Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline
✓ 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
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
6 months
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Last checked
12 Aug 2026
Duration · published6 months
Clinical exposureThree operating days, one clinic day and one research day each week, covering arthroscopy, multiligament reconstruction, osteotomy, patellofemoral surgery, robotic arthroplasty and revision knee arthroplasty
Funding · not publishedIndustry funded; the amount and salary structure are not published
DestinationNew Zealand
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 training · Medical Council of New Zealand approval
✓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
Medical Council of New Zealand approval is required.
?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 formal language-test score is published
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
✓Published by official source
Funding availability
Industry funded; the amount and salary structure are not published
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
69% of core application fields verified
Checked 12 Aug 2026. Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-02-08. Every unresolved field keeps its exact evidence state—unpublished, not yet researched, historical, conflicting, inaccessible or not applicable—so an absence is never converted into a fact.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 dateJanuary and July each year
Application route / cycleDirect application to the chief supervisor; no deadline 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 training
Medical Council of New Zealand approval
Registration, licence & examinations
Medical Council of New Zealand approval is required.
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.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Ascot Hospital and partner Auckland surgical centres
The fellowship rotates through Ascot Hospital, Columba Surgical Centre, North Shore Surgical Centre and Southern Cross North Harbour. The official profile describes Ascot as an 84-bed private hospital with 13 operating theatres.
Ascot Hospital and partner Auckland surgical centres
Clinical focus
Knee arthroscopy, reconstruction, osteotomy and primary and revision arthroplasty
Qualifications
MBChB, FRACS
Mark Clatworthy is listed in the cited programme evidence as chief supervisor for Auckland Knee Fellowship. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Knee arthroscopy, reconstruction, osteotomy and primary and revision arthroplasty. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
The official NZOA profile reports 25 years in practice, approximately 750 cases per year, international fellowship training and leadership roles in ISAKOS and the ACL Study Group.
Ascot Hospital and partner Auckland surgical centres
Clinical focus
Knee arthroscopy, reconstruction, osteotomy and arthroplasty
Qualifications
MBChB, FRACS
Simon Young is listed in the cited programme evidence as co-supervisor for Auckland Knee Fellowship. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Knee arthroscopy, reconstruction, osteotomy and arthroplasty. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
The official programme profile reports 18 years in practice, approximately 750 cases per year and fellowship training at Stanford and Mayo Clinic Arizona.
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
Australasian and international surgeons who have completed orthopaedic training
