Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
12 months
Hands-on
Supervised participation published
Clinical exposureHands-on adult foot-and-ankle reconstruction and lower-limb trauma, including supervised and independent operating, acute lists, clinics, teaching and one major research presentation and publication
Participation levelSupervised clinical participation is published; exact privileges remain subject to host credentialing and local law.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
International medical graduates may pursue an eligible Medical Council of New Zealand registration pathway after securing the required host offer. Registration depends on recognised qualifications, primary-source verification, English, fitness, references and any pathway-specific supervision; directory inclusion does not guarantee appointment or registration.
≈Partially published
Clinical role
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific. Hands-on adult foot-and-ankle reconstruction and lower-limb trauma, including supervised and independent operating, acute lists, clinics, teaching and one major research presentation and publication Exact privileges remain subject to host credentialing.
≈Partially published
Medical registration
Clinical practice requires Medical Council of New Zealand registration and a practising certificate. Applicants must use the pathway appropriate to their qualifications and purpose, complete primary-source verification, meet English and fitness requirements, submit the pathway checklist and provide supervision information when required.
✓Published by official source
Language
Doctors applying for New Zealand registration must satisfy the Medical Council that they can communicate and comprehend English sufficiently for safe practice through one of the current accepted English-language pathways.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
Immigration New Zealand requires the visa appropriate to the appointment. Its Student and Trainee Work Visa can cover eligible medical trainees for up to six months when they are qualified and experienced and hold a New Zealand hospital training offer; longer fellowships must confirm the correct work-visa route with the host and Immigration New Zealand.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY79% of core application fields verifiedChecked 2026-10-08 · 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 dateJuly
Application route / cycleThe NZOA accredited fellowship profile (re-read 3 October 2026) lists a 1-year fellowship with an initial start date of July; no closing date is published and applicants email the supervisor. Applicants from within New Zealand apply as for any job with the relevant health service (formerly DHB); applicants from abroad contact the listed supervisor (NZOA Fellowship Opportunities page).
Certified orthopaedic-surgeon status in the applicant's home country
Completed formal orthopaedic training
Eligibility for Medical Council of New Zealand compliance
A primary medical qualification from a medical school listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools
A New Zealand job or training offer where required by the selected Medical Council registration pathway
Primary-source verification of overseas qualifications, pathway-specific documents and acceptable professional references
Fitness for registration and a supervision plan where the pathway requires supervised practice
Application documents
Not published
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Intended for: Orthopaedic surgeons who have completed formal specialist training
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Public and private hospital exposure, weekly teaching, journal clubs and registrar teaching sessions.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Waitematā Health New Zealand / North Shore Hospital
North Shore Hospital is a Health New Zealand hospital and a level 2 trauma centre. The official programme profile reports three trauma theatres each day and exposure across public and private surgical settings.
Hospital Geral de Fortaleza (with Instituto Dr. José Frota)
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil · Minimum 1 year under the current CET-ABTPé training-centre rules; confirm the HGF intake's exact dates with the centreView program profile →
Birmingham, Alabama, United States · 12 months; AOFAS describes matched foot-and-ankle fellowships as generally 1 August to 31 JulyView program profile →
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