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Global directory and linked-source health reviewed 7 September 2026. Programme-level checked dates and official sources appear on every profile; missing information is labelled rather than inferred.
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Clinical Fellowship Active application Shoulder & Elbow
Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR) / Hospital IFOR (Rede D'Or)
⌖ São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo · Brazil →
Duration 12 months (full time, 40 h/week, 2,080 hours)
Funding Registration fee R$ 250.00 (credit card only); enrolment fee 12 instalments of R$ 100.00 per the…
Visit format In-service, full-time supervised training with theoretical, practical and research components in shoulder and elbow surgery at…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle General Orthopaedics
Cleveland Clinic Florida Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
⌖ Weston, Florida · United States →
Duration 4 weeks
Funding Funded: round-trip travel from the physician's home country to Florida, lodging during the…
Visit format Four-week orthopaedic programme with mentorship, journal clubs, guest lectures, simulation and cadaver laboratories, delivered as an…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle General Orthopaedics
Cleveland Clinic Florida
⌖ Weston, Florida · United States →
Duration 4-week rotations starting on the first Monday of the month; up…
Funding USD 500 non-refundable processing fee (covers 12 months) plus USD 400 tuition fee paid during…
Visit format Observational shadowing: observers watch procedures and surgeries and attend rounds and teaching conferences. Federal regulations…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Active application Foot & Ankle
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust (Stepping Hill Hospital)
⌖ Stockport, England · United Kingdom →
Duration 6 months (fixed-term contract)
Funding £76,582 a year, pro rata per annum (Hospital medical and dental staff, grade Doctor - other).…
Visit format Aimed at a senior trainee who has completed basic general orthopaedic training and wants to specialise in foot and ankle surgery.…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle Spine
Universitätsspital Basel, DKBN - Spinale Chirurgie
⌖ Basel, Basel-Stadt · Switzerland →
Duration 4 to 12 weeks
Funding No programme fee is stated by AO. AO pays the fellow a small stipend toward accommodation and…
Visit format Short-term AO Spine fellowship (observership-style placement) at Universitätsspital Basel, DKBN - Spinale Chirurgie. The host page…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle Spine
University Hospital Bern (Inselspital), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
⌖ Bern, Canton of Bern · Switzerland →
Program lead MC Moritz Caspar Deml
Duration 4 to 12 weeks
Funding No programme fee is stated by AO. AO pays the fellow a small stipend toward accommodation and…
Visit format Short-term AO Spine fellowship (observership-style placement) at University Hospital Bern (Inselspital), Department of Orthopaedic…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Travelling Fellowship Intermittently offered Foot & Ankle
European Foot and Ankle Society
⌖ Two routes across Europe · Europe (multi-country) →
Duration 3 weeks · 14 September–3 October 2026
Funding EFAS covers travel expenses and housing; the supporting FORTE profile states that basic economy…
Visit format Observational two-day visits at five leading foot-and-ankle centres on either the northern or southern European route, followed by…
APPLICANT PROFILE Medically qualified orthopaedic trainees working in Europe, with EFAS membership, a foot-and-ankle interest and age 38 or younger under the published FORTE criteria
✓ Verified 13 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum
Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogotá
⌖ Bogotá, Bogotá D.C. · Colombia →
Duration 6 to 12 weeks (AO Trauma fellowship programme standard;…
Funding AO Trauma pays a small stipend as a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals; it may not…
Visit format Short-term AO Trauma hosted placement in the Orthopedic Surgery. The host reports NO opportunity for AO fellows to scrub in: the…
✓ Verified 13 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum
Hospital Militar Central
⌖ Bogotá, Bogotá D.C. · Colombia →
Faculty & leadership FA Fabio Alfonso Suarez RomeroAE Aida Esperanza Garcia Gomez
Duration 6 to 12 weeks (AO Trauma fellowship programme standard;…
Funding AO Trauma pays a small stipend as a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals; it may not…
