ACCREDITATION & ORGANIZATION INDEX

Orthopaedic Fellowship
Organizations

Browse official organization pathways without treating every directory, host centre or society fellowship as the same kind of accreditation.

AccreditedA formal programme review or approval process published by the accrediting body.
RecognizedAn organization confirms that a programme or centre meets its stated recognition criteria.
Approved hostA centre is approved to teach or host visitors; a named open post is not always guaranteed.
Directory-listedThe society indexes a programme, but accreditation and eligibility must still be verified separately.
Society-sponsoredThe organization runs or funds the pathway, without necessarily accrediting the host programme.
HOW ORTHOFELLOW USES THESE LABELS

We reproduce the official body’s wording. A programme only appears under an organization filter when its record is explicitly accredited, recognized, approved, listed in the official fellowship pathway or delivered by that organization. Licensing and international eligibility remain separate questions.

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OFFICIAL DESIGNATION

Accredited programmes

AOA Australia96 detailed records

Australian Orthopaedic Association

Level 3 post-specialist orthopaedic fellowships accredited by the Australian Orthopaedic Association. Directory filters are tags: Trauma, Upper Limb, Hand and Paediatric results can include combined programmes or multiple position identities connected to one host pathway.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE157 current accredited fellowship listings; 23 Trauma-filter identities, 33 Upper Limb-filter identities, 8 Hand-filter identities and 12 Paediatric-filter identities reviewed 25–26 August 2026
OTA69 detailed records

Orthopaedic Trauma Association

OTA accredits one-year Trauma and Fracture Fellowship tracks and publishes the programmes taking part in its current Match. Published graduate-acceptance fields do not themselves guarantee visa sponsorship or medical licensing.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE68 OTA-approved Trauma or Fracture fellowship programmes with 106 positions in the official list updated 31 July 2026
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OFFICIAL DESIGNATION

Recognized centres / programmes

AAHKS116 detailed records

American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

Adult-reconstruction fellowships formally approved through the AAHKS Fellowship Recognition process. Recognition confirms programme standards but does not establish a currently open intake, visa sponsorship or medical licensing.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE116 active AAHKS-recognized Adult Reconstruction programmes in the official list updated 12 January 2026 and reviewed 25 August 2026
NASS ISMM2 detailed records

North American Spine Society — Interventional Spine & Musculoskeletal Medicine

NASS recognizes Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine fellowships that meet its academic and educational standards. These non-surgical pathways are distinct from ACGME Pain Medicine fellowships and commonly require Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation training.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPERecognized ISMM fellowship match and programme directory
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OFFICIAL DESIGNATION

Approved teaching or host centres

AO Foundation15 detailed records

AO Trauma, AO Spine, AO Recon and AO Research Institute Davos

AO clinical fellowship pathways use global networks of designated host centres. AO Research Institute Davos separately offers a non-clinical medical research fellowship. Neither pathway should be confused with national licensing or specialist-board accreditation.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE3 consolidated clinical host networks plus the separate AO Research Institute Davos medical research fellowship
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OFFICIAL DESIGNATION

Official directory listings

AOSSM100 detailed records

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

AOSSM and AANA sponsor the orthopaedic sports-medicine fellowship match; the official listing distinguishes ACGME-accredited and unaccredited positions. Registry inclusion is recorded separately from each programme's current recruitment status.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE100 unique programmes in the current official listing reviewed 30 August 2026; 29 linked host-programme pages have programme-specific enrichment
OTS UK27 detailed records

Orthopaedic Trauma Society

The UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society publishes open, recurring and available trauma fellowships. Directory inclusion is not presented as formal fellowship accreditation; current posts and employment terms must be confirmed with the host or NHS Jobs.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE14 current UK trauma-fellowship identities, including dedicated pelvic–acetabular, limb-reconstruction and major-trauma pathways, reviewed 26 August 2026
NNZOA15 detailed records

