Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding
Not published
Deadline
No current dated closing deadline established
Duration
6 months
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureCombined shoulder and knee fellowship exposure; the current NZOA directory row does not publish the operative mix, rotations or research requirements
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
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.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
≈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 & AVAILABILITY76% 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 dated closing deadline established
Commencing dateAugust
Application route / cycleNZOA 'New Zealand Based Fellowships - Updated July 2026' list (linked from https://www.nzoa.org.nz/fellowship-opportunities, re-read 3 October 2026) lists the Whangarei Shoulder & Knee Fellowship as 6 months commencing August; the fellow receives funding and the fellowship is directed towards newly qualified NZ orthopaedic surgeons. Contact Marc Hirner. No closing date is published. Applicants from within New Zealand apply as for any job with the relevant health service (formerly DHB); applicants from abroad contact the listed person (NZOA Fellowship Opportunities page).
Official contactMarc Hirner · listed fellowship contact
Whangarei Shoulder & Knee Fellowship is one of 4 shoulder or upper-limb identities in NZOA's December 2025 national fellowship list. The row confirms the host, duration, commencement and contact; current vacancy and unpublished employment terms require direct confirmation.
Intended for: Newly qualified New Zealand orthopaedic surgeons
HOST INSTITUTION
About Health New Zealand – Te Tai Tokerau / Whangārei Hospital
The Allevia Kensington public listing for Marc Hirner describes a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specialising in knee and shoulder problems and working with Northland DHB, Northland Orthopaedic Center and Allevia Kensington Hospital. The page was reachable in search results but returned a non-content page during direct fetch; profile facts are therefore used for identity context only.
Health New Zealand - Te Tai Tokerau / Whangarei Hospital
Clinical focus
Knee and shoulder reconstruction
Qualifications
MB BCh, FCS(SA)
Allevia Kensington's indexed profile describes Dr Hirner as fellowship trained in knee and shoulder reconstruction in Toronto and active in training orthopaedic registrars.
Alps Surgery Institute (Clinique Générale d'Annecy)
Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France · 3 months (observership/fellowship), 6 months, or 12 months (the home page describes the 12-month option as following up to 500 surgeries)View program profile →
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