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How to compare Hand and Microsurgery fellowships Compare elective hand surgery, trauma, peripheral nerve, congenital work and microsurgical reconstruction separately. A centre listed for hand training may not offer the same fellowship format, operative access or application route in every cycle.
171 canonical pathways
20 countries represented
62 funded or stipend-published
90 funding not published
24 active, upcoming or rolling
1–36 months published duration range
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All programmes in Hand & Microsurgery 171 sourced opportunities. Each card keeps its exact format, duration, host and official source visible.
BH ✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form; current vacancy not established♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Broomfield Hospital
⌖ Chelmsford · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership MK M. K. SoodGP G. Packer+8 more
Duration Not published
Funding The current BSSH host form does not publish salary, stipend or employment funding terms
Exposure Hand trauma, microvascular reconstruction, rheumatoid hand, wrist surgery and congenital hand surgery within the St Andrew's Centre…
Profile completeness 82%
Comprehensive · Missing duration, faculty profile CH ✓ Official historical BSSH host form; every dated term remains labelled historical♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
⌖ Glasgow · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership IM Iain McGrawMB Mark Broadbent
Duration Historical 2018 form: 6–12 months
Funding Salary, stipend and benefits are not published in the historical BSSH host form
Exposure Historical host form describes busy hand and wrist trauma, Dupuytren disease, wrist arthroscopy, arthroplasty, ligament…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, faculty profile LG ✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form plus official Leeds Teaching Hospitals site; current vacancy not established♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
⌖ Leeds · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership SK Simon KayGB Gráinne Bourke+7 more
Duration 6–12 months
Funding Salary, stipend and employment grade are not published in the current BSSH host form
Exposure High-volume adult and children's hand surgery with complex acute and elective reconstruction, brachial plexus, peripheral nerve,…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, faculty profile LA ✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form; active place and cross-border appointment terms require confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Lister Hospital / Utrecht partner centre
⌖ Stevenage and Utrecht · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership PG P. GoonSJ S. Jabir+2 more
Duration 12 months, including a flexible Utrecht placement from several…
Funding Salary, stipend and placement funding are not published in the current BSSH host form
Exposure Upper-limb arthroplasty including wrist, DRUJ, thumb CMC and PIP joints; peripheral nerve surgery including nerve transfer and…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, faculty profile QV ✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form plus official QVH site; active vacancy not established♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ East Grinstead · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership RP Robert PearlM Mistry+4 more
Duration 12 months
Funding Salary, stipend and benefits are not published in the current BSSH host form
Exposure Elective and trauma hand surgery at Queen Victoria Hospital
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, faculty profile RB ✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form plus official Royal Berkshire site; active vacancy not established♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ Reading · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership CM Claire MiddletonNP Natasha Picardo+1 more
Duration 6–12 months
Funding Salary, stipend and benefits are not published in the current BSSH host form
Exposure Hand and wrist trauma, post-traumatic reconstruction, scaphoid surgery, chronic wrist pain, inflammatory and degenerative arthritis,…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, faculty profile UC ✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form plus official UCLH site; active vacancy not established♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ London · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership AD Anthea DavyAH Alistair Hunter+2 more
Duration 6–12 months
Funding Salary, stipend and benefits are not published in the current BSSH host form
Exposure Acute hand and wrist trauma, post-traumatic reconstruction, scaphoid nonunion, carpal instability, arthroplasty, arthroscopy,…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, faculty profile UH ✓ Official historical BSSH host form plus official institutional site; old terms not promoted to a current vacancy♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ Dorset · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership JH Joanna HigginsSR Simon Richards+2 more
Duration Historical 2023 form: 6–12 months
Funding Salary, grade and benefits are not published in the 2023 BSSH host form
Exposure Hand and wrist trauma and elective surgery with some elbow exposure, possible weekly plastic hand surgery, protected research and…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, faculty profile BH ✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form plus official UHB Jobs page; active vacancy not established♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Birmingham Hand Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham and Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
⌖ Birmingham · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership SG Samuel GeorgeMB Mark Brewster+10 more
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, stipend and benefits are not published in the current BSSH host form
Exposure Complex upper-limb reconstruction, brachial plexus and peripheral nerve surgery, spasticity, tetraplegia, arteriovenous…
Profile completeness 70%
Well sourced · Missing duration, funding, faculty profile ✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form plus official GOSH site; historical NHS advert not treated as open♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ London · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership GS Gill SmithNB Neil Bulstrode+5 more
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, stipend and employment grade are not published in the current BSSH host form
