Overview
Host centre of the Italian Society of Microsurgery clinical fellowship (tutor Bruno Battiston and Paolo Titolo), offering two-week placements with theory, simulation and active participation in reconstructive microsurgery (upper-limb and nerve microsurgery).
The programme
- Focus
- Microsurgery
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Duration
- 2-week attendance per host centre; at least 4 centres to be completed within 2026–2027
- Start
- Periods agreed with each centre during 2026–2027
- Positions
- 3 winners per edition
- Accreditation
- Società Italiana di Microchirurgia (SIM) Fellowship Clinica Italiana; logbook certified by tutor
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- SIM members in good standing with a SIM-endorsed basic microsurgery course certificate, letter of intent, list of 4 centres, two letters from SIM members outside the home department; residents need authorisation from their specialty school director
- International applicants
- Not stated on official page
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Civil liability and accident insurance where required by the host
How to apply
- Deadline
- 2026–2027 edition: applications by email by 15 May 2026 (closed)
- Application method
- Email documents to segreteria@microchirurgia.org; selection on curriculum by the SIM Fellowship Committee
Funding
- Funding
- Three SIM bursaries of €2,000 each; some centres offer discounted accommodation
Official sources
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