Well sourced · Missing original program page, 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
The FESSH record describes a centre-funded practising fellowship; no current funding terms or vacancy are published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
12 months in the original centre-submitted profile; current duration must be reconfirmed
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Last checked
20 Aug 2026
Duration · published12 months in the original centre-submitted profile; current duration must be reconfirmed
Clinical exposureComplex upper-limb reconstruction, hand/wrist/forearm/elbow trauma, osteoarthritis, arthroplasty, revision surgery and complex nerve palsy
Funding · publishedThe FESSH record describes a centre-funded practising fellowship; no current funding terms or vacancy are published
DestinationSwitzerland
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, plastic or general-surgery training · Commitment to a hand-surgery career · Current host acceptance
✓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
The older record described practising rights in Switzerland. Current cantonal recognition, work permission and institutional credentialing must be confirmed before any clinical participation.
?Confirm directly with host
Licensing examinations
Any examination requirement must be confirmed with the relevant regulator and host.
✓Published by official source
Language requirements
Excellent French was required by the original fellowship profile; confirm the current standard directly.
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
✓Published by official source
Funding availability
The FESSH record describes a centre-funded practising fellowship; no current funding terms or vacancy are published
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
69% of core application fields verified
Checked 20 Aug 2026. Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-02-16. 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 enquiry; no current fellowship vacancy, deadline or intake is published
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, plastic or general-surgery training
Commitment to a hand-surgery career
Current host acceptance
Registration, licence & examinations
The older record described practising rights in Switzerland. Current cantonal recognition, work permission and institutional credentialing must be confirmed before any clinical participation.
Visa / work authorisation
Visa sponsorship or work-authorisation requirements are not stated by the cited source.
Application documents
Detailed curriculum vitae
Two recommendation letters
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 historical twelve-month funded practising fellowship retained from the FESSH database and refreshed against Grégoire Chick's current Genolier practice and subspecialty scope. Because the present site does not advertise a fellowship intake, candidates must treat this as an enquiry rather than an open vacancy.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Hand and Wrist Unit SA, Clinique de Genolier
A current Genolier-based specialist unit focused on complex upper-limb reconstruction and arthroplasty, led by a hand surgeon with more than 25 years of orthopaedic and hand-surgery experience.
FESSH-listed contact and current unit leadOfficial profile & photo verified
Current position
Fellowship supervisor / program leadership
Affiliation
Hand and Wrist Unit SA, Clinique de Genolier
Clinical focus
Complex upper-limb reconstruction, wrist/thumb/elbow arthroplasty and revision surgery
Qualifications
MD, PhD; Swiss hand and orthopaedic surgeon
Grégoire Chick is listed in the cited programme evidence as fessh-listed contact and current unit lead for Genolier Hand & Wrist Fellowship Enquiry. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Complex upper-limb reconstruction, wrist/thumb/elbow arthroplasty and revision surgery. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Grégoire Chick is listed by the official programme source as fessh-listed contact and current unit lead. 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.
APPLICANT PROFILE
Surgeons who have completed orthopaedic, plastic or general-surgery training and intend a full-time hand-surgery career
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Published language requirement
Excellent French was required by the original fellowship profile; confirm the current standard directly.
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