ESSKA-EKA European Knee Arthroplasty Travelling Fellowship

This Fellowship will enhance the skills of young orthopaedic surgeons who are already training in knee arthroplasty.

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About

This Fellowship will enhance the skills of young orthopaedic surgeons who are already training in knee arthroplasty.

The selected Fellows will visit six to eight teaching centres, over a maximum of four weeks.

They will cover various aspects of Degenerative Knee treatment and Knee Arthroplasty, such as Osteotomy, UKA, TKA, Bi-compartmental Arthroplasty, Septic and Aseptic Revision, Reconstructive Arthroplasty for Trauma,among others.

The Fellowship covers travel, accommodation, meals and minor expenses.

It is organised by EKA, (a Section of ESSKA).

There are three positions available.

Requirements

To qualify, you must:

  • be a certified orthopaedic surgeon in your own country / final year of residency
  • be under 45 years at the time of applying
  • have completed (within the last four years) an Adult Reconstruction Knee training programme
  • speak fluent English
  • be a European citizen
  • be available for the duration of the programme
  • make a presentation of a research topic during the fellowship
  • submit a written report at the end of the programme
  • not have held this fellowship before
  • be/become an ESSKA member


 

How to Apply

If the fellowship is open for registration please use the register button under "Course details".
Please note that incomplete application forms will be rejected. 

By applying/registering for this event you agree that ESSKA may use your contact details for future communications.

For queries, please contact fellowships@esska.org

Previous Winners

2019
Amy Garner (United Kingdom)
Riccardo Campagnoni (Italy)
David Stelzeneder (Austria)

2018
Gökhan Meric (Turkey)
Alan Ivkovic (Croatia)
Daniel Pérez-Prieto (Spain)

2017
Sufian Ahmad (Switzerland) 
Patrick Orth (Germany) 
Bert Boonen (The Netherlands)

2016
Max Ettinger (Germany)
Ersin Ercin (Turkey)

2015
Octav Russu (Russia)
Tom Piscaer (The Netherlands)

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