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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.
✓ Current official Rothman programme and faculty page; recurring deadline lacks a current cycle year♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute / Thomas Jefferson University
⌖ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States →
Faculty & leadership PK Pedro K. BeredjiklianAI Asif Ilyas+6 more
Duration 1 year, 1 August–31 July
Funding Seed funding is available for independent research; salary or stipend amount is not published
Exposure Nine months of hand, wrist and microvascular surgery, one month of paediatric hand and two elective months that may include shoulder…
Profile completeness 94%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date UO ✓ Current official URMC programme and application pages; 2025–2026 funding and interview dates retained as historical♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Rochester Medical Center
⌖ Rochester, New York · United States →
Program lead RG Ronald Gonzalez
Duration 1 year
Funding The official stipend table publishes 2025–2026 PGY-6 and PGY-7 rates; these are historical and…
Exposure Comprehensive hand and upper-extremity surgery in a programme founded in 1974 with orthopaedic and plastic-surgery participation
Profile completeness 94%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date ✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Emory University, Grady Memorial Hospital and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
⌖ Atlanta, Georgia · United States →
Faculty & leadership NS Nina SuhMG Michael Gottschalk+2 more
Duration 1 year (1 August to 31 July)
Funding No salary amount is published; fellows are credentialed as Emory faculty at Senior Associate…
Exposure High-volume hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery including small-joint arthroscopy, congenital conditions and spasticity,…
Profile completeness 92%
Comprehensive · Missing faculty profile ✓ Official hospital programme + ASSH directory♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Hospital for Special Surgery
⌖ New York · United States →
Faculty & leadership SK Steve K. LeeDA Daniel A. Osei
Duration 1 year (1 August to 31 July)
Funding USD 124,000 per year plus benefits
Exposure Four three-month rotations covering hand and upper-extremity trauma, sports injury, peripheral nerve dysfunction, cerebral palsy,…
Profile completeness 92%
Comprehensive · Missing faculty profile ✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
⌖ Milwaukee, Wisconsin · United States →
Faculty & leadership SI Steven I. GrindelJM Jessica M. Hanley+4 more
Duration 1 year (1 August to 31 July)
Funding USD 88,570 PGY-6 stipend for 2026–2027
Exposure Operative and nonoperative hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder care in adult and paediatric patients across a Level I academic centre…
Profile completeness 92%
Comprehensive · Missing faculty profile ✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Oregon Health & Science University
⌖ Portland, Oregon · United States →
Faculty & leadership JS Joel SolomonAM Adam Mirarchi
Duration 1 year
Funding Compensation is governed by OHSU GME employment and postgraduate-level policies; the programme…
Exposure Integrated orthopaedic and plastic hand surgery, complex reconstruction, microsurgery, paediatric hand, peripheral nerve and…
Profile completeness 92%
Comprehensive · Missing faculty profile ✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Virginia Health
⌖ Charlottesville, Virginia · United States →
Faculty & leadership AB A. Bobby ChhabraAR A. Rashard Dacus+4 more
Duration 1 year (1 August to 31 July)
Funding Stipend and benefits follow the UVA GME schedule; no programme-specific monetary amount is…
Exposure Approximately 1,000 annual cases per fellow across hand, wrist and elbow trauma, arthroscopy and arthroplasty, peripheral nerve and…
Profile completeness 92%
Comprehensive · Missing faculty profile ✓ Current official University of Florida Hand Surgery Fellowship page, faculty profiles and NRMP route♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Florida Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
⌖ Gainesville, Florida · United States →
Faculty & leadership TW Thomas WrightLC Larry Chidgey+7 more
Duration 1 year beginning 1 August
Funding Salary depends on postgraduate level and no amount is published; research funding is available…
Exposure Approximately 70% hand, wrist and microvascular surgery and 30% shoulder and elbow surgery, including arthroscopy, arthroplasty,…
Profile completeness 90%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline ✓ Current official University of Washington programme, faculty and contact pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Washington / Harborview Medical Center / Seattle Children’s Hospital
⌖ Seattle, Washington · United States →
Duration 1 year (1 August to 31 July)
Funding USD 91,692 starting annual salary on the reviewed official programme page.
