Faculty / program leadership: Vishal Pai and Sina Babazadeh
Profile completeness84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
DECISION SUMMARY
What matters before you keep reading.
Eligibility
Requirements published
Funding
AUD 45,000 stipend for the six-month term
Deadline
Not published
Duration
6 months; February–July or August–January
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Last checked
13 Aug 2026
Duration · published6 months; February–July or August–January
Clinical exposureApproximately 500 cases annually including primary and revision ACL reconstruction, primary and revision robotic knee arthroplasty, meniscal repair, patellofemoral stabilisation, trochleoplasty and osteotomy, with selected supervised operative components, cadaveric laboratories and dedicated research time
Funding · publishedAUD 45,000 stipend for the six-month term
DestinationAustralia
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
What the official evidence currently supports
Decision-critical fields are separated into confirmed facts, partial information and points requiring direct confirmation.
—Not published
International applicant eligibility
The cited source does not explicitly confirm international-applicant eligibility.
✓Published by official source
Required training level
Completed orthopaedic training and an appropriate level of postgraduate experience · Eligible for Medical Board of Australia/AHPRA registration · Relevant research experience and publications · International applicants must meet the published English and occupational-training visa requirements
✓Published by official source
Programme classification
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific.
?Confirm directly with host
Hands-on restrictions
Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
≈Partially published
Medical registration
Eligibility for AHPRA registration is required. International applicants must hold IELTS Academic with at least 7 in every competency, as published by the programme.
?Confirm directly with host
Licensing examinations
Any examination requirement must be confirmed with the relevant regulator and host.
✓Published by official source
Language requirements
IELTS Academic minimum 7 in each competency for international applicants
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
International applicants must be eligible for an Australian occupational-training visa.
✓Published by official source
Funding availability
AUD 45,000 stipend for the six-month term
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
83% of core application fields verified
Checked 13 Aug 2026. Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-02-09. Every unresolved field keeps its exact evidence state—unpublished, not yet researched, historical, conflicting, inaccessible or not applicable—so an absence is never converted into a fact.
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateIntake date not published
Application route / cycleTwo intakes annually: February–July and August–January; apply directly by email
Deadlines and intake dates can change between cycles. The data-quality ledger above explicitly labels application fields that the cited official source does not publish.
ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS
Published entry requirements
Clinical / academic eligibility
Completed orthopaedic training and an appropriate level of postgraduate experience
Eligible for Medical Board of Australia/AHPRA registration
Relevant research experience and publications
International applicants must meet the published English and occupational-training visa requirements
Registration, licence & examinations
Eligibility for AHPRA registration is required. International applicants must hold IELTS Academic with at least 7 in every competency, as published by the programme.
Visa / work authorisation
International applicants must be eligible for an Australian occupational-training visa.
Application documents
Current curriculum vitae
Preferred fellowship year and intake period
Licensing, visa and document rules depend on the individual programme and application cycle. OrthoFellow does not infer USMLE, AHPRA, ECFMG, recommendation-letter or visa requirements from the country alone.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A six-month AOA-accredited knee fellowship with a published stipend, defined intake periods, up to 32 rostered hours weekly, high-volume reconstruction and arthroplasty exposure, and an expectation that at least one research project reaches final-draft stage.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Sandringham Orthopaedic Specialists / Holmesglen Private / The Avenue Hospital
Training spans Sandringham Orthopaedic Specialists, Holmesglen Private Hospital and The Avenue Hospital in Melbourne's Bayside region.
ACL and multiligament reconstruction, patellofemoral surgery, meniscal repair and robotic knee arthroplasty
Qualifications
FRACS, FAOrthA
Vishal Pai is listed in the cited programme evidence as fellowship supervisor for Sandringham Orthopaedic Specialists Knee Surgery Fellowship. The verified individual profile describes a focus in ACL and multiligament reconstruction, patellofemoral surgery, meniscal repair and robotic knee arthroplasty. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Vishal Pai is listed by the official programme source as fellowship supervisor. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
Knee and hip arthroplasty, wrist surgery, robotics and outcomes research
Qualifications
MBBS, PhD, PGDSA, GCALL, MRSV, FRACS, FAOrthA
Sina Babazadeh is listed in the cited programme evidence as co-supervisor for Sandringham Orthopaedic Specialists Knee Surgery Fellowship. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Knee and hip arthroplasty, wrist surgery, robotics and outcomes research. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Sina Babazadeh is listed by the official programme source as co-supervisor. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
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APPLICANT PROFILE
Surgeons who have completed orthopaedic training and want focused advanced knee-surgery consolidation
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Published language requirement
IELTS Academic minimum 7 in each competency for international applicants
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