Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery AUVA Trauma Hospital Lorenz Böhler (Traumazentrum Wien)
Vienna, Vienna, Austria · Austria
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Exposure Clinical attachment as observer (no practising rights) and research in hand surgery: trauma, microsurgery, Dupuytren's disease,…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria · Austria
Duration Not published
Funding Self-funded (FESSH listing)
Exposure Observer clinical attachment (no practising rights) or self-funded fellowship covering the whole spectrum of hand, wrist and elbow…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery AZ Groeninge
Kortrijk, Belgium · Belgium
Duration Duration agreed directly with AZ Groeninge; no fixed period is…
Funding Observer, practising, self-funded and centre-funded routes are recorded; Dutch is required for a…
Exposure Hand and wrist surgery, trauma, microsurgery, brachial plexus, congenital differences, arthroscopy, Dupuytren disease, fractures,…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Orthoca Orthopaedic Group / AZ Monica
Antwerp, Belgium · Belgium
Duration 1 year for the clinical fellowship described in the FESSH…
Funding A funded route is described for candidates with Dutch-language proficiency; the current amount…
Exposure Hand, wrist and elbow sports injuries, trauma, post-traumatic reconstruction, scaphoid, distal-radius and forearm surgery, Dupuytren…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Erasme University Hospital / H.U.B
Brussels, Belgium · Belgium
Duration Duration agreed directly with the unit; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded fellows are welcomed; occasional European fellows may be funded as Belgian…
Exposure Adult trauma, brachial plexus, shoulder, elbow, complex wrist and hand surgery, congenital differences, supervised operating,…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Hand Centrum Limburg / Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg
Genk, Belgium · Belgium
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
Funding Not published
Exposure Clinical observation without practising rights, with a research attachment available by agreement
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Handcenter Gent / AZ Maria Middelares
Ghent, Belgium · Belgium
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded fellowship or attachment; research, observer and practising routes are listed but…
Exposure Open hand surgery, wrist and digit arthroscopy, ultrasound-guided surgery, trauma and planned hand-and-wrist procedures in a focused…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Orthoclinic Bruges / AZ Sint-Jan Brugge
Bruges, Belgium · Belgium
Duration 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months or 1 year; short visits are also…
Funding Self-funded and centre-funded routes are listed; Dutch and participation in the SOS Hand on-call…
Exposure Elective and emergency hand surgery, wrist arthroscopy, microsurgery, congenital and reconstructive procedures, elbow and broader…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery UZ Leuven
Leuven, Belgium · Belgium
Duration Annual placement; exact duration is confirmed directly with UZ…
Funding Self-funded and centre-funded routes are listed; the amount, accommodation and active vacancy…
Exposure Hand, wrist and elbow trauma, microsurgery, Dupuytren disease, wrist instability, arthroscopy, rheumatoid surgery and joint…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Active application ♡
Research Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery FESSH Research Committee; host research centres in the Czech Republic (to be announced)
Czech Republic (host centres to be announced); FESSH Congress in Prague · Czech Republic
Duration One-week stay in a research department during the week before…
Funding 2027 call: FESSH Council supports 2 fellows; the programme page states a maximum of EUR 1,500…
Exposure One week in a hand-surgery research department in the Czech Republic before the FESSH Congress, followed by Congress attendance and…
✓ Primary programme source linked — Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Active application ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery FESSH and Czech Society for Surgery of the Hand (CSSH) host-centre network
Host centres in the Czech Republic; Congress in Prague, Czech Republic · Czech Republic
Duration Programme window 17 May–5 June 2027, ending with the FESSH…
Funding FESSH reimburses accommodation up to EUR 100 per night plus travel between host centres; travel…
Exposure Observer-only visits to Czech hand-surgery host centres attached to FESSH Congress Prague 2027; FESSH states that scrubbing in is…
✓ Primary programme source linked — Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Closed for this cycle ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Applicant-selected recognised European hand-surgery centre(s)
Europe · Europe (multi-country)
Duration Applicant-defined clinical visit between 1 January and 31…
Funding Up to EUR 4,000 per applicant for travel and accommodation; two thirds paid before travel and…
Exposure Clinical activity at one or more recognised European hand-surgery training centres selected with the host before application
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Centre de la Main d'Angers
Angers, France · France
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded and centre-funded routes are listed in the centre-submitted FESSH profile; current…
Exposure Hand trauma and emergency care, microsurgery, brachial plexus and peripheral nerves, congenital cases, Dupuytren disease, wrist…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Centre Hospitalier de la Côte Basque
Bayonne, France · France
Duration 6–12 months in the centre-submitted FESSH record
Funding Self-funded and centre-funded routes are recorded by FESSH; current salary, contract and…