Exposure Upper-extremity care from elbow to fingertips, Level I trauma, reconstruction, arthritis, congenital and paediatric hand conditions,…
Profile completeness 90%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline BI ✓ Current official BIDMC programme and faculty pages with future-dated 2026–2027 application milestones♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
⌖ Boston, Massachusetts · United States →
Faculty & leadership CH Carl HarperTR Tamara Rozental+3 more
Duration 1 year, 1 August–31 July
Funding Programme funding includes a microsurgery course and one professional meeting; salary or stipend…
Exposure Approximately 800–1,200 cases per fellow annually across hand and upper-extremity surgery, microsurgery and orthopaedic and…
Profile completeness 88%
Comprehensive · Missing funding TI ✓ Current official Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center programme page; recurring dates lack a current cycle year♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center
⌖ Indianapolis, Indiana · United States →
Faculty & leadership FT F. Thomas D. KaplanGM Greg Merrell+7 more
Duration 1 year across six two-month faculty rotations
Funding Not yet abstracted from an authenticated ASSH detail or first-party host page
Exposure Programme-specific rotations, operative exposure and case mix have not yet been abstracted from an authenticated ASSH detail or…
Profile completeness 88%
Comprehensive · Missing funding IU ✓ Current official IU School of Medicine programme page; 2025–2026 recruitment dates retained as historical♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
⌖ Indianapolis, Indiana · United States →
Faculty & leadership JM Joshua M. AdkinsonAJ Anthony J. Archual+6 more
Duration 1 year, 1 August–31 July
Funding Not published
Exposure Hand and upper-extremity surgery across Indiana University clinical sites with eight faculty, research and multidisciplinary…
Profile completeness 88%
Comprehensive · Missing funding ✓ Current official Mass General programme and faculty page; displayed application cycle is historical♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
⌖ Boston, Massachusetts · United States →
Duration One academic year; the official page references the 2027–2028…
Funding Salary and benefits are not published on the official programme page reviewed
Exposure Comprehensive shoulder-to-fingertip training including arthroscopy, peripheral nerve surgery, microsurgery, acute trauma and complex…
Profile completeness 88%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, host profile ✓ Current official Stanford programme and faculty pages; displayed application cycle is historical♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Stanford Medicine Robert A. Chase Hand & Upper Limb Center
⌖ Redwood City and Palo Alto, California · United States →
Duration 1 year beginning 1 August
Funding Not published
Exposure Multidisciplinary hand, shoulder and elbow training with adult reconstruction and trauma, athletic injury, microvascular surgery,…
Profile completeness 88%
Comprehensive · Missing funding ✓ Current official University of Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Surgery programme page; annual deadline lacks a current cycle year♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedic Surgery / UPMC
⌖ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · United States →
Faculty & leadership ME Mark E. BaratzRJ Robert J. Goitz+8 more
Duration 1 year
Funding Not yet abstracted from an authenticated ASSH detail or first-party host page
Exposure Hand and upper-extremity surgery, shoulder and elbow surgery, microsurgery, trauma, congenital, infectious, vascular, neoplastic and…
Profile completeness 88%
Comprehensive · Missing funding ASSH ✓ Current official Baylor programme and curriculum pages; the next interview and appointment cycle is not dated♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Baylor College of Medicine, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery
⌖ Houston, Texas · United States →
Faculty & leadership BB Bryce BellSM Scott Mitchell+8 more
Duration 1 full academic year
Funding The official page lists a PGY VI stipend of USD 56,101; applicants should confirm the applicable…
Exposure Four rotations across the Texas Medical Center covering hand and wrist trauma, reconstruction, peripheral nerve and brachial plexus…
Profile completeness 86%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile MH ✓ Current official HealthPartners programme and general trainee-benefits pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research
⌖ St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota · United States →
Program lead CW Christina Ward
Duration 1 year
Funding Research funding and institutional research support are published; current salary is not
Exposure Five-site adult and paediatric hand-surgery training with trauma, reconstruction, microsurgery, research and approximately…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date ✓ Current official Vanderbilt programme, division, faculty and application pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
⌖ Nashville, Tennessee · United States →
Faculty & leadership DR Douglas R. WeikertCB Chelsea Brown+2 more
Duration 1 year
Funding Stipend at PGY-6 level; the official programme page does not publish the current amount
Exposure Approximately 800 to 1,000 cases during the fellowship year across adult and paediatric hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery,…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date ASSH ✓ Current official INTEGRIS 2027–2028 application page; older handbook eligibility labelled historical♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
INTEGRIS Health Southwest Medical Center
⌖ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · United States →
Faculty & leadership KA Kristopher AvantMM Matthew Marr+3 more
Duration 1 year (1 August to 31 July)
Funding The 2027–2028 opening states a stipend exceeding USD 78,000 plus benefits and programme-level…
Exposure Shoulder-to-fingertip care including acute trauma, replantation, shoulder arthroplasty and arthroscopy, complex elbow surgery,…
Profile completeness 82%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, faculty profile LH ✓ Current official Lahey programme and faculty links; 2025 application date retained as historical♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
⌖ Burlington, Massachusetts · United States →
Faculty & leadership NG N. George KasparyanAR Alyssa Rothman+2 more
Duration 1 year
Funding Salary, stipend and current benefits are not published on the reviewed official programme page
Exposure Adult and paediatric hand surgery, Level I trauma, Shriners Children's and a two-to-four-week away rotation at Cook Children's…
Profile completeness 82%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, commencement date ASSH ✓ Current official University at Buffalo programme, application, benefits and contact pages; annual dates lack a cycle year♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
⌖ Buffalo, New York · United States →
