →Klinikum Südstadt Rostock, Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedics and Hand Surgery
⌖ Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany · Host: Dr. med. Thomas Westphal
Shoulder & Elbow · Official network
View within pathway →Krankenhaus Agatharied, Shoulder and Elbow Centre (Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics)
⌖ Hausham, Bavaria, Germany · Host: Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich H. Brunner
Shoulder & Elbow · Official network
View within pathway →MVZ sporthopaedicum Straubing
⌖ Straubing, Bavaria, Germany · Host: Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Greiner
Shoulder & Elbow · Official network
View within pathway →OFZ Weilheim (Orthopädisches Fachzentrum)
⌖ Weilheim in Oberbayern, Bavaria, Germany · Host: PD Dr. med. Stefan Buchmann
Shoulder & Elbow · Official network
View within pathway →Ortho-Mainfranken Würzburg (orthopaedic practice clinic)
⌖ Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany · Host: PD Dr. med. Dirk Böhm
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Orthoclinic Agatharied
⌖ Hausham, Germany · Host: Ulrich Brunner
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Orthopädische Chirurgie München
⌖ Munich, Germany · Host: Patric Raiss
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Orthopaedic Practice Clinic – OPPK
⌖ Münster, Germany · Host: Jörn Steinbeck
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Rhön Klinikum – OUSE
⌖ Bad Neustadt, Germany · Host: Ayman F. AbdelKawi
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Saarland University Hospital
⌖ Homburg, Germany · Host: Sam Razaeian
Shoulder & Elbow · Official network
View within pathway →Sana Klinikum Rummelsberg, Trauma, Shoulder and Reconstructive Surgery, Sports Medicine and Sports Traumatology
⌖ Schwarzenbruck (Rummelsberg), Bavaria, Germany · Host: PD Dr. med. Lars Eden
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Sportheum Sportsclinic
⌖ Fellbach, Germany · Host: Frieder Mauch
Shoulder & Elbow · Official network
View within pathway →St. Vinzenz Klinik Pfronten, Shoulder and Elbow Clinic
⌖ Pfronten, Bavaria, Germany · Host: Dr. med. Christian Schoch
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Technical University Munich
⌖ Munich, Germany · Host: Sebastian Siebenlist
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Universitätsmedizin Mannheim
⌖ Mannheim, Germany · Host: Michael Hackl
Shoulder & Elbow · Official network
View within pathway →University Hospital Cologne (Uniklinik Köln), Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery
⌖ Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Host: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Lars Peter Müller
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →ViDia Kliniken
⌖ Karlsruhe, Germany · Host: Lars-Johannes Lehmann
Shoulder & Elbow · SECEC
View within pathway →Vulpius Klinik
⌖ Bad Rappenau, Germany · Host: Wolfgang Pötzl
Shoulder & Elbow · Official network
View within pathway →Vulpius Klinik Bad Rappenau, Shoulder Surgery
⌖ Bad Rappenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany · Host: PD Dr. Wolfgang Pötzl
SUBSPECIALTY
13 programsShoulder & Elbow
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026DVSE International Hospitation Scholarship
German Shoulder and Elbow Society (DVSE) training centres
⌖ Selected host centre, Germany
Program lead
DSDVSE-certified surgeon at the selected host centre
DurationAt least 4 weeks
FundingEUR 2,500 restricted grant, normally paid in cash at the first host centre
ExposureShoulder and elbow observership at a DVSE training centre or department directed by a DVSE-certified shoulder and elbow surgeon
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026DVSE International Hospitation Scholarship — Franziskus-Hospital Harderberg, Orthopaedics
⌖ Georgsmarienhütte, Lower Saxony, Germany
Program lead
PD
PD Dr. Olaf Rolf (Head, DVSE Shoulder and Elbow Clinic (DSEK))
DurationAt least 4 weeks (DVSE minimum hospitation period)
FundingTwo DVSE awards of EUR 2,500 across the programme; normally paid at the first host. These are…
ExposureShoulder and elbow surgery hospitation (observer stay) at a DVSE-listed training centre (Shoulder and Elbow Clinic (DSEK)). The…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026DVSE International Hospitation Scholarship — Klinikum Südstadt Rostock, Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedics and Hand Surgery
⌖ Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Faculty & leadership
DM
Dr. med. Thomas Westphal (Head, DVSE Shoulder and Elbow Clinic (DSEK))DMDr. med. Jörg Weber (Deputy head)
DurationAt least 4 weeks (DVSE minimum hospitation period)
FundingTwo DVSE awards of EUR 2,500 across the programme; normally paid at the first host. These are…
ExposureShoulder and elbow surgery hospitation (observer stay) at a DVSE-listed training centre (Shoulder and Elbow Clinic (DSEK)). The…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026DVSE International Hospitation Scholarship — Ortho-Mainfranken Würzburg
Ortho-Mainfranken Würzburg (Deutsche Schulter- und Ellenbogenpraxis Ortho-Mainfranken Würzburg)
⌖ Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Faculty & leadership
PD
PD Dr. med. Dirk Böhm (Head, DVSE Shoulder and Elbow Practice (DSEP))DM
Dr. med. Dorota Böhm (Deputy head)
DurationAt least 4 weeks (DVSE minimum hospitation period)
FundingTwo DVSE awards of EUR 2,500 across the programme; normally paid at the first host. These are…
ExposureShoulder and elbow surgery hospitation (observer stay) at a DVSE-listed training centre (Shoulder and Elbow Practice (DSEP)). The…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026DVSE International Hospitation Scholarship — Orthopädisches Fachzentrum (OFZ) Weilheim