Exposure Hand and upper-limb trauma, plastic surgery and general/orthopaedic/hand-trauma on-call exposure
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Department of Hand, Wrist and Peripheral Nerve Surgery / Hand Emergency
Clermont-Ferrand, France · France
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
Funding The FESSH directory lists the centre with "Fellowship funded by centre" (and a "Fellowship…
Exposure Hand trauma, wrist arthroscopy, congenital differences, microsurgery, brachial plexus, rheumatoid and tetraplegia surgery,…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Institut Aquitain de la Main / Clinique de la Main, Pessac
Pessac (Bordeaux), France · France
Duration Agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is published
Funding The FESSH centre record lists self-funded and centre-funded fellowship routes; current…
Exposure Hand, wrist and elbow surgery, 24/7 SOS Main trauma care, microsurgery and reconstructive pathways at the Bordeaux-area hand…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Upcoming cycle ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Institut de la Main Nantes Atlantique / CHU de Nantes
Nantes / Saint-Herblain, France · France
Duration At least 6 months for the published resident or intern…
Funding EUR 2,400 including registration fees
Exposure High-volume hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery, emergency hand trauma, operating-room assistance, clinics, teaching staff…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Edouard Herriot University Hospital
Lyon, France · France
Duration 6 months, with possible extension to 1 year
Funding Funded by the centre with a basic resident salary plus on-call duties; the exact amount is not…
Exposure Elective and emergency hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery, microsurgery, arthroscopy, peripheral-nerve and brachial-plexus…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Institut de la Main et de l’Épaule / Clinique Bizet
Paris, France · France
Duration 6 months
Funding The current application materials do not publish a stipend, fee or funding commitment.
Exposure Participation in theatre, consultations and emergency activity as an assistant, with tutorials, case discussion and supervised…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Hôpital Privé Paul d'Egine / Pôle Santé La Francilienne
Champigny-sur-Marne / Pontault-Combault, France · France
Duration Not published
Funding Centre-funded route; the FESSH record historically states EUR 1,219 per month with social cover,…
Exposure Twenty-four-hour hand emergency care plus elective hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, nerve and brachial-plexus surgery with research and…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Clinique du Pré — Centre SOS Main Le Mans
Le Mans, France · France
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded fellowship, research and observer routes are recorded; the observer route has no…
Exposure Hand and upper-limb emergencies, fractures, dislocations, tendon and soft-tissue injuries, microsurgery, Dupuytren disease, wrist…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany · Germany
Duration Duration agreed directly with the department; no fixed period…
Funding Self-funded observer attachment
Exposure Hand trauma, peripheral-nerve and brachial-plexus surgery, paediatric limb differences, plastic and reconstructive surgery
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Orthopädische Klinik Markgröningen
Markgröningen, Germany · Germany
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded and centre-funded routes are recorded in the centre-submitted FESSH profile; current…
Exposure High-volume hand and plastic surgery, wrist arthroscopy, Dupuytren disease, peripheral-nerve surgery, paediatric hand differences,…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery medius Klinik Nürtingen
Nürtingen, Germany · Germany
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded fellowship or observer attachment
Exposure Hand trauma, microsurgery, Dupuytren disease, wrist instability, arthroscopy, rheumatoid and fracture surgery, joint replacement and…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg
Oldenburg, Germany · Germany
Duration 3 months
Funding Self-funded fellowship
Exposure Chronic hand and wrist disease, arthroscopy, trauma, upper-extremity reconstruction, paediatric hand trauma and congenital cases,…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Aachen, Germany · Germany
Duration Not published
Funding The historical FESSH record included self-funded and centre-funded pathways; current funding,…
Exposure Adult and paediatric brachial plexus, peripheral-nerve reconstruction and transfer, nerve decompression, tendon and muscle transfer,…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery TUM Klinikum Rechts der Isar
Munich, Germany · Germany
Duration Duration agreed directly with TUM; no fixed period is…
Funding Research and self-funded fellowship routes are recorded; no stipend or salary is published
Exposure Comprehensive hand and forearm surgery, replantation, reconstructive microsurgery, carpal and wrist surgery, WALANT, nerve…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Closed for this cycle ♡
Research Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Papanikolaou General Hospital / FESSH Research Committee
Thessaloniki, Greece · Greece
Duration 1 week
Funding Maximum EUR 1,500 per applicant for travel, accommodation and subsistence; two thirds paid…
Exposure Research stay in a dedicated European hand-surgery research department to exchange clinical and scientific methods, concepts and…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Asklepieion General Hospital (Voula), Hand and Upper Extremity unit
Athens, Attica, Greece · Greece
Duration 6 to 12 months
Funding Self-funded fellowship / visitation; accommodation available nearby (not funded).
