Plastic Surgery fellowships

104 plastic surgery fellowships in 24 countries. Compare eligibility, visa support, funding and deadlines from official pages.

The Fellowship Portal lists 104 plastic surgery fellowship and training listings at 73 institutions and programme networks. The main training cities are Seoul, Toronto and Singapore. 79% say they accept international medical graduates and 37% describe a visa route. Every listing links to the programme's official page, where you should confirm dates and requirements. This includes 3 national DFMS/DFMSA specialty tracks, not confirmed hospital vacancies. Fellowships, observerships and specialist-training pathways are different categories; some listed calls are closed.

Frequently asked questions

How many plastic surgery fellowship and training listings are there?

104 listings at 73 institutions and programme networks are listed, each researched from official sources. This includes 3 national DFMS/DFMSA specialty tracks, not confirmed hospital vacancies. Fellowships, observerships and specialist-training pathways are different categories; some listed calls are closed.

Can international medical graduates apply?

82 of the 104 programmes say they accept international applicants, and 38 describe a visa route. Requirements differ by programme; eligibility and visa information do not guarantee acceptance or sponsorship.

When are the next application deadlines?

International Physician Observership (IPOP) — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery track (Toho University Medical Center Omori Hospital): 31 October 2026; DFMS / DFMSA — Maxillofacial Surgery (National DFMS/DFMSA network — coordinated by Université de Strasbourg): 10 December 2026; DFMS / DFMSA — Oral Surgery (physician route) (National DFMS/DFMSA network — coordinated by Université de Strasbourg): 10 December 2026.

Burns & reconstructive surgery 35

CANTotal Burn Care Clinical FellowshipSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre – Ross Tilley Burn Centre (University of Toronto) · Toronto, CanadaOpen to IMGsVisa routeCHNAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine · Shanghai, ChinaOpen to IMGsFRADFMS / DFMSA — Maxillofacial SurgeryNational DFMS/DFMSA network — coordinated by Université de Strasbourg · Multiple cities, FranceOpen to IMGsVisa routeFRADFMS / DFMSA — Oral Surgery (physician route)National DFMS/DFMSA network — coordinated by Université de Strasbourg · Multiple cities, FranceOpen to IMGsVisa routeFRADFMS / DFMSA — Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic SurgeryNational DFMS/DFMSA network — coordinated by Université de Strasbourg · Multiple cities, FranceOpen to IMGsVisa routeFRAInternational Fellowship — Plastic and Maxillofacial SurgeryNice University Hospital · Nice, FranceOpen to IMGsDEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Asklepios Clinic North, Hamburg, Germany · Hamburg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm · Ulm, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin · Berlin, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital LMU Munich · Munich, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Hanover Medical School · Hanover, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)University Medical Center Freiburg · Freiburg, GermanyOpen to IMGsHKGAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Queen Mary Hospital / Prince Philip Dental Hospital · Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAROpen to IMGsINDAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)GSR Institute of Facial Plastic Surgery · Hyderabad, IndiaOpen to IMGsINDAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Medanta-The Medicity · Gurugram, IndiaOpen to IMGsITAAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Azienda Ospedale Università di Padova · Padova, ItalyOpen to IMGsJPN2027 Clinical Fellowship — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery trackNational Cancer Center Hospital East · Kashiwa, JapanJPNInternational Physician Observership (IPOP) — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery trackToho University Medical Center Omori Hospital · Tokyo, JapanOpen to IMGsMYSFellowship in Burn and Wound Care & Plastic SurgeryUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) / Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (HCTM) · Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOpen to IMGsMYSFellowship in Plastic SurgeryUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) / Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (HCTM) · Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOpen to IMGsNLDAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Erasmus University Medical Centre · Rotterdam, NetherlandsOpen to IMGsSGPAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)National University Hospital Singapore · SingaporeOpen to IMGsSGPClinical Fellowship Training in Plastic and Reconstructive SurgerySingapore General Hospital (SingHealth) · SingaporeOpen to IMGsVisa routeKORInternational Observership Program - Plastic and Reconstructive SurgerySamsung Medical Center (SMC) · Seoul, South KoreaOpen to IMGsKORSeverance International Fellowship — Reconstructive Surgery — Head and Neck trackSeverance Hospital (Sinchon) / Yonsei University · Seoul, South KoreaOpen to IMGsKORSeverance International Fellowship — Reconstructive Surgery — Lower Extremity trackSeverance Hospital (Sinchon) / Yonsei University · Seoul, South KoreaOpen to IMGsESPAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre · Madrid, SpainOpen to IMGsESPAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)La Paz University Hospital · Madrid, SpainOpen to IMGsLKAAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka · Galle, Sri LankaOpen to IMGsSWEAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Karolinska University Hospital - Uppsala Akademiska University Hospital · Solna, Stockholm, SwedenOpen to IMGsCHEAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Basel · Basel, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGsTWNAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · Taoyuan, TaiwanOpen to IMGsTHAFellowship Training Program in Plastic SurgeryFaculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University · Bangkok, ThailandOpen to IMGsGBRInternational Medical Fellowship Programme — Plastic Surgery trackGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · London, United KingdomGBRSheffield Plastic and Reconstructive Skin Oncology FellowshipSheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Sheffield, United Kingdom

