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

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

• Hand Surgery Fellowship, Biarritz, France

The Department of Hand, Plastic and Orthopaedic Surgery at the Centre Hospitalier Basque in Biarritz, France, is looking for a plastic surgery trainee to join the team for a 6-12 months fellowship, starting on 1 May 2014. The centre is one of the French Hand Trauma Centres (SOS Main) and provides hand trauma care for a wide region. The staff consists of five orthopaedic surgeons and one plastic surgeon.

The Department of Hand, Plastic and Orthopaedic Surgery at the Centre Hospitalier Basque in Biarritz, France, is looking for a plastic surgery trainee to join the team for a 6-12 months fellowship, starting on 1 May 2014 . The centre is one of the French Hand Trauma Centres (SOS Main) and provides hand trauma care for a wide region. The staff consists of five orthopaedic surgeons and one plastic surgeon.

The fellow will work within the hand and plastic surgery unit and will be involved in teh day-to-day running of the hand trauma clinic and plastic surgery list. The weekly schedule will involve hand surgery emergencies, plastic surgery and the outpatient clinic. The fellow will be exposed to a wide variety of aesthetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery and is expected to publish work carried out in the unit.

The post would be suitable for a plastic surgery trainee or a young consultant who would like to gain experience in hand trauma. A basic knowledge of French is expected.

For more information please contact: secr.sosmain@ch-cotebasque.fr; or visit http://www.urgencemain.fr

• 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. The Ganga Hospital website is here

The fellowship is for a period of two months, probably best taken at the end of the year in November and December. The Fellowship is designed for surgeons in the middle or late part of their training and is undertaken in a private hospital with orthopaedic, plastic surgical and hand teams, with a large volume of work related to trauma. The unit also does a lot of work on soft tissue cover for lower limb injuries.

Included in the fellowship is a one-week laboratory microsurgery course at the hospital and a trip to the Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting or to attend the annual meeting of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India. The salary for the duration of the fellowship is £750.00 to include food and accommodation. For further information about the fellowship please contact Dr Raja Sabapathy at the Ganga Hospital, email: rajahand@vsnl.com

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