Faculty / program leadership: Guillaume Demey · Sébastien Lustig · Anthony Viste · Jean-Marie Philippeau · Patrick Le Couteur
Profile completeness83%
Comprehensive · Missing funding
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
3-day visits per session (Lyon 5–7 January 2026; Nantes 23–25 March 2026).
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureVisits to centres of excellence to observe the practice of expert hip and knee surgeons and discuss innovations. Observational format ('observer les pratiques'); no patient-care role is described.
Participation levelObservational pathway. No independent patient care or operative privileges are implied.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Not stated on the page.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Observational pathway; no independent patient care is implied. Hands-on clinical activity is not described for this observational pathway.
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Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
—Not published
Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
Not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY66% 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 dateThe most recent sessions were 5–7 January 2026 (Lyon) and 23–25 March 2026 (Nantes); next dates not published.
Application route / cycleThe SFHG 'relaunches' the programme; the most recent sessions (January and March 2026) have ended and no new call is published on the page.
Interns, chefs de clinique and docteurs juniors passionate about hip and knee surgery (stated target); nationality and membership requirements not published
Application documents
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Society travelling bursary for short observational visits to hip and knee centres in Lyon and Nantes.
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Visits at Clinique de la Sauvegarde (Dr Guillaume Demey), Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse (Pr Sébastien Lustig), Hôpital Lyon Sud (Pr Anthony Viste) and Clinique Santé Atlantique, Nantes (Dr Jean-Marie Philippeau and Dr Patrick Le Couteur).
HOST INSTITUTION
About SFHG (Société Française de la Hanche et du Genou) — Lyon and Nantes hosts
French hip and knee society organising travelling visits to French centres.
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Affiliation
Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon
Clinical focus
Complex knee arthroplasty, robotic surgery and sports orthopaedics
Hospices Civils de Lyon lists Professor Lustig within the Croix-Rousse orthopaedic and sports-medicine team and documents his role in its high-volume MAKO robotic programme.
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