Program lead RA Robert Ablove
Duration 1 year
Funding Not yet abstracted from an authenticated ASSH detail or first-party host page
Exposure One-to-one hand and upper-extremity mentorship including shoulder arthroscopy and arthroplasty, protected research and a service…
Profile completeness 82%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, commencement date UO ✓ Current official University of Chicago programme page; recurring deadline lacks a cycle year♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Chicago Medicine / Endeavor Health
⌖ Chicago, Illinois · United States →
Faculty & leadership JG Jeffrey G. StepanSB Sofia Bougioukli+10 more
Duration 1 year, split into six months at University of Chicago…
Funding Not published
Exposure Complex trauma, microsurgery, replantation, congenital hand, brachial plexus, free and pedicled flaps, paediatric reconstruction,…
Profile completeness 82%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, commencement date UO ✓ Current official Jackson Health System Orthopaedic Hand Fellowship page; recurring application window lacks a cycle year♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine / Jackson Health System, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
⌖ Miami, Florida · United States →
Faculty & leadership AB Aaron BergerDC David Chen+4 more
Duration 1 year
Funding Conference and educational stipends are provided; dollar amounts and salary are not published
Exposure Hand and microvascular surgery across a Level I adult and paediatric trauma centre and five Miami sites, supported by approximately…
Profile completeness 82%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, commencement date UO ✓ Current official Jackson Health System Plastic Surgery Hand Fellowship page; current ASSH deadline not published♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine / Jackson Health System, Division of Plastic Surgery
⌖ Miami, Florida · United States →
Faculty & leadership ZJ Zubin J. PanthakiKK Kashyap K. Tadisina+12 more
Duration 1 year
Funding Not published
Exposure Adult and paediatric hand surgery, complex peripheral nerve, wrist reconstruction and arthroscopy, microsurgery, free-flap,…
Profile completeness 82%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, commencement date ASSH ✓ Current official UMMC programme, curriculum, application and faculty pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center / Jabaley-Songcharoen Hand Center
⌖ Jackson, Mississippi · United States →
Faculty & leadership ME Marc E. WalkerMA Mark A. Dodson
Duration Exact appointment length is not stated on the reviewed…
Funding Not yet abstracted from an authenticated ASSH detail or first-party host page
Exposure Adult and paediatric hand and upper-extremity surgery across the state's only Level I trauma centre, Children's of Mississippi, the…
Profile completeness 82%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, commencement date ASSH ✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and OU Health
⌖ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · United States →
Faculty & leadership YC Yuri C. LansingerTP Thomas P. Lehman+1 more
Duration 1 year
Funding The official benefits page displays a historical 2025–2026 PGY-6 salary of USD 77,577; a…
Exposure Shoulder-to-fingertip hand and microsurgery, adult and paediatric Level I trauma, congenital conditions, complex trauma and…
Profile completeness 82%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, faculty profile UO ✓ Current official UTHSC programme page; recurring annual dates lack a current cycle year♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
University of Tennessee Health Science Center / Campbell Clinic
⌖ Memphis, Tennessee · United States →
Faculty & leadership NB Norfleet B. ThompsonJC James Calandruccio+1 more
Duration 12 months
Funding Not yet abstracted from an authenticated ASSH detail or first-party host page
Exposure Programme-specific rotations, operative exposure and case mix have not yet been abstracted from an authenticated ASSH detail or…
Profile completeness 82%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, commencement date ASSH ✓ Current official AHN programme and application pages; current-cycle interview availability requires confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Allegheny Health Network / Allegheny General Hospital
⌖ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · United States →
Faculty & leadership PT Peter TangEB Edward Birdsong+4 more
Duration 1 year, 1 August–31 July
Funding Not published
Exposure Hand, wrist, shoulder and elbow surgery, Level I trauma, microsurgery and reconstruction, clinics, emergency and inpatient…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, faculty profile ASSH ✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
Carilion Clinic and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
⌖ Roanoke, Virginia · United States →
Faculty & leadership CJ Cesar J. BravoNV Natalie Vaughn+6 more
Duration 1 academic year beginning 1 August
Funding Not published
Exposure Preceptor-style hand and upper-extremity training with orthopaedic, plastic and neurosurgical faculty, more than 6,000 annual…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing funding, faculty profile ✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published♡
Clinical Fellowship Hand & Microsurgery
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery
⌖ New York, New York · United States →
Faculty & leadership JL Jonathan L. BassNA Nikhil A. Agrawal+3 more
Duration 12 months (1 July to 30 June)
Funding Not published
Exposure Acute trauma and replantation, complex hand and distal-radius trauma, brachial-plexus exploration, microsurgery, elective and…
Profile completeness 80%
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✓ Current official Rothman programme and faculty page; recurring deadline lacks a current cycle year
✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published
✓ Official hospital programme + ASSH directory
Steve K. LeeDA
Daniel A. Osei
✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published
✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published
✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published
✓ Current official University of Florida Hand Surgery Fellowship page, faculty profiles and NRMP route
Larry Chidgey+7 more
✓ Current official University of Washington programme, faculty and contact pages
Jerry I. HuangCB
✓ Current official Mass General programme and faculty page; displayed application cycle is historical
Rohit GargAB
Abhiram Bhashyam+5 more
✓ Current official Stanford programme and faculty pages; displayed application cycle is historical
✓ Current official University of Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Surgery programme page; annual deadline lacks a current cycle year
✓ Current official Vanderbilt programme, division, faculty and application pages
✓ Current public ASSH directory identity plus first-party host-programme evidence; recruitment is current only where a dated current or future cycle is published