Comprehensive · Source does not publish application deadline
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
Entry requirements published; international route unconfirmed
Funding
USD 91,692 starting annual salary on the reviewed official programme page.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
1 year (1 August to 31 July)
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureUpper-extremity care from elbow to fingertips, Level I trauma, reconstruction, arthritis, congenital and paediatric hand conditions, peripheral-nerve and microcirculation science, replantation, free-tissue transfer, rehabilitation and integrated shoulder-and-elbow exposure.
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
—Not published
International applicants
The official fellowship pages do not publish an international-graduate or visa-sponsorship route; applicants trained abroad should confirm eligibility with the programme before entering the NRMP process.
?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
Washington medical licensing and UW clinical credentialing requirements are not itemised on the programme page and must be confirmed directly.
—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 & 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 date1 August annually
Application route / cycleHand Surgery Fellowship Match (NRMP) for July 2028 appointments: Match opens 17 February 2027 (12:00 PM ET), ranking opens 24 March 2027, rank order list certification deadline 28 April 2027 (9:00 PM ET), Match Day 12 May 2027; applications are made through the ASSH Hand Surgery Fellowship Application Platform with programme-set deadlines.
Official contactUniversity of Washington Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicineuwhand@uw.edu
Completion of orthopaedic, plastic-surgery or general-surgery residency before fellowship
Application documents
Not published
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
UW publishes a one-year, four-position hand and microsurgery fellowship with a USD 91,692 starting salary, full health and life insurance and broad trauma, nerve, paediatric, congenital, replantation and free-tissue-transfer exposure. The page confirms NRMP participation but no dated current application deadline.
Intended for: Graduates of orthopaedic, plastic or general surgery residency pathways who meet the programme, match, licensing and credentialing requirements
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Full health-care and life-insurance benefits, rotations at Harborview, UW Medical Center and Seattle Children's, and a combined educational experience with the UW Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship.
HOST INSTITUTION
About University of Washington / Harborview Medical Center / Seattle Children’s Hospital
A four-position cooperative orthopaedic and plastic-surgery programme spanning UW Medical Center, Harborview's Level I trauma service and Seattle Children's Hospital.
Program Director, UW Combined Hand FellowshipOfficial profile & photo verified
Position / status
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chief of the Orthopaedic Hand Service
Affiliation
University of Washington
Clinical focus
Hand, wrist and elbow trauma, arthroscopy, post-traumatic reconstruction and upper-extremity surgery
Qualifications
MD; board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with CAQ in Hand Surgery
The University of Washington identifies Jerry Huang as director of its combined hand and microvascular fellowship, chief of the orthopaedic hand service and a professor of orthopaedic surgery.
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