Faculty / program leadership: Victoria Avram · Kamal Bali · Justin de Beer · Daniel Tushinski · Dale Williams · Mitchell Winemaker · Thomas Wood
Profile completeness75%
Well sourced · Missing funding
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
Not published
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposurePrimary, revision, complex primary and post-traumatic arthroplasty with all surgical approaches, same-day surgery and robotic arthroplasty, across about 2,000 procedures a year at two surgical sites; the fellowship can be combined with other subspecialties.
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
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International applicants
McMaster states that applications are restricted to graduates of approved Royal College certified residency programmes and that fellows must come with funding; the page does not describe other international routes.
?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.
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Medical registration
Not published on the official page
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Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
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Visa or work authorisation
Not published on the official page
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY62% of core application fields verifiedChecked 3 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-01
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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 / cycleApplications are accepted only from 1 November, 20 months before the requested start, with a deadline of 1 January, 18 months before the start; interviews are held in February (16-month mark) and candidates are notified by mid-March. Interviews are preferably in person, with video interview available.
Official contactVanesa Kastrati, Fellowship Sr. Education Program Associatesurgfell@mcmaster.caNot published on the official page
Graduate of an approved Royal College certified residency programme
Must come with external funding (no self-funding)
Do not contact individual supervisors directly
Application documents
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
McMaster Division of Orthopaedic Surgery hip and knee reconstruction fellowship with robotic arthroplasty exposure; funded candidates only.
HOST INSTITUTION
About McMaster University / Hamilton Arthroplasty Group
The McMaster Arthroplasty Collective, with the Hamilton Arthroplasty Group, runs arthroplasty services across Hamilton hospitals and describes itself as Canada's only robotic arthroplasty centre. Host: McMaster University / Hamilton Arthroplasty Group (Juravinski Hospital and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton).
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