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How to compare Paediatric Orthopaedics fellowships Assess the balance of hip, spine, neuromuscular, limb deformity, trauma and general paediatric orthopaedics. Children's hospitals and mixed adult-paediatric services can provide very different case distributions and call responsibilities.
108 canonical pathways
17 countries represented
24 funded or stipend-published
77 funding not published
17 active, upcoming or rolling
1–24 months published duration range
Questions applicants should ask Which paediatric conditions and age groups dominate the service? Are spine, hip preservation and limb-reconstruction rotations included? What safeguarding, registration and credentialing steps apply to international fellows? Countries with the most indexed pathways United States 47 → Australia 11 → Canada 10 → United Kingdom 10 → India 7 → EVERY FORMAT
All programmes in Paediatric Orthopaedics 108 sourced opportunities. Each card keeps its exact format, duration, host and official source visible.
✓ Official AOA accreditation profile + APOS programme directory + SCHN orthopaedic service page♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
⌖ Sydney · Australia →
Faculty & leadership DL David LittleDD David Drynan+2 more
Duration 12 months
Funding Medical Salaries (State) Award; the cited AOA profile published AUD 139,187 per annum as of 1…
Exposure Operative and outpatient care across trauma, hip, neuromuscular conditions, deformity correction and limb lengthening, knee and…
Profile completeness 90%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline ✓ Current AOA directory identity and current MOS and Epworth supervisor profiles; programme terms remain dated 2023 and recruitment availability is unconfirmed♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Melbourne Orthopaedic Surgeons
⌖ Melbourne, Victoria · Australia →
Program lead KW Kemble Wang
Duration 6 months in the AOA summary updated 26 October 2023
Funding Historical published stipend: 50,000 per six-month term; the reviewed summary does not display a…
Exposure Paediatric and adult shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand surgery across congenital, post-traumatic and sports conditions, with clinical…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date ✓ Official AOA accreditation profile + SCHN orthopaedic service page + APOS programme directory♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick
⌖ Sydney · Australia →
Duration 12 months
Funding AUD 140,000 per annum in the cited AOA profile, subject to change; additional on-call and…
Exposure Acute paediatric trauma, hip, foot and ankle, cerebral palsy, reconstruction, upper limb and paediatric sports-knee surgery, with…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date ✓ Current official AOA Paediatric-filter identity; host availability requires confirmation♡
Clinical + Research Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Women’s and Children’s Hospital Adelaide and partner hospitals
⌖ Adelaide · Australia →
Faculty & leadership NW Nicole WilliamsPC Peter Cundy+1 more
Duration 6 or 12 months
Funding Remuneration under the applicable South Australian state award; the reviewed AOA summary does…
Exposure Paediatric orthopaedic surgery, paediatric spinal surgery, trauma surgery and orthopaedic research across emergency, elective,…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile, host profile ✓ Current official AOA Paediatric-filter identity; host availability requires confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Sydney hospital network
⌖ Sydney · Australia →
Faculty & leadership QD Quang DaoAN Alexander Nicholls
Duration 6 months
Funding AUD 139,187 per annum under the Medical Salaries (State) Award as of July 2023 in the reviewed…
Exposure Advanced paediatric and adult knee clinical assessment, operative care, teaching and research across public and private Sydney…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile, host profile ✓ Current official RCH programme page + official RCH application form♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
⌖ Melbourne · Australia →
Faculty & leadership LD Leo DonnanER Erich Rutz
Duration 12 months
Funding Not published
Exposure Approximately 75% cerebral-palsy and neuromuscular training plus 25% general paediatric orthopaedics, including gait assessment,…
Profile completeness 74%
Well sourced · Missing funding, faculty profile, host profile ✓ Current official RCH programme page + official RCH application form♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
