OFFICIAL ORGANISATION EVIDENCE

AOA–NSA PFET Fellowships

Australian Orthopaedic Association & Neurosurgical Society of Australasia

Jointly accredited post-fellowship education and training posts in spinal surgery.

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CANONICAL PROGRAMME INVENTORY

Programmes connected to AOA–NSA PFET

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Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Gold Coast University Hospital Hand Surgery PFET Fellowship

Gold Coast University Hospital Department of Orthopaedics

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia · Australia

Duration6 months
FundingSalary is not published; the AHSS application page says salary details must be discussed with…
ExposureHigh-volume public hand fellowship with a mix of elective and trauma cases, extensive wrist arthroscopy (elective and trauma),…
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Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Hunter Hand Surgery PFET Fellowship

Hunter Hand Surgery / John Hunter Hospital

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia · Australia

Duration6 months
FundingSalary is not published; the AHSS application page says salary details must be discussed with…
ExposurePrivate orthopaedic hand practice (Adamstown) with time at John Hunter Hospital, a level 1 trauma centre: elective and trauma hand…
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Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Macquarie Hand Unit PFET Fellowship

Macquarie Hand Unit / Macquarie University Hospital

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Australia

Duration6 or 12 months
FundingSalary is not published; the AHSS application page says salary details must be discussed with…
ExposureMixed orthopaedic and plastic hand unit of nine surgeons covering trauma and elective hand and wrist surgery, soft tissue,…
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Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Mudgeeraba Hand Clinic Hand Fellowship (QLD2503192)

Mudgeeraba Hand Clinic / Queensland Children's Hospital and partner hospitals

Gold Coast and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · Australia

Duration6 or 12 months; February or August start
FundingPackage of $170,000 pa including superannuation and holiday loading; opportunity for additional…
ExposureElective and trauma hand and wrist surgery, arthroscopy, microsurgery including free-tissue transfer and replantation or…
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Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Royal North Shore Hospital Hand Surgery PFET Fellowship

Royal North Shore Hospital Department of Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Australia

Duration6 or 12 months
FundingSalary is not published; the AHSS application page says salary details must be discussed with…
ExposureSeven-consultant unit (25:75 private:public, 70:30 trauma:elective) covering all aspects of hand surgery, with training in brachial…
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Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Sydney Hospital and St Luke's Hospital Hand Surgery PFET Fellowship

Sydney Hospital / St Luke's Hospital

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Australia

Duration12 months (6 months at each hospital)
FundingSalary is not published; the AHSS application page says salary details must be discussed with…
ExposureMixed orthopaedic and plastic units: Sydney Hospital (10 consultants) for hand and wrist trauma and elective work, St Luke's (5…
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Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Sydney South-West Hand Centre PFET Fellowship

Sydney South-West Hand Centre, Fairfield Hospital

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Australia

Duration6 months
FundingSalary is not published; the AHSS application page says salary details must be discussed with…
ExposureFully public hand centre with three plastics and four orthopaedic hand VMOs; 70–80% trauma and 80% hand work, with weekly 5 clinics…
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Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Victorian Hand Surgery Associates Hand Surgery Fellowship

Victorian Hand Surgery Associates / St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Australia

Duration12 months
FundingAU$95,000 plus AU$3,000 support towards conference expenses (AOA PDF) Conflicting official…
ExposurePublic and private hand-surgery practice with up to 16 clinical and operative sessions weekly and approximately 4,000 annual cases,…
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MHCurrent availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Middlemore Hospital Hand Fellowships

Middlemore Hospital / Health New Zealand – Counties Manukau

Auckland, New Zealand · New Zealand

Duration12 months
FundingNot published
ExposureComprehensive hand and wrist surgery with a large trauma component, tetraplegic reconstruction and brachial-plexus reconstruction;…
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Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

North Shore Hospital Hand Surgery PFET Fellowship

North Shore Hospital / Health New Zealand – Waitematā

Auckland, New Zealand · New Zealand

Duration12 months
FundingSalary is not published; the AHSS application page says salary details must be discussed with…
ExposurePublic orthopaedic hand unit of seven hand surgeons with 50% trauma and 50% elective work, split evenly between hand and wrist; no…
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Spine

Austin Health Clinical and Research Spine Fellowship

Austin Health / University of Melbourne Spinal Surgery Unit

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Australia

Duration12 months
FundingAUD 80,000 in the detailed 2025 AOA–NSA profile Conflicting official information: Same official…
ExposureComprehensive spine care with orthopaedic and neurosurgical teams. The February 2022 position description outlines approximately…
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PPCurrent availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Spine

Gold Coast Spine Fellowship

Pindara Private Hospital / Gold Coast Spine

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia · Australia

Duration12 months
FundingMore than AUD 75,000 in the 2025 AOA–NSA profile
ExposureAdvanced spinal diagnosis, cervical, thoracic and lumbar anterior reconstruction, deformity surgery, outcomes research and…
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Rolling application
Clinical Fellowship · Spine

