SHORT & VISITING
Observership in Hand & Microsurgery
20 sourced opportunities. Each card keeps its exact format, duration, host and official source visible.
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current UZ Leuven surgeon profileHand & Microsurgery
UZ Leuven
⌖ Leuven · Belgium →
DurationAnnual placement; exact duration is confirmed directly with UZ…
FundingSelf-funded and centre-funded routes are listed; the amount, accommodation and active vacancy…
ExposureHand, wrist and elbow trauma, microsurgery, Dupuytren disease, wrist instability, arthroscopy, rheumatoid surgery and joint…
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ Current official FESSH training-centre listing and Hand Centrum Limburg host websiteHand & Microsurgery
Hand Centrum Limburg / Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg
⌖ Genk · Belgium →
Faculty & leadershipJD
Joris DuerinckxPC
Pieter Caekebeke+1 more
DurationDuration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
FundingNot published
ExposureClinical observation without practising rights, with a research attachment available by agreement
Profile completeness66%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, funding, commencement date
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current Clinique du Pré SOS Main pageHand & Microsurgery
Clinique du Pré — Centre SOS Main Le Mans
⌖ Le Mans · France →
Faculty & leadershipCCCamilo ChavesDADr Alligand-Perrin+3 more
DurationDuration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
FundingSelf-funded fellowship, research and observer routes are recorded; the observer route has no…
ExposureHand and upper-limb emergencies, fractures, dislocations, tendon and soft-tissue injuries, microsurgery, Dupuytren disease, wrist…
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ Historical FESSH centre-submitted profile + current official RWTH Aachen clinic, section and team pagesHand & Microsurgery
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
⌖ Aachen · Germany →
Faculty & leadershipBS
Benedikt SchäferSSSoumaya Sghir+1 more
DurationNot published
FundingThe historical FESSH record included self-funded and centre-funded pathways; current funding,…
ExposureAdult and paediatric brachial plexus, peripheral-nerve reconstruction and transfer, nerve decompression, tendon and muscle transfer,…
Profile completeness74%
Well sourced · Missing duration, application deadline, commencement date
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current hospital department and training pagesHand & Microsurgery
Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder Regensburg
⌖ Regensburg · Germany →
Program leadMS
Marcus Spies
DurationDuration agreed directly with the department; no fixed period…
FundingSelf-funded observer attachment
ExposureHand trauma, peripheral-nerve and brachial-plexus surgery, paediatric limb differences, plastic and reconstructive surgery
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current RKH service, team and certification pagesHand & Microsurgery
Orthopädische Klinik Markgröningen
⌖ Markgröningen · Germany →
Faculty & leadershipMH
Max HaerleFLFlorian Lampert+4 more
DurationDuration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
FundingSelf-funded and centre-funded routes are recorded in the centre-submitted FESSH profile; current…
ExposureHigh-volume hand and plastic surgery, wrist arthroscopy, Dupuytren disease, peripheral-nerve surgery, paediatric hand differences,…
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current medius team pageHand & Microsurgery
medius Klinik Nürtingen
⌖ Nürtingen · Germany →
Faculty & leadershipVB
Valeriu BugaTWTheodora Wahler
DurationDuration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
FundingSelf-funded fellowship or observer attachment
ExposureHand trauma, microsurgery, Dupuytren disease, wrist instability, arthroscopy, rheumatoid and fracture surgery, joint replacement and…
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current hospital faculty informationHand & Microsurgery
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg
⌖ Oldenburg · Germany →
Program leadLJ
Lucian Jiga
Duration3 months
FundingSelf-funded fellowship
ExposureChronic hand and wrist disease, arthroscopy, trauma, upper-extremity reconstruction, paediatric hand trauma and congenital cases,…
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ Current official KAT clinic and faculty page; international-observership terms remain unpublishedHand & Microsurgery
KAT General Hospital of Attica — Hand, Upper Limb and Microsurgery Clinic
⌖ Athens · Greece →
DurationNot published
FundingSelf-funded fellowship / clinical attachment
ExposureObserver-focused upper-limb and microsurgery attachment supported by a high-volume national referral clinic covering brachial-plexus…
Profile completeness74%
Well sourced · Missing duration, application deadline, commencement date
✓ Historical official FESSH training-centre listing; current host-specific programme page not locatedHand & Microsurgery
Radboudumc — Nijmeegs Universitair Handen Team
⌖ Nijmegen · Netherlands →
Program leadBV
Brigitte van der Heijden
DurationNot published
FundingSelf-funded according to the historical FESSH listing
ExposureHistorical FESSH listing: observer-only hand, wrist and peripheral-nerve exposure without practising rights