Exposure Complex congenital hand and upper-limb surgery, distal-foot reconstruction and selected exposure to craniofacial, cleft and…
Profile completeness 70%
Well sourced · Missing duration, funding, faculty profile MY ✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form plus official Mid Yorkshire site; vacancy-dependent terms remain unpublished♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust / Pinderfields Hospital
⌖ Wakefield · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership SJ Sharmila JivanS Southern+4 more
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, grade and benefits are not published in the current BSSH host form
Exposure Hand and wrist fellowship training; operative responsibility, rotations, trauma, microsurgery, paediatric and peripheral-nerve…
Profile completeness 70%
Well sourced · Missing duration, funding, faculty profile UH ✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form; current position requires direct confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ Southampton · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership DW David WarwickDH David Hargreaves+2 more
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, stipend and benefits are not published in the current BSSH host form
Exposure Dupuytren surgery, DRUJ, joint replacement, complex elbow, wrist trauma and instability, WALANT, and non-technical development in…
Profile completeness 70%
Well sourced · Missing duration, funding, faculty profile BA ✓ Official BSSH directory identity plus reviewed blank host template; all absent terms remain explicit♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust / Royal Sussex County Hospital
⌖ Brighton · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership LL Lisa LeonardLH Laura Hamilton
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Exposure Adult elective and trauma hand and wrist surgery in a tertiary referral and Level I major-trauma setting, including soft-tissue…
Profile completeness 62%
Well sourced · Missing duration, funding, application deadline CA ✓ Current official institutional service page plus official BSSH directory; annual programme existence confirmed, vacancy not established♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ London · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership GB Giles BantickAB Alice Bremner-Smith+7 more
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, grade and benefits are not published on the current institutional Hand and Wrist Unit…
Exposure Adult and paediatric elective and trauma hand and wrist surgery within a multidisciplinary unit, with strong training and research…
Profile completeness 60%
Well sourced · Missing duration, funding, application deadline PH ✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form plus linked Pulvertaft fellowship page; active vacancy not established♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Pulvertaft Hand Centre / Royal Derby Hospital
⌖ Derby · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership PR Peter RussellTC Twelve consultant hand surgeons across orthopaedic and plastic surgery
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, stipend and benefits are not published in the current BSSH host form
Exposure Full-spectrum hand surgery in a dedicated orthoplastic centre with twelve consultant hand surgeons from orthopaedic and…
Profile completeness 60%
Well sourced · Missing duration, funding, application deadline GA ✓ Current official institutional hand-lead evidence plus official BSSH directory; active fellowship terms not published♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ London · United Kingdom →
Program lead LU Lauren Uppal
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, grade and benefits are not published on the current institutional evidence reviewed
Exposure Plastic-surgery hand reconstruction including peripheral nerve reconstruction and transfer, tendon transfer, hand joint replacement…
Profile completeness 54%
Core details · Missing duration, funding, application deadline MH ✓ Current official institutional service page plus BSSH historical advert reference; active fellowship not established♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Salford Royal / Manchester Hand Centre
⌖ Salford · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership RB Rahul BamalTC Terry-Ann Curran+2 more
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, grade and benefits are not published on the current institutional service page or BSSH…
Exposure Tertiary adult hand surgery delivered by a combined orthopaedic and plastic-surgery team with specialist nurses, therapists and…
Profile completeness 54%
Core details · Missing duration, funding, application deadline MH ✓ Official BSSH identity plus inaccessible-detail audit; historical advert not presented as open♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Whiston Hospital / Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
⌖ Whiston and Liverpool · United Kingdom →
Duration Not recoverable from the current BSSH evidence; the linked…
Funding Not recoverable from the current BSSH evidence
Exposure Hand and wrist fellowship training; operative responsibility, rotations, trauma, microsurgery, paediatric and peripheral-nerve…
Profile completeness 54%
Core details · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date WH ✓ Current official institutional upper-limb evidence plus BSSH historical advert reference; leadership wording and vacancy remain confirmation-required♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ Wrightington · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership ST Sumedh TalwalkerCY Chye Yew Ng+2 more
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, grade and benefits are not published in current programme-specific evidence
Exposure Hand, wrist and elbow surgery in Wrightington's Upper Limb Unit, including arthroscopy, joint replacement, peripheral nerve and…
Profile completeness 54%
Core details · Missing duration, funding, application deadline GA ✓ Current official institutional hand-lead evidence plus official BSSH directory; active fellowship terms not published♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ London · United Kingdom →
Faculty & leadership SG Sam GidwaniLG Lorenzo Garagnani
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, grade and benefits are not published on the current institutional evidence reviewed
Exposure Orthopaedic hand and wrist surgery including wrist replacement, thumb CMC replacement, regional hand trauma, research and surgical…
Profile completeness 44%
Core details · Missing duration, funding, application deadline NU ✓ Current official institutional orthopaedic service evidence plus historical BSSH advert reference; active hand fellowship not established♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