Macquarie Combined Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Complex Spine Fellowship

Macquarie University Hospital / NSW Spine Specialists and partner hospitals

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Australia

Duration6, 12 or 24 months; the AOA–NSA funded position is initially…
FundingAUD 100,000 for the 12-month AOA–NSA funded position
ExposureMore than 200 spinal operations, including adult and paediatric deformity, tumour, degenerative disease, endoscopic surgery,…
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Spine

Mater Brisbane PFET Spine Fellowship

Mater Centre for Neurosciences

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · Australia

Duration12 months
FundingAnnual stipend of more than AUD 75,000 in the 2025 AOA–NSA profile
ExposureMinimally invasive and complex spine surgery with intraoperative CT and navigation, supervised progression from assisting to primary…
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Spine

Newcastle Spinal Fellowship

John Hunter Hospital / Royal Newcastle Centre

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia · Australia

Duration12 months
FundingFull salary commensurate with experience, as stated in the 2025 AOA–NSA profile
ExposureAdult and paediatric spinal surgery within a major tertiary referral service
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Spine

Royal Melbourne Hospital Neurosurgical Spine Fellowship

The Royal Melbourne Hospital / Melbourne Private / Western Health

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Australia

Duration12 months
FundingAUD 100,000 in the 2025 AOA–NSA profile
ExposureMinimally invasive and open surgery for degenerative, neoplastic and traumatic spinal conditions within a combined service reporting…
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Spine

St Vincent's Melbourne PFET Spine Fellowship

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne / St Vincent's Private Hospital

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Australia

Duration12 months
FundingAnnual stipend of more than AUD 75,000 in the 2025 AOA–NSA profile
ExposureComplex fixation and decompression for degenerative disease, trauma and spinal tumour across public and private practice
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Spine

The International Spine Centre Adelaide Fellowship

The International Spine Centre / partner Adelaide hospitals

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia · Australia

Duration12 months
FundingMore than AUD 90,000 in the 2025 AOA–NSA profile
ExposureComplex open and endoscopic spine surgery, instrumentation, navigation, neuromonitoring, research, leadership, business and…
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Spine

The Prince of Wales Spine Fellowship

Prince of Wales Hospital / Prince of Wales Private Hospital

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Australia

Duration12 months
FundingApproximately AUD 120,000 per annum in the 2025 AOA–NSA profile
ExposureComplex spinal surgery, advanced perioperative assessment and progressively independent management across public and private…
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Rolling application
Clinical Fellowship · Spine

Westmead Adult Spine Fellowship

Westmead Hospital / Westmead Private Hospital

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Australia

Duration12 months
FundingSalary per the NSW Staff Specialists Award 2019; no private practice privileges
ExposureDegenerative cervical and lumbar disease, trauma, tumour, metabolic bone disease, infection, congenital conditions, failed-back…
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum

Post Graduate Fellow in Traumatology (Orthopaedic Trauma post) — John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle

John Hunter Hospital Trauma Service, Hunter New England Local Health District

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia · Australia

DurationAbout 12 months (2026 intake ran February 2026 to February…
FundingHistorical (closed NSW Health advert, applications closed 4 August 2025): overseas doctors…
ExposureFellow in the only Level 1 major trauma service in NSW outside metropolitan Sydney (combined adult and paediatric, 796 beds, 16-bed…
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COMMON QUESTIONS

AOA–NSA PFET fellowships: FAQs

How many AOA–NSA PFET fellowships are listed on OrthoFellow?

OrthoFellow lists 21 orthopaedic programmes connected to the Australian Orthopaedic Association & Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (AOA–NSA PFET), across 2 countries, led by Australia (19) and New Zealand (2). Each programme is counted once, even when it has several host centres.

Which AOA–NSA PFET fellowships are open now?

11 of the 21 AOA–NSA PFET-connected programmes currently show an active, upcoming or explicitly rolling application signal. Status labels on each card below come from the programme's official source; confirm the current cycle there before applying.

Which subspecialties do AOA–NSA PFET fellowships cover?

AOA–NSA PFET-connected programmes in the directory cover Hand and Microsurgery, Spine and Trauma, Pelvis and Acetabulum.

What does the AOA–NSA PFET listing mean for applicants?

Accredited programmes: Jointly accredited post-fellowship education and training posts in spinal surgery. An organisation listing does not by itself establish your eligibility, medical licensing or visa sponsorship, so check each programme profile.

Where is the official AOA–NSA PFET fellowship directory?

The official Australian Orthopaedic Association & Neurosurgical Society of Australasia directory is at https://www.nsa.org.au/pfet/. OrthoFellow links every programme back to its official source.

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