Craniofacial & cleft 18

AUSCraniofacial FellowshipThe Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne · Melbourne, AustraliaOpen to IMGsVisa routeCANAdult Craniofacial FellowshipSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (University of Toronto) · Toronto, CanadaOpen to IMGsVisa routeCANCraniofacial FellowshipUniversity of British Columbia · Vancouver, CanadaVisa routeCANCraniofacial Surgery FellowshipMcGill University · Montreal, CanadaOpen to IMGsVisa routeCANPaediatric Plastic Surgery FellowshipThe Hospital for Sick Children (University of Toronto) · Toronto, CanadaVisa routeJPNPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Fellowship and ObservershipIwate Medical University Hospital · Yahaba (Iwate), JapanOpen to IMGsJPNPlastic Surgery Clinical/Research Fellowship and ObservershipJichi Medical University Hospital · Shimotsuke, JapanOpen to IMGsJPNPlastic Surgery ObservershipTokai University School of Medicine · Isehara, JapanOpen to IMGsJPNPlastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinical/Research FellowshipChiba University Hospital · Chiba, JapanOpen to IMGsKORSeverance International Fellowship - Plastic and Reconstructive SurgerySeverance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System (YUHS) · Seoul, South KoreaOpen to IMGsVisa routeKORSeverance International Fellowship — Pediatric/Craniofacial Surgery trackSeverance Hospital (Sinchon) / Yonsei University · Seoul, South KoreaOpen to IMGsKORVisiting Fellowship Program in Plastic and Reconstructive SurgerySeoul National University Hospital (SNUH) · Seoul, South KoreaOpen to IMGsVisa routeTHAClinical Fellowship Training Program in Craniofacial SurgeryFaculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University / King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital · Bangkok, ThailandOpen to IMGsGBRInternational Medical Fellowship Programme — Craniofacial Surgery trackGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · London, United KingdomUSACraniofacial Surgery FellowshipNYU Langone Health · New York, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa routeUSACraniofacial Surgery FellowshipYale School of Medicine · New Haven, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa routeUSAFacial Gender-Affirming Surgery FellowshipUCLA Health (David Geffen School of Medicine) · Los Angeles, United StatesVisa routeUSAPediatric and Adult Craniofacial FellowshipVanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa route

Hand & peripheral nerve 17

AUSHand and Microsurgery Clinical FellowshipThe Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne · Melbourne, AustraliaOpen to IMGsVisa routeCANHand and Microsurgery FellowshipUniversity of British Columbia · Vancouver, CanadaVisa routeCANHand, Wrist and Peripheral Nerve Surgery FellowshipToronto Western Hospital, University Health Network (University of Toronto) · Toronto, CanadaVisa routeCANHand, Wrist and Peripheral Nerve Surgery FellowshipUniversity of Calgary (Peter Lougheed Centre) · Calgary, CanadaOpen to IMGsVisa routeFRAInternational Fellowship — Hand and Reconstructive SurgeryNice University Hospital · Nice, FranceOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik and University Hospital Tuebingen · Tuebingen, GermanyOpen to IMGsJPNHand Surgery and Microsurgery Clinical FellowshipSaitama Jikei Hospital (Saitama Hand & Microsurgery Institute) · Saitama, JapanOpen to IMGsJPNNCGM Supermicrosurgery ACT ProgramNational Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) · Tokyo, JapanOpen to IMGsJPNPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Observership (COP) and Advanced Clinical Training Program (ACTP)The Jikei University School of Medicine · Minato-ku, Tokyo, JapanOpen to IMGsJPNPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Observership and Advanced Clinical Training ProgramJuntendo University · Tokyo, JapanOpen to IMGsJPNPlastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinical Observership and Advanced Clinical Training ProgramKyorin University · Mitaka, JapanOpen to IMGsJPNPlastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinical Observership and Advanced Clinical Training ProgramNippon Medical School · Tokyo, JapanOpen to IMGsSGPFellowship Training in Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery (including Advanced Fellowship)National University Hospital (NUH, NUHS) · SingaporeOpen to IMGsVisa routeSGPHand & Reconstructive Microsurgery Clinical FellowshipNg Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH, NUHS) · SingaporeOpen to IMGsKORSeverance International Fellowship — Hand/Peripheral Nerve Surgery trackSeverance Hospital (Sinchon) / Yonsei University · Seoul, South KoreaOpen to IMGsGBRHand Fellows (Senior Hand Fellow and Hand Fellow)Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · East Grinstead, United KingdomUSAHand Surgery FellowshipUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) · Pittsburgh, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa route

