Names in the programme record: Andreas Leonidou (programme director)
Profile completeness74%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, official contact
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
No stipend published; SECEC visit travel and accommodation are paid by the applicant.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
2–3 day SECEC educational visit; the unit's own fellow/observer post lengths are not published
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposurePrivate tertiary hospital unit with two all-day operating lists and three outpatient clinic days per week across shoulder and elbow surgery; more than 300 shoulder and elbow cases a year (about 24 shoulder and 2 elbow operations per month), mostly shoulder arthroscopy and reverse shoulder arthroplasty; on call for adult and paediatric trauma four times a month. A research fellow runs an RCT on biological augmentation of rotator-cuff repair.
Participation levelObservational pathway. No independent patient care or operative privileges are implied.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Open to selected SECEC members via SECEC's visit scheme regardless of nationality; the profile states the director 'receives observers from all over the world'. Licensing for hands-on work is not published.
?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.
—Not published
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.
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY62% of core application fields verifiedChecked 8 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-06
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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 / cycleRolling via SECEC 'Apply for a visit'; no deadline published.
Official contactNo programme-specific contact published
SECEC Junior or Full member (for the SECEC-brokered visit)
One application per member; acceptance not guaranteed
Application documents
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
High-volume shoulder and elbow unit at Athens Medical Centre listed as a SECEC Education Centre for 2026–2030. SECEC members can apply for a 2–3 day educational visit; the unit also hosts international observers, a clinical fellow and a research fellow.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Department of Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery, Athens Medical Centre
Department of Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery, Athens Medical Centre in Athens, Attica, Greece is the published host setting for this pathway. The cited programme record describes private tertiary hospital unit with two all-day operating lists and three outpatient clinic days per week across shoulder and elbow surgery; more than 300 shoulder and elbow cases a year (about 24 shoulder and 2 elbow operations per month), mostly shoulder arthroscopy and reverse shoulder arthroplasty; on call for adult and paediatric trauma four times a month. A research fellow runs an RCT on biological augmentation of rotator-cuff repair..
First Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital
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