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 75,000 annual stipend in the official AOA programme summary
Deadline
Not published
Duration
12 months
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Last checked
26 Aug 2026
Duration · published12 months
Clinical exposureEmergency and elective hand surgery across public and private practice, including outpatient clinics, emergency-department on-call, operating, teaching, journal club, audit and a research project suitable for presentation or publication
Funding · publishedAUD 75,000 annual stipend in the official AOA programme summary
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
FRACS in Orthopaedic Surgery or an international qualification accepted as equivalent · Meet Australian hospital credentialing and medical-registration 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
Clinical participation requires the applicable Australian medical registration and hospital credentialing.
?Confirm directly with host
Licensing examinations
Any examination requirement must be confirmed with the relevant regulator and host.
✓Published by official source
Language requirements
Applicants whose primary language is not English must meet the AHPRA English-language proficiency standard.
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
✓Published by official source
Funding availability
AUD 75,000 annual stipend in the official AOA programme summary
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
76% of core application fields verified
Checked 26 Aug 2026. Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-02-22. 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 / cycleDirect application by email; the official summary does not publish a current closing date
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
FRACS in Orthopaedic Surgery or an international qualification accepted as equivalent
Meet Australian hospital credentialing and medical-registration requirements
Registration, licence & examinations
Clinical participation requires the applicable Australian medical registration and hospital credentialing.
Visa / work authorisation
Visa sponsorship or work-authorisation requirements are not stated by the cited source.
Application documents
Curriculum vitae
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 12-month AOA-accredited Melbourne hand fellowship combining emergency and elective public/private practice with structured teaching, audit and research.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Melbourne Hand Fellowship / Dandenong Hospital and partner private hospitals
The official AOA summary lists Dandenong Hospital, St Vincent's Private Hospital, Epworth Richmond and Mulgrave Private Hospital as fellowship sites.
Hand, wrist and elbow trauma, reconstruction and elective surgery
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Jason Harvey is listed in the cited programme evidence as chief supervisor for Melbourne Hand Surgery Fellowship (VIC1226). The verified individual profile describes a focus in Hand, wrist and elbow trauma, reconstruction and elective surgery. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Jason Harvey is listed by the official programme source as chief supervisor. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
Melbourne Hand Fellowship / Dandenong Hospital and partner private hospitals
Clinical focus
Hand & Microsurgery training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Stephen Tham is listed in the cited programme evidence as teaching faculty / co-leadership for Melbourne Hand Surgery Fellowship (VIC1226). The verified individual profile describes a focus in Hand & Microsurgery training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Stephen Tham is listed by the official programme source as teaching faculty / co-leadership. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
Melbourne Hand Fellowship / Dandenong Hospital and partner private hospitals
Clinical focus
Hand & Microsurgery training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Eugene Ek is listed in the cited programme evidence as teaching faculty / co-leadership for Melbourne Hand Surgery Fellowship (VIC1226). The verified individual profile describes a focus in Hand & Microsurgery training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Eugene Ek is listed by the official programme source as teaching faculty / co-leadership. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
Melbourne Hand Fellowship / Dandenong Hospital and partner private hospitals
Clinical focus
Hand & Microsurgery training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Avanthi Mandaleson is listed in the cited programme evidence as teaching faculty / co-leadership for Melbourne Hand Surgery Fellowship (VIC1226). The verified individual profile describes a focus in Hand & Microsurgery training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Avanthi Mandaleson is listed by the official programme source as teaching faculty / co-leadership. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
Melbourne Hand Fellowship / Dandenong Hospital and partner private hospitals
Clinical focus
Hand & Microsurgery training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Peter Maloney is listed in the cited programme evidence as teaching faculty / co-leadership for Melbourne Hand Surgery Fellowship (VIC1226). The verified individual profile describes a focus in Hand & Microsurgery training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Peter Maloney is listed by the official programme source as teaching faculty / co-leadership. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
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Faculty: Farnaz Yassaee
Teaching faculty / co-leadershipOfficial program roster
Current position
Teaching faculty / co-leadership
Affiliation
Melbourne Hand Fellowship / Dandenong Hospital and partner private hospitals
Clinical focus
Hand & Microsurgery training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Farnaz Yassaee is listed in the cited programme evidence as teaching faculty / co-leadership for Melbourne Hand Surgery Fellowship (VIC1226). The verified individual profile describes a focus in Hand & Microsurgery training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Farnaz Yassaee is listed by the official programme source as teaching faculty / co-leadership. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
Names and fellowship roles come from the cited programme source. A green “individual profile verified” label means the position, qualifications and biography were also checked against an official personal or institutional profile. OrthoFellow displays a portrait only when it can be tied to an official profile or faculty source; otherwise the host institution brandmark is shown, with initials retained only when neither image is available. Faculty rosters may change.
Surgeons who have completed specialist orthopaedic training and seek advanced hand-surgery experience
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Published language requirement
Applicants whose primary language is not English must meet the AHPRA English-language proficiency standard.
OrthoFellow keeps language requirements separate from clinical eligibility. A programme may use English operationally without publishing a formal test score.