Exposure Hand and upper-extremity trauma and its sequelae (post-traumatic reconstruction), peripheral nerve surgery and tendon transfers,…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery KAT General Hospital of Attica — Hand, Upper Limb and Microsurgery Clinic
Athens, Greece · Greece
Duration Not published
Funding Self-funded fellowship / clinical attachment
Exposure Observer-focused upper-limb and microsurgery attachment supported by a high-volume national referral clinic covering brachial-plexus…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Amsterdam UMC / former VUmc hand service
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Netherlands
Duration Duration agreed directly with Amsterdam UMC; no fixed period…
Funding The centre-submitted record lists self-funded and centre-funded routes; Dutch and institutional…
Exposure Academic hand and wrist surgery, trauma, reconstruction, peripheral nerves, arthroscopy and linked research
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Erasmus University Medical Center
Rotterdam, Netherlands · Netherlands
Duration Duration agreed directly with Erasmus MC; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded fellowship route
Exposure Congenital hand differences, hand trauma, microsurgery, Dupuytren disease, wrist instability and arthroscopy, nerve surgery,…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Radboudumc — Nijmeegs Universitair Handen Team
Nijmegen, Netherlands · Netherlands
Duration Not published
Funding Self-funded according to the historical FESSH listing
Exposure Historical FESSH listing: observer-only hand, wrist and peripheral-nerve exposure without practising rights
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands · Netherlands
Duration Duration agreed directly with UMC Utrecht; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded observer/fellowship pathway
Exposure Tertiary wrist surgery, hand trauma, arthroscopy, revision arthroplasty, complex nerve problems, congenital hand differences and…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Hospital Intermutual de Levante, Unidad de Cirugía Reconstructiva (Reconstructive Surgery Unit)
Valencia (Sant Antoni de Benaixeve), Valencian Community, Spain · Spain
Duration Not published
Funding FESSH listing states both self-funded and centre-funded fellowship options; amounts not…
Exposure Centre-submitted FESSH training listing: hand trauma, microsurgery, wrist instability, arthroscopy and fracture surgery at a…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Hand and Elbow Unit (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology)
Pamplona, Navarre, Spain · Spain
Duration Pamplona foreign-professional training stays allow up to one…
Funding FESSH lists a self-funded option. Pamplona's foreign-professional stay route is unpaid and…
Exposure Hand and Elbow Unit specialising in hand arthroplasty and arthroscopic hand surgery; FESSH listing names wrist instability,…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → HI Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Hospital Intermutual de Euskadi, Hand and Wrist Unit (Unidad de Mano y Muñeca)
Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain · Spain
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Exposure Clinical attachment as an observer (no practising rights) in the hand and wrist unit; listed interests are trauma, arthroscopy,…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Hand Surgery Unit (Unidad de Cirugía de la Mano)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain · Spain
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Exposure Clinical attachment as an observer (no practising rights) in a four-surgeon hand and upper-extremity unit dedicated to hand, wrist…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Closed for this cycle ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery University of Barcelona / Hospital Clínic Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain · Spain
Duration 1 academic year; 60 ECTS credits
Funding Tuition is EUR 6,000 plus a 10% administrative surcharge capped at EUR 70; no stipend is…
Exposure Hospital-based hand-surgery training with participation in clinical activity and research within the University of Barcelona…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Section of Hand Surgery (Sektionen för Handkirurgi), Akademiska University Hospital
Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden · Sweden
Duration Not published
Funding Self-funded fellowship (FESSH listing)
Exposure Hand surgery covering joint replacement, congenital hand surgery, trauma, microsurgery, Dupuytren's disease, wrist instability,…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Centro manoegomito, Clinica Ars Medica
Gravesano (Lugano), Ticino, Switzerland · 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…
Exposure Hand, wrist and elbow surgery, trauma, microsurgery, arthroscopy, joint replacement, peripheral nerves, research and structured…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Clinique de la Main Genève