⌖ Nottingham · United Kingdom →
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, grade and benefits are not published in the accessible current institutional evidence or…
Exposure Hand and wrist fellowship training; operative responsibility, rotations, trauma, microsurgery, paediatric and peripheral-nerve…
Profile completeness 44%
Core details · Missing duration, funding, application deadline WP ✓ Official BSSH directory identity plus institutional identity check; absent fields remain explicit♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Wexham Park Hospital / Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ Slough · United Kingdom →
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Exposure Hand and wrist fellowship training; operative responsibility, rotations, trauma, microsurgery, paediatric and peripheral-nerve…
Profile completeness 44%
Core details · Missing duration, funding, application deadline ✓ Current Duke Hand fellowship, 2028–2029 at-a-glance, fellow-benefits and GME stipend pages plus ASSH directory identity♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Duke University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
⌖ Durham, North Carolina · United States →
Faculty & leadership MJ Marc J. RichardDS David S. Ruch+8 more
Duration 1 year (1 August to 31 July)
Funding Duke orthopaedic fellows are paid on the PGY-6 scale. The currently published FY27 rate is USD…
Exposure Acute and reconstructive hand and upper-extremity surgery, microvascular emergencies and replantation, congenital upper-limb…
Profile completeness 100%
Comprehensive · Core fields complete ✓ Current official Mayo programme, curriculum, faculty and application pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
⌖ Rochester, Minnesota · United States →
Duration 1 year
Funding Stipend and benefits are linked through Mayo Clinic graduate medical education; the reviewed…
Exposure More than 4,000 annual surgical procedures across common hand and wrist disorders, complex wrist reconstruction, arthroscopy,…
Profile completeness 100%
Comprehensive · Core fields complete OH ✓ Current official Orlando Health host page and programme-owned application, benefits and faculty pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute
⌖ Orlando, Florida · United States →
Faculty & leadership BL Brett LewellynJZ Justin Zumsteg+5 more
Duration 1 year, 1 August–31 July
Funding PGY-6 salary of USD 76,858 plus a USD 3,000 educational stipend
Exposure Hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery including arthroscopy, microsurgery, brachial plexus, congenital conditions, trauma and…
Profile completeness 100%
Comprehensive · Core fields complete ASSH ✓ Current official UC San Diego programme, current-fellows, clinical-faculty and fellowship-director pages plus the ASSH application route♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
UC San Diego Medical Center and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
⌖ San Diego, California · United States →
Faculty & leadership MM Matthew MeunierRA Reid Abrams+1 more
Duration 1 year (1 August to 31 July)
Funding Stipend commensurate with PGY-5 or PGY-6 level plus benefits; the programme page does not…
Exposure Elbow, forearm, wrist and hand trauma, adult reconstruction, upper-extremity neuromuscular disorders, congenital deformity,…
Profile completeness 100%
Comprehensive · Core fields complete UO ✓ Current official CMKI programme, application and visiting-CMKI pages with future-dated 2026 deadlines♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Louisville School of Medicine / Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery
⌖ Louisville, Kentucky · United States →
Program lead MP Michelle Palazzo
Duration 1 year
Funding Salary and benefits page is published, but a programme-specific current salary amount was not…
Exposure Hand and upper-extremity surgery and microsurgery with five daily conferences, 24-hour microsurgery laboratory access, fixation and…
Profile completeness 100%
Comprehensive · Core fields complete UO ✓ Current official Michigan programme, application and ACGME-fellowship pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Michigan Medical School / Michigan Medicine
⌖ Ann Arbor, Michigan · United States →
Faculty & leadership SC Steven C. HaaseRC Rachel C. Hooper+4 more
Duration 1 year, 1 August–31 July
Funding Michigan publishes salary and benefits through its trainee portal but the fellowship page does…
Exposure Combined plastic and orthopaedic hand services with adult and paediatric tertiary care, microsurgery, brachial plexus, congenital…
Profile completeness 100%
Comprehensive · Core fields complete ✓ Current official UVA programme and faculty pages; dated 2024–2026 application and funding facts retained as historical♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Virginia Departments of Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
⌖ Charlottesville, Virginia · United States →
Faculty & leadership BD Brent DeGeorgeAF Aaron Freilich+5 more
Duration 1 year, 1 August–31 July
Funding Historical 2025–2026 page published an approximately USD 79,990 PGY-6 stipend plus benefits and…
Exposure Programme-specific rotations, operative exposure and case mix have not yet been abstracted from an authenticated ASSH detail or…
Profile completeness 100%
Comprehensive · Core fields complete ✓ Current official OrthoCarolina fellowship, faculty and programme-director pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
OrthoCarolina Hand Center / Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
⌖ Charlotte, North Carolina · United States →
Faculty & leadership MA Michael AversanoCC Chris Chadderdon+9 more
Duration 1 year with eight mentorship months and four elective months
Funding USD 70,000 annual salary published on the official programme page
Exposure More than 50,000 annual visits and approximately 8,000 operations across upper-extremity arthroscopy and arthroplasty, Level I…
Profile completeness 94%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date Page 3 of 6 · showing 61–90 of 171 
✓ Programme-specific official BSSH host form plus official GOSH site; historical NHS advert not treated as open
✓ Current Duke Hand fellowship, 2028–2029 at-a-glance, fellow-benefits and GME stipend pages plus ASSH directory identity
Marc J. RichardDS
David S. Ruch+8 more
✓ Current official Mayo programme, curriculum, faculty and application pages
Sanj Kakar
✓ Current official UVA programme and faculty pages; dated 2024–2026 application and funding facts retained as historical
✓ Current official OrthoCarolina fellowship, faculty and programme-director pages