⌖ Melbourne · Australia →
Faculty & leadership LD Leo DonnanBL Brian Loh
Duration 12 months
Funding Not published
Exposure Approximately 75% general paediatric orthopaedics plus 25% focused service work, including sports, adolescent hip, upper-limb,…
Profile completeness 74%
Well sourced · Missing funding, faculty profile, host profile ✓ Current official RCH programme page + official RCH application form♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
⌖ Melbourne · Australia →
Faculty & leadership LD Leo DonnanCH Chris Harris
Duration 12 months
Funding Not published
Exposure Approximately 75% limb-reconstruction and oncology training plus 25% general paediatric orthopaedics, including congenital and…
Profile completeness 74%
Well sourced · Missing funding, faculty profile, host profile ✓ Current APOS programme listing + current Queensland Children's Hospital website♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Queensland Children's Hospital
⌖ Brisbane · Australia →
Program lead SM Sarah Metz
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Exposure All aspects of paediatric orthopaedics, with specialist interest in Perthes disease, SUFE, DDH, CTEV and limb reconstruction, plus…
Profile completeness 62%
Well sourced · Missing duration, funding, application deadline ✓ Current official APOS directory identity; current availability requires host confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Melbourne Orthopaedic Surgeons upper-limb network
⌖ Melbourne · Australia →
Program lead KW Kemble Wang
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Exposure Paediatric and adult upper-limb fellowship exposure; the current APOS page does not publish the operative mix, duration or volume
Profile completeness 58%
Core details · Missing duration, funding, commencement date ✓ Current official APOS directory identity; current availability requires host confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Perth Children's Hospital
⌖ Perth · Australia →
Program lead NF Nic Frost
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Exposure Comprehensive paediatric orthopaedics including trauma, deformity, limb reconstruction, neuromuscular disease, hip, foot, knee,…
Profile completeness 58%
Core details · Missing duration, funding, commencement date ✓ Current official UBC Paediatric Orthopaedics, current-fellows, postgraduate-fellows and sponsored-visa trainee pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
University of British Columbia / BC Children’s Hospital
⌖ Vancouver · Canada →
Duration 1 or 2 years, 1 August–31 July
Funding CAD 91,710.67 salary plus benefits for 2027–28
Exposure Daily operating lists and approximately 20,000 outpatient visits yearly across complex limb reconstruction, neuromuscular…
Profile completeness 100%
Comprehensive · Core fields complete ✓ Original university fellowship page♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
University of British Columbia / BC Children’s Hospital
⌖ Vancouver · Canada →
Faculty & leadership FM Firoz MiyanjiAG Arvindera Ghag+1 more
Duration 1 or 2 years, 1 August–31 July
Funding CAD 91,710.67 salary plus benefits for 2027–28
Exposure Comprehensive paediatric spinal-deformity care including early-onset scoliosis, cervical spine, spinal oncology, trauma, advanced…
Profile completeness 100%
Comprehensive · Core fields complete UO ✓ Current official University of Calgary paediatric-spine summary, fellowship directory and Office of Surgical Fellowship FAQ♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
University of Calgary / Alberta Children's Hospital
⌖ Calgary, Alberta · Canada →
Program lead DP David Parsons
Duration 1 year
Funding The programme does not publish a fellowship-specific remuneration amount. Calgary requires…
Exposure Paediatric scoliosis, kyphosis, spondylolisthesis and thoracic insufficiency syndrome, specialty clinics, operative planning and…
Profile completeness 92%
Comprehensive · Missing faculty profile ✓ Current official POSNA fellowship directory listing; application availability requires confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
IWK Health Centre
⌖ Halifax, Nova Scotia · Canada →
Program lead LG Luke Gautheir
Duration Not yet abstracted from the official POSNA programme detail
Funding Not yet abstracted from the official POSNA programme detail
Exposure Programme-specific operative exposure, rotations and case mix have not yet been abstracted from the official POSNA detail page
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing funding, commencement date, faculty profile ✓ Original programme and faculty pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
