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
Research and self-funded fellowship routes are recorded; no stipend or salary is published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
Duration agreed directly with TUM; no fixed period is published
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Last checked
20 Aug 2026
Duration · publishedDuration agreed directly with TUM; no fixed period is published
Clinical exposureComprehensive hand and forearm surgery, replantation, reconstructive microsurgery, carpal and wrist surgery, WALANT, nerve reconstruction and university research
Funding · publishedResearch and self-funded fellowship routes are recorded; no stipend or salary is published
DestinationGermany
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
Relevant hand, plastic or orthopaedic surgical training · Acceptance by the TUM hand-surgery section
✓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
Practising rights are not promised by the centre-submitted record. Any patient care requires German registration and TUM 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
No language requirement is published for the recorded route; applicants should confirm whether German is required.
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
✓Published by official source
Funding availability
Research and self-funded fellowship routes are recorded; no stipend or salary is published
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
62% 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.
✓ programme title✓ institution / department✓ city and country✓ programme classification✓ subspecialty✓ duration✓ funding✓ eligibility✓ registration✓ 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 · queued for source review— commencement / intake · queued for source review— benefits · queued for source review— accommodation / relocation · queued for source review— international eligibility · queued for source review— Language requirement not published · queued for source review— visa / work authorisation · queued for source review— Current deadline not yet published · queued for source review— required documents · queued for source review— 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 / cycleDirect enquiry; no deadline or commencement date 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
Relevant hand, plastic or orthopaedic surgical training
Acceptance by the TUM hand-surgery section
Registration, licence & examinations
Practising rights are not promised by the centre-submitted record. Any patient care requires German registration and TUM credentialing.
Visa / work authorisation
Visa sponsorship or work-authorisation requirements are not stated by the cited source.
Application documents
CV, personal statement, recommendation-letter, transcript and identity-document requirements are not published by the cited official source.
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 research and self-funded Munich attachment from the FESSH database, refreshed with the current TUM section head and institutional contact. The original named contact has changed, so all placement details require fresh confirmation.
HOST INSTITUTION
About TUM Klinikum Rechts der Isar
TUM describes the section as one of southern Germany's largest specialist hand units, with a 24-hour replantation service and research in microsurgery, carpal surgery, WALANT and nerve reconstruction.
Current head of the Hand Surgery SectionOfficial profile & photo verified
Current position
Fellowship supervisor / program leadership
Affiliation
TUM Klinikum Rechts der Isar
Clinical focus
Hand, wrist, microsurgery, replantation, WALANT and nerve reconstruction
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Haydar Kükrek is listed in the cited programme evidence as current head of the hand surgery section for TUM Munich Hand Surgery Research / Self-funded Attachment. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Hand, wrist, microsurgery, replantation, WALANT and nerve reconstruction. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Haydar Kükrek is listed by the official programme source as current head of the hand surgery section. 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
Hand, plastic and orthopaedic surgeons seeking a university research or self-funded attachment
