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With the kind support of Mitaka Europe (Mitaka Europe GmbH), we proudly announce as of 2025, the rebirth of our training fellowship in reconstructive microsurgery.
Each year, two talented microsurgeons with a special interest in lymphatic microsurgery will be awarded on an application trial basis, the participation in our annual advanced training courses offered in our program. This courses focus exclusively on teaching all modern approaches in reconstructive microsurgery including but not limited to perforator flaps, lymphatic reconstruction or orthoplastic surgery.
The fellowship will cover the entire accommodation expenses and the registration fee for the course.
Eligibility criteria:
- Age preferably under 40 years old
- The applicant is a member of the national plastic & reconstructive surgery society of attains membership in a society promoting reconstructive microsurgery
- The applicant has spent a minimum of 3 years of surgical residency
- Applicant should already have experience in assisting or performing clinical reconstructive microsurgery.
Deadlines:
The applications are to be submitted continuously between March and April and May to August of the same year.
After the closure of the submission frame, all applications will be analysed by the fellowship committee and the winner will be communicated at end of April and mid September respectively.
Application file (online submission):
- Official letter from the department coordinator/chief where the applicant is coming from, endorsing the application and the participant and his/her application for this fellowship.
- Letter of Intent from the applicant, describing in detail why he/she has chosen to participate in this fellowship, how he/she plans to apply the knowledge attained at the course in the clinical scenario and also the previous experience with reconstructive microsurgery, clinical or experimental. It is important that the applicant will also provide a short description of his/her centre.
- An actualised Curriculum Vitae
- Signed declaration letter where the participant agrees in case of winning the fellowship to support the travelling costs on its own.
- Signed declaration letter where the applicant, in case of winning the fellowship and no-show at the course (without having priorly announced/communicated this officially), agrees to refund all the costs resulting from the non-used anatomical specimens and eventually hotel reservation cancellation (cannot be calculated in advance) to the organisation entity.
Applications deadline: April 25, 2025
All application files are to be submitted continuously as a single PDF file named with the full name and country of the applicant (e.g. John_Doe_USA) to: fellowship@advancedmicrosurgery.org