The Hospital for Sick Children / University of Toronto
⌖ Toronto · Canada →
Duration 6–12 months
Funding Not published
Exposure Advanced surgical and conservative paediatric spinal-deformity care with emphasis on complex reconstruction, plus participation in…
Profile completeness 66%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date ✓ Current official McGill fellowship, division and fellowship-director pages♡
Research Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
McGill University / Montreal Children’s Hospital / Shriners Children’s Canada
⌖ Montreal · Canada →
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Exposure Supervised clinical research across paediatric orthopaedics, limb deformity, trauma, hip preservation, spinal deformity,…
Profile completeness 62%
Well sourced · Missing duration, funding, application deadline ✓ Original university fellowship page♡
Clinical + Research Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
McGill University / Montreal Children’s Hospital / Shriners Children’s Canada
⌖ Montreal · Canada →
Duration 1 year clinical or 2 years clinical and research
Funding Not published
Exposure Paediatric trauma, infection, hip disease, neuromuscular disorders, lower-limb deformity and lengthening, upper extremity,…
Profile completeness 62%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date ✓ Original programme and faculty pages♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
The Hospital for Sick Children / University of Toronto
⌖ Toronto · Canada →
Faculty & leadership MB Maryse BouchardAH Andrew Howard+7 more
Duration 12 months, commencing each July
Funding Not published
Exposure Ten-week rotations across neuromuscular care, hip and limb reconstruction, foot, trauma, rare disease, oncology, clubfoot, DDH and…
Profile completeness 62%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date ✓ Current official APOS directory identity; current availability requires host confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Children's Hospital of Winnipeg / University of Manitoba
⌖ Winnipeg · Canada →
Program lead LA Lori Anne Archer
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Exposure Comprehensive tertiary paediatric orthopaedics for a 1.5-million catchment, with a published 1:5 fellow-to-attending ratio
Profile completeness 58%
Core details · Missing duration, funding, commencement date UO ✓ Current official University of Calgary fellowship directory and programme summary♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Alberta Children's Hospital / University of Calgary
⌖ Calgary, Alberta · Canada →
Faculty & leadership MA Marcel AbouassalySG Simon Goldstein+3 more
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Exposure Paediatric orthopaedic surgery at Alberta Children's Hospital; confirm the current clinical, operative, call and research structure…
Profile completeness 54%
Core details · Missing duration, funding, application deadline ✓ Current official EPOS Lyon call♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant / Hospices Civils de Lyon
⌖ Lyon · France →
Faculty & leadership PJ Pierre JourneauNS Nine senior paediatric orthopaedic faculty across two departments
Duration 1 year
Funding Paid FEPOS hospital appointment; salary amount is not published
Exposure Paediatric orthopaedic clinics and operating rooms across spine, tumours, skeletal dysplasia and other selected subspecialties, with…
Profile completeness 88%
Comprehensive · Missing funding ✓ Official AP-HP international pathway + original Necker department page♡
Education Centre Visit Paediatric Orthopaedics
Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades / AP-HP
⌖ Paris · France →
Program lead PW Philippe Wicart
Duration Individually arranged; no Necker-specific duration is…
Funding Not published
Exposure Request-based observation in a tertiary paediatric orthopaedic and trauma service covering scoliosis, constitutional bone disease,…
Profile completeness 72%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date ✓ Official HKU SRDC fellowship page♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Skeletal Research and Development Center / The University of Hong Kong
⌖ Hong Kong · Hong Kong →
Duration Regular fellowship: 3 or 6 months; short-term visiting…
Funding Regular fellows: RMB 10,000/month in mainland China or RMB 12,000/month in Hong Kong;…
Exposure Full clinical duties, inpatient and outpatient care, ward rounds, emergency on-call, clinical case discussions, surgical…