New Zealand Orthopaedic Association

NZOA publishes a national fellowship planning list and a separate voluntary accreditation list. Accreditation is asserted only for programmes appearing on the latter; ordinary planning-directory inclusion does not establish accreditation, current recruitment, MCNZ registration or visa eligibility.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE4 shoulder or upper-limb identities, 5 spine identities and 2 hand or wrist identities in the December 2025 national list; Christchurch Upper Limb and Bay of Plenty Spine are separately NZOA accredited, while neither hand or wrist identity is
PPOSI7 detailed records

Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of India

POSI publishes five labelled accredited fellowship opportunities, a separate CMC Vellore academic programme and the Kaye Wilkins travelling fellowship. POSI states that centre information is submitted by the centres and that the society does not vouch for its veracity, so availability and terms require direct confirmation.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE5 directory-listed centre fellowships plus CMC Vellore and the Kaye Wilkins travelling fellowship reviewed 25 August 2026
BBESS22 detailed records

British Elbow & Shoulder Society

BESS publishes a UK shoulder-and-elbow fellowship planning directory and separate society-sponsored awards. BESS explicitly states that ordinary directory listings are not formally assessed or affiliated with BESS or RCS England; only programme-specific RCS approval shown by an official source is labelled as accreditation.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE18 current UK directory identities plus 3 recurring society-sponsored fellowship pathways reviewed 25 August 2026
CCSES11 detailed records

Canadian Shoulder and Elbow Society

CSES publishes a Canadian upper-extremity fellowship planning directory with programme directors, locations, deadlines and contacts. Directory inclusion is not presented as formal accreditation, proof of a currently open position, provincial medical registration or visa sponsorship.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE11 current Canadian upper-extremity fellowship identities reviewed 25 August 2026
ISAKOS187 detailed records

International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

ISAKOS maintains a global fellowship/residency directory, separately lists Approved Teaching Centers and sponsors its own travelling fellowships. ISAKOS explicitly says the directory is for reference and that it is not responsible for programme educational content; inclusion is therefore not presented as accreditation or proof of a vacancy.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE180 fellowship identities across 35 countries in the public directory reviewed 25 August 2026; 12 first-party host profiles reviewed 30 August 2026; 25 residency rows are excluded from the fellowship count
AASSH53 detailed records

American Society for Surgery of the Hand

ASSH publishes a searchable directory of active hand-surgery fellowship programmes with a programme-specific accreditation-status field. Directory inclusion must not be presented as ASSH accreditation; applicants should confirm the listed status and the host's ACGME record.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE89 explicit hand-fellowship identities connected from 111 public rows across six pages; 50 first-party host-programme profiles reviewed 30 August 2026; 22 vendor, person or ambiguous organisation-only rows remain excluded pending programme-level verification
NASS Surgical Spine14 detailed records

North American Spine Society — Surgical Fellowship Directory

NASS publishes a surgical spine fellowship directory. Directory inclusion verifies the programme identity and published fields but does not by itself establish accreditation or an open application.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPECurrent surgical fellowship directory; 15 source-backed US spine programmes added or rechecked on 25 August 2026
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OFFICIAL DESIGNATION

Society-sponsored pathways

FESSH39 detailed records

Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand

FESSH offers its own Congress Fellowship, Travel Award and Research Fellowship. Its separate training-centre database collects centre-submitted opportunities but explicitly does not approve or verify those fellowships; OrthoFellow therefore labels every host-centre record as direct-confirmation rather than an endorsed vacancy.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE3 society-sponsored pathways plus 33 reviewed Western European training-centre profiles; the separate Hand Trauma Network currently reports 90 accredited HTRCs and 35 accredited HTUs
EFORT2 detailed records

European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

EFORT-sponsored visiting and travelling fellowship pathways delivered through named European host centres. OrthoFellow consolidates the completed robotic programme into one pathway while preserving institution pages for geographic discovery.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPE1 consolidated robotic travelling-fellowship profile connecting 17 published host centres; the last listed programme ran in 2024
APSS6 detailed records

Asia Pacific Spine Society

APSS clinical, travelling and named-host spine fellowships across the Asia-Pacific region. These are society-sponsored pathways, not programme accreditation.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SCOPESix current or recurring pathways are indexed separately; the older APSS–SICOT exchange is retained only on the source directory because its published call is historical