Orthopädisches Fachzentrum (OFZ) Weilheim (Deutsche Schulter- und Ellenbogenpraxis Weilheim (OFZ))
⌖ Weilheim in Oberbayern, Bavaria, Germany
Program lead
PD
PD Dr. med. Stefan Buchmann (Head, DVSE Shoulder and Elbow Practice (DSEP))
DurationAt least 4 weeks (DVSE minimum hospitation period)
FundingTwo DVSE awards of EUR 2,500 across the programme; normally paid at the first host. These are…
ExposureShoulder and elbow surgery hospitation (observer stay) at a DVSE-listed training centre (Shoulder and Elbow Practice (DSEP)). The…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026DVSE International Hospitation Scholarship — Sana Klinik Rummelsberg, Trauma, Shoulder and Reconstructive Surgery
⌖ Schwarzenbruck, Bavaria, Germany
Faculty & leadership
PD
PD Dr. med. Lars Eden (Head, DVSE Shoulder and Elbow Clinic (DSEK))PD
Prof. Dr. med. Richard Stangl (Deputy head)
DurationAt least 4 weeks (DVSE minimum hospitation period)
FundingTwo DVSE awards of EUR 2,500 across the programme; normally paid at the first host. These are…
ExposureShoulder and elbow surgery hospitation (observer stay) at a DVSE-listed training centre (Shoulder and Elbow Clinic (DSEK)). The…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026DVSE International Hospitation Scholarship — St. Vinzenz Klinik Pfronten, Shoulder and Elbow Clinic
⌖ Pfronten, Bavaria, Germany
Faculty & leadership
DM
Dr. med. Christian Schoch (Head, DVSE Shoulder and Elbow Clinic (DSEK))DMDr. med. Michael Geyer (Deputy head)
DurationAt least 4 weeks (DVSE minimum hospitation period)
FundingTwo DVSE awards of EUR 2,500 across the programme; normally paid at the first host. These are…
ExposureShoulder and elbow surgery hospitation (observer stay) at a DVSE-listed training centre (Shoulder and Elbow Clinic (DSEK)). The…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026DVSE Research Fellowship for Residents — 4-week research stay at a host institution
DVSE (D-A-CH Vereinigung für Schulter- und Ellenbogenchirurgie)
⌖ Selected host institution, Germany
Duration4 weeks
FundingEUR 2,000 support.
ExposureIntensive involvement in shoulder and elbow research at a selected host institution, taking part in ongoing or newly developed…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026SECEC Education Centre Visit — Rhön Klinikum OUSE (Bad Neustadt)
Rhön Klinikum Campus Bad Neustadt — OUSE (Orthopädie, Unfall-, Schulterchirurgie und Endoprothetik)
⌖ Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Bavaria, Germany
Program lead
AF
Ayman F. AbdelKawi (SECEC contact surgeon)
DurationTwo- to three-day educational visit (SECEC Education Centre…
FundingUnfunded: travel and accommodation costs are the responsibility of the applicant.
ExposureThe centre’s November 2025 SECEC profile describes primary/revision shoulder and elbow arthroplasty, corrective osteotomy, tendon…
✓ 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 15 Oct 2026DVSE Female Fellowship — 1-week visits to two female-led shoulder and elbow units
DVSE (D-A-CH Vereinigung für Schulter- und Ellenbogenchirurgie)
⌖ Various host units, Germany
Duration1 week
FundingEUR 3,000 in total for the two candidates, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson; used to fund the…
ExposureA 1-week visit (Hospitationsreise) to 2 addresses with female leadership in shoulder and elbow surgery, ending with the course…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026DVSE Travel Scholarship (Reisestipendium) — 2-week study trip to DVSE training centres
DVSE (D-A-CH Vereinigung für Schulter- und Ellenbogenchirurgie)
⌖ Various DVSE training centres, Germany
Duration2 weeks
FundingEUR 4,000 in total for the two candidates (sponsored by the company medi). No fees stated.
ExposureA 2-week study trip (Hospitation) to DVSE-recognised shoulder and elbow training centres; observational visits chosen by the…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026Munich Clinic Bogenhausen Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship
Munich Clinic Bogenhausen, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
⌖ Munich, Germany
Faculty & leadership
MCMunich Clinic Bogenhausen orthopaedic surgery facultyDODivision of Orthopaedic Surgery+1 more
Duration12 months
FundingNot published
ExposureElective and community-trauma shoulder and elbow care, arthroplasty, arthroscopy, osteosynthesis, soft-tissue and joint…
Shoulder and Elbow fellowships in Germany: FAQs
Where can I do a shoulder and elbow fellowship in Germany?
OrthoFellow lists 13 shoulder and elbow pathways in Germany, including German Shoulder and Elbow Society (DVSE) training centres, Franziskus-Hospital Harderberg, Orthopaedics (Deutsche Schulter- und Ellenbogenklinik Franziskus-Hospital Harderberg), Klinikum Südstadt Rostock, Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedics and Hand Surgery (Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie und Handchirurgie), Ortho-Mainfranken Würzburg (Deutsche Schulter- und Ellenbogenpraxis Ortho-Mainfranken Würzburg) and 7 more. Each profile links to the official programme page.
Which Germany shoulder and elbow fellowships are open now?
13 of 13 show an active, upcoming or rolling application signal. A listing is not a confirmed vacancy, so check the official page for the current cycle before applying.
How do I apply for a shoulder and elbow fellowship in Germany?
Elsewhere, upper limb fellowships are offered by hospitals and recognised through societies such as BESS (UK), SECEC-ESSSE (Europe) and the AOA (Australia), alongside short observerships for visiting surgeons. Eligibility, registration and visa terms are programme-specific.