International Fellowships in Hand Surgery

Australian Hand Surgery Society

Follow the link below to see a list of general fellowship positions maintained by the AHSS. There are lots of opportunities throughout Australia and New Zealand featured

For more information visit the AHSS General Fellowship Positions

Follow the link below to see a list of fellowship positions maintained by the Canadian Society for Surgery of the Hand - Société canadienne de la chirurgie de la main CANADIAN HAND SURGERY FELLOWSHIPS from coast to coast

France

• Fellowships, Institut de la Main, Paris, France

The Institut del a Main in Paris offers three 6-month fellowships for European Union members per semester. Interested surgeons can apply for the fellowships via their website, http://www.institutdelamain.com

• Lister Hand Fellowship (Anglo-Dutch), Stevenage & Utrecht (last updated July 2025)

• Research Fellowship in Hand Surgery

This fellowship is for a period of six months and a monthly allowance of £1,000.00 is offered. The fellow is expected to complete one or two research projects and one or two reviews of clinical material. The fellow can also be involved in clinical work, including some exposure to general orthopaedic trauma.

Interested applicants should write to Dr W Y Ip, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR, China (Fax: 00 852 2817 4392, E-mail: wyip@hkusua.hku.hk), enclosing a Curriculum Vitae.

• Bruce Bailey Travelling Fellowship

This Fellowship in Coimbatore, India was established in memory of Mr Bruce Bailey, Plastic Surgeon at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, in recognition of the training that Mr Bailey provided for many Indian plastic surgeons, including Dr S Raja Sabapathy at the Ganga Hospital in Coimbatore.

Details are available on The Ganga Hospital website

A full-time hand surgical fellowship is available to qualified, registered surgeons at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg. This is a large, very busy hospital of 3,000 beds, serving the population of Soweto outside Johannesburg. It is the premiere teaching hospital of the University of Witwatersrand. The Hand Unit’s portfolio ranges from microsurgery to congenital with a heavy emphasis on trauma. This is a fully clinical appointment. The fellow fits in between the consultants and the registrar levels, thus he must gain accreditation with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. The minimal period is six months.

For further information please contact: Dr Ti Sefeane, P O Box 1606, Mulbarton, South Africa 2059, Telephone: 00 27 83 291 8648, Fax: 00 27 11 640 1869, E-mail: tatolos@me.com