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, duration, commencement date
✓ Current FESSH centre-submitted training profileHand & Microsurgery
University Medical Center Utrecht
⌖ Utrecht · Netherlands →
Faculty & leadershipASArnold SchuurmanHCHenk Coert+1 more
DurationDuration agreed directly with UMC Utrecht; no fixed period is…
FundingSelf-funded observer/fellowship pathway
ExposureTertiary wrist surgery, hand trauma, arthroscopy, revision arthroplasty, complex nerve problems, congenital hand differences and…
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ Current official SGH department, observer-type, application and cost pagesHand & Microsurgery
Singapore General Hospital
⌖ Singapore · Singapore →
Faculty & leadershipSHSGH HandRMReconstructive Microsurgery faculty
DurationUp to 4 weeks
FundingSelf-funded. SGH publishes a SGD 150 administrative fee per application and a department…
ExposureHands-off observation of SGH's multidisciplinary hand and reconstructive microsurgery service, including trauma reconstruction,…
Profile completeness86%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current official Swiss Medical Network surgeon and training pagesHand & Microsurgery
Centro manoegomito, Clinica Ars Medica
⌖ Gravesano–Lugano · Switzerland →
DurationDuration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period or…
FundingThe centre-submitted record lists a self-funded research or observer route; no current stipend…
ExposureHand, wrist and elbow surgery, trauma, microsurgery, arthroscopy, joint replacement, peripheral nerves, research and structured…
Profile completeness84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date
✓ Current FESSH centre-submitted training profileHand & Microsurgery
Inselspital, University Hospital Bern
⌖ Bern · Switzerland →
DurationDuration agreed directly with the clinic; no fixed period is…
FundingSelf-funded observer attachment
ExposureTwenty-four-hour hand emergency care, fractures, revascularisation and replantation, tendon and nerve reconstruction, arthroscopy,…
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current KSA service and surgeon pagesHand & Microsurgery
Kantonsspital Aarau
⌖ Aarau · Switzerland →
Program leadFF
Florian Früh
DurationDuration agreed directly with KSA; no fixed period is…
FundingSelf-funded observer attachment in the centre-submitted FESSH record
ExposureHand and wrist trauma, fractures and joint disorders, microsurgery, replantation, peripheral-nerve and brachial-plexus…
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current KSBL service, team and certification pageHand & Microsurgery
Kantonsspital Baselland (KSBL)
⌖ Liestal / Bruderholz · Switzerland →
Faculty & leadershipLM
Lukas MathysAFAdrian Fellmann+2 more
Duration6–12 months in the centre-submitted fellowship record
FundingSelf-funded observer attachment
ExposureHand and wrist trauma, post-traumatic and degenerative reconstruction, arthroscopy, peripheral-nerve surgery and medical 3D printing…
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current Schulthess service, faculty and training-centre pageHand & Microsurgery
Schulthess Klinik
⌖ Zürich · Switzerland →
Faculty & leadershipDH
Daniel HerrenSS
Stephan Schindele+5 more
DurationDuration agreed directly with the clinic; no fixed period is…
FundingSelf-funded observer attachment
ExposureHand and forearm surgery, joint replacement, complex wrist procedures, peripheral nerves, rheumatoid surgery, Dupuytren disease,…
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ Current FESSH centre-submitted training profileHand & Microsurgery
Spital Thurgau AG
⌖ Münsterlingen and Frauenfeld · Switzerland →
Program leadMBMario Bonaccio
DurationDuration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
FundingSelf-funded observer attachment
ExposureHand trauma, Dupuytren disease, arthroscopy and outpatient hand-surgery practice across two public-hospital locations
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date
✓ Historical FESSH centre-submitted profile + current official USZ faculty and hand-service pagesHand & Microsurgery
University Hospital Zürich (USZ)
⌖ Zürich · Switzerland →
Program leadMC
Maurizio Calcagni
DurationDuration is arranged directly; the centre-submitted profile…
FundingSelf-funded observer or research route in the FESSH record; current costs and any research…
ExposureHand and wrist trauma, peripheral nerves including brachial plexus, reconstructive extremity microsurgery, biomechanics and clinical…
Profile completeness68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date✓ Current FESSH training-centre database + selected current host/faculty pages Education Centre VisitHand & Microsurgery
Centre-submitted FESSH training-opportunity database
⌖ 33 centres across Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland · Western Europe (multi-country) →
DurationCentre-specific: observer visits, 6-week to 12-month…
FundingCentre-specific: self-funded, centre-funded and unpublished routes are clearly distinguished on…
ExposureHand, wrist, elbow, microsurgery, trauma, arthroscopy, nerve, congenital and reconstructive training according to the selected…
Profile completeness76%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, faculty profile