Breast reconstruction & microsurgery 12

BELPlastic Surgery Fellowship (Fellows in Training)Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent) · Ghent, BelgiumOpen to IMGsCANBreast Cancer Reconstruction and Breast Aesthetics FellowshipUniversity of Toronto (Women's College Hospital and University Health Network) · Toronto, CanadaVisa routeCANOncologic and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery FellowshipSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (University of Toronto) · Toronto, CanadaOpen to IMGsVisa routeJPNBreast Reconstruction and Oncoplastic Surgery Clinical FellowshipKameda Medical Center (Kameda Medical Hospital) · Kamogawa, JapanOpen to IMGsJPNPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Observership and Advanced Clinical Training ProgramSapporo Medical University · Sapporo, JapanOpen to IMGsJPNPlastic Surgery Clinical Fellowship (Breast Reconstruction, Microsurgery, Lymphedema, Sarcoma Reconstruction)Cancer Institute Hospital (CIH), Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research · Tokyo, JapanOpen to IMGsJPNPlastic Surgery Clinical/Research Fellowship and ObservershipKagawa University · Miki (Kagawa), JapanOpen to IMGsKORSeverance International Fellowship — Breast Reconstruction trackSeverance Hospital (Sinchon) / Yonsei University · Seoul, South KoreaOpen to IMGsGBRMicrosurgical Fellows (Senior Microsurgical Fellow and Microsurgical Fellow)Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · East Grinstead, United KingdomUSAMicrosurgery and Breast Reconstruction FellowshipMass General Brigham · Boston, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa routeUSAMicrosurgery FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa routeUSAMicrosurgery FellowshipYale School of Medicine · New Haven, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa route

Reconstructive microsurgery 11

CANMicrosurgery FellowshipUniversity of Calgary (Foothills Medical Centre) · Calgary, CanadaVisa routeCANPlastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery FellowshipToronto General Hospital, University Health Network (University of Toronto) · Toronto, CanadaOpen to IMGsVisa routeINDObservership in Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryTata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai · Mumbai, IndiaOpen to IMGsJPNPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Fellowship and ObservershipAichi Cancer Center · Nagoya, JapanOpen to IMGsGBRCoventry Microsurgery and Major Trauma FellowshipUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry, United KingdomUSAMicrosurgery FellowshipNYU Langone Health · New York, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa routeUSAMicrosurgery FellowshipUniversity of California, San Francisco · San Francisco, United StatesCitizens/PR onlyUSAMicrosurgery FellowshipUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) · Pittsburgh, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa routeUSAMicrovascular Reconstructive Surgery FellowshipThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa routeUSAReconstructive Microsurgery FellowshipUniversity of Chicago Medicine · Chicago, United StatesVisa routeUSAReconstructive Microsurgical FellowshipJohns Hopkins Medicine · Baltimore, United StatesVisa route

Aesthetic surgery 9

CANAesthetic Surgery Fellowship (Neville and Vivienne Poy Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Leadership)McGill University · Montreal, CanadaOpen to IMGsVisa routeCHNFAHZU International Clinical Training — International Clinical Training in Plastic SurgeryThe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (FAHZU) · Hangzhou, ChinaOpen to IMGsFRAISAPS Aesthetic Plastic Surgery FellowshipDr Catherine Bergeret-Galley · Paris, FrancePHLPlastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery FellowshipMakati Medical Center · Makati City, PhilippinesSGPPlastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery FellowshipNg Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH, NUHS) · SingaporeOpen to IMGsKORSeverance International Fellowship — Cosmetic Surgery trackSeverance Hospital (Sinchon) / Yonsei University · Seoul, South KoreaOpen to IMGsUSAAesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery FellowshipBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, United StatesUSAAesthetic Surgery FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa routeVNMPostgraduate Continuing Course in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic SurgeryUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City (UMP) · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Gender-affirming surgery 2

USAComplex Gender and Microvascular Surgery FellowshipMass General Brigham · Boston, United StatesOpen to IMGsVisa routeUSAComplex Gender Surgery and Microsurgery FellowshipJohns Hopkins Medicine · Baltimore, United StatesVisa route