Shoulder and Elbow Fellowships Worldwide

A shoulder fellowship may focus on arthroscopy, instability, rotator cuff surgery or arthroplasty. An elbow fellowship may include trauma, stiffness, reconstruction or joint replacement. Combined shoulder and elbow programmes vary in their balance of cases; confirm dedicated elbow training and the fellow’s clinical role with each host.

In the United States, shoulder and elbow fellowships are usually one year and recruit through the ASES fellowship match run on SF Match.

Elsewhere, upper limb fellowships are offered by hospitals and recognised through societies such as BESS (UK), SECEC-ESSSE (Europe) and the AOA (Australia), alongside short observerships for visiting surgeons. Each OrthoFellow profile records the published eligibility, registration and visa requirements for that programme.

On OrthoFellow the countries with the most listed shoulder and elbow pathways are United States (46), United Kingdom (30), Australia (24), Canada (16), France (13). Counts are canonical pathways in the directory, not vacancies; confirm availability with each host.

This directory separates clinical fellowships, research fellowships and observerships. The unfiltered Shoulder & Elbow page currently contains 223 canonical pathways; network host centres remain inside their parent pathway.

No. Clinical participation depends on the published role, registration, credentialing, supervision and host policy. Treat exposure as observational when the official source does not confirm operative participation.

Check the status, deadline and verification date on the OrthoFellow profile, then reopen the official programme source. A historical or recurring programme is not treated as actively recruiting without current evidence.