Upcoming cycle ♡
Short Course · Hip & Knee AO Recon / AO Foundation
Beirut, Lebanon · Lebanon
Duration 2 days, 23–24 October 2026
Funding Course fee, travel and accommodation costs are not published in the current official sources
Exposure Patient-centred primary hip and knee arthroplasty through perioperative management, THA and TKA modules, evidence-based lectures,…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, official contact ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Upcoming cycle ♡
Short Course · Hip & Knee AO Recon / AO Foundation
Doha, Qatar · Qatar
Duration 1 day, 1 November 2026
Funding Seminar fee, travel and accommodation costs are not published in the current official calendar
Exposure Focused English-language AO Recon seminar on hip arthroplasty; the current regional calendar does not publish the detailed agenda,…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, official contact ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Active application ♡
Short Course · Hip & Knee AO Recon / AO Foundation
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · United Arab Emirates
Duration 3 days, 22–24 September 2026
Funding Course fee, travel and accommodation costs are not published in the reviewed official sources
Exposure Revision and complex primary hip and knee arthroplasty through evidence-based lectures, moderated small-group cases, peer exchange…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, official contact ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Upcoming cycle ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hip & Knee AO Recon Fellowship Host Centers
Multiple recognised host centres worldwide · Worldwide (multi-country)
Duration 6–12 weeks
Funding AO provides a country-adjusted contribution toward accommodation and living costs; travel and…
Exposure Joint preservation, replacement and reconstruction training at a selected AO Recon host centre; clinical participation depends on…
Profile completeness 66%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, official contact ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Closed ♡
Research Fellowship · Research AO Innovation Translation Center — Clinical Evidence
Dübendorf, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration 3 months, full-time and on site
Funding AO provides travel-organisation support and local accommodation; the official page does not…
Exposure Clinical-study protocol development, research ethics, project and data management, statistics, systematic review and meta-analysis,…
Profile completeness 86%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Active application ♡
Research Fellowship · Research AO Research Institute Davos
Davos, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration 12 months; exceptionally 6 months when sufficiently justified…
Funding A stipend covering living costs in Davos for one person is provided; the amount is not…
Exposure Full-time, on-site preclinical and translational musculoskeletal R&D in Regenerative Orthopaedics, Biomedical Development or…
Profile completeness 88%
Comprehensive · Missing funding ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Research Fellowship · Research AO Research Institute Davos / Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association
Davos, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration 2026 cycle: 2 weeks (1–12 June 2026); 2027 duration not yet…
Funding 2026 cycle: AO provided housing and APOA covered international travel, visa costs and daily…
Exposure Preclinical musculoskeletal methods, translational research, proposal development, expert feedback and networking in AO Research…
Profile completeness 70%
Well sourced · Missing funding, official contact, faculty profile ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Active application ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Spine NeuroSpine Institute WA
Perth, Australia · Australia
Duration 6 or 12 months
Funding Reasonable remuneration is discussed directly with applicants; no amount is published
Exposure More than 1,500 open operations annually across minimally invasive decompression and fixation, navigation, LLIF, OLIF, ALIF, TLIF,…
Profile completeness 94%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Spine HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Interdisciplinary Spine Centre
St. Gallen, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration Usually 12 months
Funding Salaried hospital employment; current salary amount is not published
Exposure Salaried clinical work as a senior or consultant-level team member, including service and on-call duties, within an…
Profile completeness 72%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Spine Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
Rochester, Minnesota, United States · United States
Duration 1 year
Funding Not published
Exposure More than 400 cases per fellow across decompression, fusion, osteotomy, instrumentation, open and minimally invasive surgery, plus…
Profile completeness 58%
Core details · Missing funding, commencement date, official contact ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced — Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Spine Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida, United States · United States
Duration 1 year (July–June)
Funding Not published
Exposure Open and minimally invasive spine surgery, deformity, oncology, degenerative disease and clinical research
Profile completeness 58%
Core details · Missing funding, commencement date, official contact ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced — Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Spine University of Utah Health / University Orthopaedic Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · United States
Duration 1 year (August 1–July 31)
Funding Not published
Exposure Cervical, thoracic and lumbar disorders, deformity, degenerative disease, trauma, tumour and infection, with approximately 400 cases…
Profile completeness 58%
Core details · Missing funding, commencement date, official contact ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced — Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Upcoming cycle ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Spine AO Spine Fellowship Host Centers
Multiple recognised host centres worldwide · Worldwide (multi-country)
Duration 4–12 weeks
Funding AO provides a country-adjusted contribution toward accommodation and living costs; travel and…
Exposure Spine training at a selected AO host centre; operative participation, observation, case mix, research and teaching exposure differ…
Profile completeness 66%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, official contact ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Closed ♡
Observership · Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi
Lagos, Nigeria · Nigeria
Duration 3 months
Funding Funded: hospital accommodation and monthly allowance, plus SICOT reimbursement of eligible…
Exposure Arthroplasty and general orthopaedics, orthopaedic oncology and paediatric orthopaedics; the same hospital is an AO Spine host with…
Profile completeness 86%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Upcoming cycle ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum AO Trauma Fellowship Host Centers
Multiple recognised host centres worldwide · Worldwide (multi-country)
Duration 6–12 weeks
Funding AO provides a country-adjusted contribution toward accommodation and living costs; travel and…
Exposure Orthopaedic trauma training at a selected AO host centre; the permitted role ranges from observation to supervised scrub-in…
Profile completeness 66%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, official contact ✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → 
Upcoming cycle