Profile completeness 86%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile ✓ Current official HKU programme page with an early-application instruction; exact queue availability requires confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
The University of Hong Kong / Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital
⌖ Hong Kong · Hong Kong →
Duration 6 months
Funding HKD 20,000 monthly honorarium, depending on experience
Exposure Full paediatric orthopaedic clinical duties, emergency on-call, surgery and clinical or basic-science research
Profile completeness 74%
Well sourced · Missing funding, faculty profile, host profile ✓ Official CUHK Visiting Scholar programme page and 2026 application form; subspecialty availability and deadline are not published♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong / Prince of Wales Hospital
⌖ Hong Kong · Hong Kong →
Duration 1–12 months
Funding Generally self-financed; attachments of 6–12 months may apply for a research scholarship up to…
Exposure Paediatric orthopaedic training with clinical and research participation
Profile completeness 64%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date OC ✓ Current official POSI directory identity; current availability requires host confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Orthokids Clinic
⌖ Ahmedabad · India →
Program lead MS Maulin Shah
Duration 12 months
Funding INR 50,000 per month; no course fee; nearby paying-guest accommodation is self-arranged
Exposure 4,500–5,500 annual outpatients and about 600 operations with supervised comprehensive paediatric orthopaedics, multidisciplinary…
Profile completeness 86%
Comprehensive · Missing faculty profile, host profile BJ ✓ Current official POSI directory identity; current availability requires host confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children
⌖ Mumbai · India →
Faculty & leadership RM Rujuta MehtaAA Alaric Aroojis+5 more
Duration 12 months, 1 July to 30 June
Funding INR 42,000 per month at the published Mumbai resident grade; free resident accommodation; INR…
Exposure 3,000–4,000 annual outpatients and 1,000–1,500 procedures with supervised and independent training across deformity, infection,…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile, host profile NS ✓ Current official POSI directory identity; current availability requires host confirmation♡
Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
NH SRCC Children's Hospital
⌖ Mumbai · India →
Faculty & leadership TN Taral NagdaMA Mandar Agashe+5 more
Duration 12 months
Funding Basic salary at the registrar grade; accommodation is not provided
Exposure More than 2,000 annual outpatients and 1,000 procedures with supervised and independent exposure across congenital deformity,…
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile, host profile PK ✓ Current official POSI directory identity; current availability requires host confirmation♡
Travelling Fellowship Paediatric Orthopaedics
POSI-approved paediatric orthopaedic centres in India
⌖ Multiple centres · India →
Program lead HP Host-centre POSI faculty
Duration 4 weeks at one or two centres
Funding INR 25,000 paid after successful completion and submission of the report and logbook
Exposure Mentored exposure at one or two POSI-approved paediatric orthopaedic centres, with a required logbook and completion report
Profile completeness 80%
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✓ Official AOA accreditation profile + APOS programme directory + SCHN orthopaedic service page
Jason Chinnappa+5 more
✓ Current official RCH programme page + official RCH application form
Leo DonnanER
Erich Rutz
Brian Loh
Chris Harris
✓ Current APOS programme listing + current Queensland Children's Hospital website
✓ Current official APOS directory identity; current availability requires host confirmation
✓ Current official UBC Paediatric Orthopaedics, current-fellows, postgraduate-fellows and sponsored-visa trainee pages
Christopher Reilly+6 more
✓ Original university fellowship page
Firoz MiyanjiAG
✓ Current official POSNA fellowship directory listing; application availability requires confirmation
✓ Original programme and faculty pages
Mark Camp+1 more
✓ Current official McGill fellowship, division and fellowship-director pages
Reggie Hamdy+5 more
Maryse BouchardAH
Andrew Howard+7 more
✓ Current official EPOS Lyon call
Pierre JourneauNS
✓ Official AP-HP international pathway + original Necker department page
Philippe Wicart
✓ Official HKU SRDC fellowship page
✓ Official CUHK Visiting Scholar programme page and 2026 application form; subspecialty availability and deadline are not published