Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding
Approximately AUD 120,000 per annum in the 2025 AOA–NSA profile
Deadline
Not published
Duration
12 months
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureComplex spinal surgery, advanced perioperative assessment and progressively independent management across public and private hospital practice
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Specialist international medical graduates may be eligible for Australia's short-term training in a medical specialty pathway for up to 24 months. Eligibility requires recognised qualifications, completed internship, specialist or near-completion status, a confirmed host offer, college assessment and Medical Board/Ahpra registration; AOA accreditation alone does not guarantee host acceptance.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
≈Partially published
Medical registration
An eligible specialist IMG undertaking up to 24 months of advanced training may use the Medical Board of Australia's short-term training pathway. This requires primary-source verification, a confirmed position, specialist-college assessment, supervised-practice documents and limited registration for postgraduate training or supervised practice.
✓Published by official source
Language
Australian medical registration applicants must meet the current Ahpra English-language skills standard through an accepted education or test pathway; the standard includes IELTS Academic, OET, PTE Academic, TOEFL iBT and Cambridge routes with current score and validity rules.
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Applicable working visa required for overseas applicants (type not specified)
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY72% of core application fields verifiedChecked 2026-10-08 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-01
✓ programme title✓ institution / department✓ city and country✓ programme classification✓ subspecialty✓ duration✓ funding✓ eligibility✓ international eligibility✓ language✓ registration✓ visa / work authorisation✓ application process✓ application portal✓ official contact✓ faculty✓ verified faculty photograph✓ verified institution logo✓ institutional source✓ accreditation / organisation source✓ verification date— Current availability unconfirmed · current availability unconfirmed— positions · not published by the cited official source— commencement / intake · not published by the cited official source— benefits · not published by the cited official source— accommodation / relocation · not published by the cited official source— Current deadline not yet published · not published by the cited official source— required documents · not published by the cited official source— Official programme page requires reverification · not published by the cited official source
APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateIntake date not published
Application route / cycleApplications are made through the NSW Health JMO jobs website (AOA-NSA profile). NSW Health runs one annual Junior Medical Officer (JMO) recruitment campaign in which most positions are advertised for the following clinical year; the 2027 clinical year runs 1 February 2027 to 6 February 2028 (NSW Health, re-read 3 October 2026). A live Prince of Wales spine fellow advert could not be checked on 3 October 2026 (the NSW Health careers portal returned no job listings to automated access) and no closing date with a year is published.
At least five years of advanced orthopaedic or neurosurgical training
Specialist certification, fellowship qualification or another qualification accepted by the programme as equivalent
For the Medical Board short-term training pathway: a primary medical qualification recognised by the AMC and World Directory of Medical Schools
Completed medical internship or comparable overseas training
Qualified as a specialist in the country of training, or within two years of completing specialist training
A confirmed Australian training-position offer and specialist-college suitability assessment before limited-registration application
Application documents
Not published
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
This 12-month Sydney spine fellowship is designed for surgeons who have completed advanced orthopaedic or neurosurgical training. The AOA–NSA profile describes complex operative exposure and increasing responsibility in assessment, surgical planning and postoperative care.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Prince of Wales Hospital / Prince of Wales Private Hospital
Prince of Wales Hospital is a major Sydney teaching hospital; the fellowship also includes Prince of Wales Private Hospital activity. Australian registration pathway: medicalboard.gov.au ↗. English standard: ahpra.gov.au ↗.
Orthopaedic / spinal clinician-researcher (UNSW Clinical Program of Surgery)Official profile & photo verified
Position / status
Fellowship supervisor / program leadership
Affiliation
Prince of Wales Hospital / UNSW
Clinical focus
Spinal cord injury research and related clinical surgical research
UNSW identifies Dr Ralph Stanford within the Clinical Program of Surgery and lists him as a principal investigator for the Riluzole in Spinal Cord Injury Study, a double-blind randomised trial of riluzole in acute cervical spinal cord injury. Contact details on the staff page place him in the UNSW clinical surgery programme.
Help us understand which pages are useful. Google Analytics stays off unless you allow it. Declining does not affect access to OrthoFellow. Privacy policy