Geneva, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration Up to 3 years, consecutive or non-consecutive, as an ISFM…
Funding Paid postgraduate appointment under an employment contract issued through the regional training…
Exposure Private-sector hand and wrist surgery, Dupuytren disease, instability, arthroscopy, fracture surgery, joint replacement, peripheral…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Completed travelling fellowship ♡
Research Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Schulthess Clinic, Balgrist University Hospital or University Hospital Basel
Zurich or Basel, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration 1 week immediately before the 2026 FESSH Congress
Funding Maximum EUR 1,000 per fellow for travel, accommodation and subsistence, plus admission to the…
Exposure Zurich pathway in implant research, 3D planning and printing, motion analysis, study design, REDCap and statistics; Basel pathway in…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Completed travelling fellowship ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery FESSH and Swiss Society for Surgery of the Hand host-centre network
Multiple Swiss centres; Congress in Basel, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration 2-week observership within the 18 May–6 June 2026 programme…
Funding Supported by FESSH and SSCM with free FESSH Congress registration; the official page does not…
Exposure Observation at two Swiss hand-surgery centres, followed by a Basel teaching day, cadaver laboratory and FESSH Congress; scrub-in is…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Current availability unconfirmed ♡
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery Hand and Wrist Unit SA, Clinique de Genolier
Genolier, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration 12 months in the original centre-submitted profile; current…
Funding The FESSH record describes a centre-funded practising fellowship; no current funding terms or…
Exposure Complex upper-limb reconstruction, hand/wrist/forearm/elbow trauma, osteoarthritis, arthroplasty, revision surgery and complex nerve…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current — Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Inselspital, University Hospital Bern
Bern, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration Duration agreed directly with the clinic; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded observer attachment
Exposure Twenty-four-hour hand emergency care, fractures, revascularisation and replantation, tendon and nerve reconstruction, arthroscopy,…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Kantonsspital Aarau
Aarau, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration Duration agreed directly with KSA; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded observer attachment in the centre-submitted FESSH record
Exposure Hand and wrist trauma, fractures and joint disorders, microsurgery, replantation, peripheral-nerve and brachial-plexus…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Kantonsspital Baselland (KSBL)
Liestal / Bruderholz, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration 6–12 months in the centre-submitted fellowship record
Funding Self-funded observer attachment
Exposure Hand and wrist trauma, post-traumatic and degenerative reconstruction, arthroscopy, peripheral-nerve surgery and medical 3D printing…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Schulthess Klinik
Zürich, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration Duration agreed directly with the clinic; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded observer attachment
Exposure Hand and forearm surgery, joint replacement, complex wrist procedures, peripheral nerves, rheumatoid surgery, Dupuytren disease,…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery Spital Thurgau AG
Münsterlingen and Frauenfeld, Switzerland · Switzerland
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded observer attachment
Exposure Hand trauma, Dupuytren disease, arthroscopy and outpatient hand-surgery practice across two public-hospital locations
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery University Hospital Zürich (USZ)
Zürich, Switzerland · Switzerland
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…
Exposure Hand and wrist trauma, peripheral nerves including brachial plexus, reconstructive extremity microsurgery, biomechanics and clinical…
— Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced ✓ Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → Rolling application ♡
Observership · 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…
Exposure Hand, wrist, elbow, microsurgery, trauma, arthroscopy, nerve, congenital and reconstructive training according to the selected…
✓ Primary programme source linked ✓ Catalogue source audit current ✓ Dated source review current ✓ Current cycle evidenced — Faculty identity sourced ✓ Institution mark verified
Review verified profile → 
Current availability unconfirmed
