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.
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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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02 Destination Countries with Hand & Microsurgery programs
03 Funding Only confirmed stipend or self-funded information is placed in these filters
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3 programs match · Hand & Microsurgery · FESSH · Rolling application ✓ 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
✓ Current FESSH training-centre database + selected current host/faculty pages♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application ↻ 33 centre profiles · direct confirmation required Hand & Microsurgery
Centre-submitted FESSH training-opportunity database
⌖ 33 centres across Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland · Western Europe (multi-country) →
Duration Centre-specific: observer visits, 6-week to 12-month…
Funding Centre-specific: self-funded, centre-funded and unpublished routes are clearly distinguished on…
Visit format Hand, wrist, elbow, microsurgery, trauma, arthroscopy, nerve, congenital and reconstructive training according to the selected…
Profile completeness 76%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, plastic, trauma and orthopaedic surgeons seeking a directly arranged Western European training placement
✓ Historical FESSH centre-submitted profile + current official RWTH Aachen clinic, section and team pages♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
⌖ Aachen · Germany →
Faculty & leadership BS Benedikt SchäferSS Soumaya Sghir+1 more
Duration Not published
Funding The historical FESSH record included self-funded and centre-funded pathways; current funding,…
Visit format Adult and paediatric brachial plexus, peripheral-nerve reconstruction and transfer, nerve decompression, tendon and muscle transfer,…
Profile completeness 74%
Well sourced · Missing duration, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, plastic, orthopaedic and neurosurgical trainees seeking focused plexus or peripheral-nerve exposure
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current official Swiss Medical Network surgeon and training pages
Ivan TamiMG
