OF OrthoFellow Home Orthopaedic Observership Programs Check clinical privileges Short duration does not define the clinical role. Treat a visit as observational unless the official host explicitly publishes supervised patient care or operating.
86 canonical visiting pathways SECEC, FESSH and other centre networks are counted once while every host remains accessible inside its consolidated profile.
Host rules still apply Visa, registration, insurance and language requirements are shown only when the official host publishes them.
Directory reviewed 30 August 2026. Programme-level checked dates and official sources appear on every profile; missing information is labelled rather than inferred.
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03 Funding Only confirmed stipend or self-funded information is placed in these filters
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05 Programme status Open status is shown only when current official evidence supports it
06 Upcoming deadline Only future dates with a parseable published day and month are included
9 programs match · Switzerland · self-funded ✓ Current official Swiss Scoliosis visiting-fellowship and contact page♡
Clinical Fellowship Rolling application Spine
Swiss Scoliosis Centre / Klinik Im Park
⌖ Zurich · Switzerland →
Duration 3 months
Funding Self-funded; the fellow is not a paid clinic employee and must cover travel and the stay in…
Visit format Observational exposure without direct patient contact across complex adult and paediatric spinal pathology, daily radiological…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Young spine surgeons outside Europe who are not eligible for board certification in Switzerland or the European Union
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current official Swiss Medical Network surgeon and training pages♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery
Centro manoegomito, Clinica Ars Medica
⌖ Gravesano–Lugano · Switzerland →
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period or…
Funding The centre-submitted record lists a self-funded research or observer route; no current stipend…
Visit format Hand, wrist and elbow surgery, trauma, microsurgery, arthroscopy, joint replacement, peripheral nerves, research and structured…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, orthopaedic and plastic-surgery trainees seeking research or an observer attachment without practising rights
✓ Official SECEC Education Centre network♡
Education Centre Visit Current availability unconfirmed Shoulder & Elbow
SECEC/ESSSE Education Centres
⌖ Recognised shoulder and elbow centres across Europe · Switzerland →
Program lead HF Host faculty at the selected centre
Duration 2–3 days at one selected centre
Funding Self-funded: travel and accommodation are the applicant’s responsibility
Visit format Short educational visit at one recognised SECEC shoulder and elbow centre; the schedule is agreed with the host and depends on…
Profile completeness 76%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE SECEC Junior and Full members; one application per member and acceptance is not guaranteed
✓ Current FESSH centre-submitted training profile♡
Education Centre Visit Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Inselspital, University Hospital Bern
⌖ Bern · Switzerland →
Duration Duration agreed directly with the clinic; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded observer attachment
Visit format Twenty-four-hour hand emergency care, fractures, revascularisation and replantation, tendon and nerve reconstruction, arthroscopy,…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, plastic or orthopaedic trainees seeking a university observer attachment
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current KSA service and surgeon pages♡
Education Centre Visit Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Kantonsspital Aarau
⌖ Aarau · Switzerland →
Program lead FF Florian Früh
Duration Duration agreed directly with KSA; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded observer attachment in the centre-submitted FESSH record
Visit format Hand and wrist trauma, fractures and joint disorders, microsurgery, replantation, peripheral-nerve and brachial-plexus…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, plastic, trauma and orthopaedic surgeons seeking an observer-only public-hospital placement
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current KSBL service, team and certification page♡
Education Centre Visit Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Kantonsspital Baselland (KSBL)
⌖ Liestal / Bruderholz · Switzerland →
Faculty & leadership LM Lukas MathysAF Adrian Fellmann+2 more
Duration 6–12 months in the centre-submitted fellowship record
Funding Self-funded observer attachment
Visit format Hand and wrist trauma, post-traumatic and degenerative reconstruction, arthroscopy, peripheral-nerve surgery and medical 3D printing…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Experienced orthopaedic or trauma surgeons with prior hand-surgery exposure
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current Schulthess service, faculty and training-centre page♡
Education Centre Visit Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Schulthess Klinik
⌖ Zürich · Switzerland →
Faculty & leadership DH Daniel HerrenSS Stephan Schindele+5 more
Duration Duration agreed directly with the clinic; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded observer attachment
Visit format Hand and forearm surgery, joint replacement, complex wrist procedures, peripheral nerves, rheumatoid surgery, Dupuytren disease,…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand and orthopaedic surgeons seeking an observer-only attachment in a high-volume specialist clinic
✓ Current FESSH centre-submitted training profile♡
Education Centre Visit Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Spital Thurgau AG
⌖ Münsterlingen and Frauenfeld · Switzerland →
Program lead MB Mario Bonaccio
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded observer attachment
Visit format Hand trauma, Dupuytren disease, arthroscopy and outpatient hand-surgery practice across two public-hospital locations
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand-surgery trainees seeking an observer-only Swiss placement
✓ Historical FESSH centre-submitted profile + current official USZ faculty and hand-service pages♡
Clinical + Research Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
University Hospital Zürich (USZ)
⌖ Zürich · Switzerland →
Program lead MC Maurizio Calcagni
Duration Duration is arranged directly; the centre-submitted profile…
Funding Self-funded observer or research route in the FESSH record; current costs and any research…
Visit format Hand and wrist trauma, peripheral nerves including brachial plexus, reconstructive extremity microsurgery, biomechanics and clinical…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, plastic or orthopaedic surgeons seeking observer or research exposure at a university service
✓ Current official Swiss Scoliosis visiting-fellowship and contact page