Visit format Short-term AO Trauma hosted placement in the Servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatologia. The host reports an opportunity for AO fellows…
✓ Verified 13 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum
Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe
⌖ Medellín, Antioquia · Colombia →
Faculty & leadership CO Carlos O Valderrama MolinaFF Felipe Fernandez
Duration 6 to 12 weeks (AO Trauma fellowship programme standard;…
Funding AO Trauma pays a small stipend as a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals; it may not…
Visit format Short-term AO Trauma hosted placement in the Department of Surgery / Orthopaedic Surgery Section. The host reports an opportunity…
✓ Verified 13 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum
Instituto Roosevelt
⌖ Bogotá, Bogotá D.C. · Colombia →
Duration 6 to 12 weeks (AO Trauma fellowship programme standard;…
Funding AO Trauma pays a small stipend as a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals; it may not…
Visit format Short-term AO Trauma hosted placement in the Orthopedics. The host reports NO opportunity for AO fellows to scrub in: the placement…
✓ Verified 13 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
⌖ Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires · Argentina →
Program lead JB Jorge Barla
Duration 6 to 12 weeks (AO Trauma fellowship programme standard;…
Funding AO Trauma pays a small stipend as a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals; it may not…
Visit format Short-term AO Trauma hosted placement in the Orthopedic Trauma. The host reports NO opportunity for AO fellows to scrub in: the…
✓ Verified 13 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum
IMSS Hospital de Traumatologia y Ortopedia Lomas Verdes
⌖ Mexico City, CDMX · Mexico →
Duration 6 to 12 weeks (AO Trauma fellowship programme standard;…
Funding AO Trauma pays a small stipend as a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals; it may not…
Visit format Short-term AO Trauma hosted placement in the Politrauma. The host reports an opportunity for AO fellows to scrub in and states that…
✓ Verified 13 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum
Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación
⌖ Mexico City, CDMX · Mexico →
Duration 6 to 12 weeks (AO Trauma fellowship programme standard;…
Funding AO Trauma pays a small stipend as a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals; it may not…
Visit format Short-term AO Trauma hosted placement in the Traumatología. The host reports an opportunity for AO fellows to scrub in and states…
✓ Verified 13 Oct 2026♡
Observership Upcoming cycle Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum
UMAE IMSS Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente
⌖ Guadalajara, Jalisco · Mexico →
Program lead MA Marco Antonio Altamirano Cruz
Duration 6 to 12 weeks (AO Trauma fellowship programme standard;…
Funding AO Trauma pays a small stipend as a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals; it may not…
Visit format Short-term AO Trauma hosted placement in the Servicio de Traumatología y Ortopedia. The host reports an opportunity for AO fellows…
✓ Verified 1 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum
Orthopedic and Trauma Center of Turin (CTO)
⌖ Turin · Italy →
Duration 6 to 12 weeks through the AO Trauma Short-term International…
Funding Country-adjusted AO Trauma stipend; the stipend is a contribution to travel, accommodation and…
Visit format AO Trauma host-centre exposure in general trauma, paediatric trauma, hand and wrist, foot and ankle, pelvis/acetabulum, journal…
✓ Verified 1 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum
Patras University Hospital Orthopaedic Department
⌖ Patras · Greece →
Duration 6 to 12 weeks through the AO Trauma Short-term International…
Funding Country-adjusted AO Trauma stipend; the stipend is a contribution to travel, accommodation and…
Visit format AO Trauma host-centre exposure in general trauma, hand and wrist, foot and ankle, pelvis/acetabulum and athletic injuries through…
✓ Verified 1 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum
University of Szeged Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center
⌖ Szeged · Hungary →
Duration 6 to 12 weeks through the AO Trauma Short-term International…
Funding Country-adjusted AO Trauma stipend; the stipend is a contribution to travel, accommodation and…
Visit format AO Trauma host-centre exposure in general trauma, hand and wrist, foot and ankle, pelvis/acetabulum, shoulder and elbow and sport…
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