Overview
Salaried six-month microsurgery fellowship in a unit performing 120–150 free tissue transfers a year, covering head and neck, breast, trauma, sarcoma, burn reconstruction, phalloplasty and lymphatic microsurgery, with research and teaching duties.
The programme
- Focus
- Microsurgery
- Training type
- Clinical + research fellowship
- Specialty associations
- Not yet verified
- Learning format
- Not yet verified
- Duration
- 6 months, full time
- Start
- 15 July 2026 or 15 January 2027 (latest published intake)
- Positions
- 2 (separate start dates)
- Accreditation
- Not stated on the official page
- Department
- Not yet verified
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Board certification or eligibility in plastic surgery (or equivalent); microsurgical experience preferred; documented interest in education; fluent English (Swedish an advantage)
- Qualification requirement
- Board certification or eligibility in plastic surgery (or equivalent)
- Citizenship requirement
- Not yet verified
- Practice location requirement
- Not yet verified
- Membership requirement
- Not yet verified
- Eligibility restrictions
- Yes – English fluency required, Swedish not required
- Language
- Not yet verified
- Teaching language
- Not yet verified
- Clinical language
- Not yet verified
- International applicants
- Yes – English fluency required, Swedish not required
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on the official page
- Visa route
- Not yet verified
- Visa sponsorship
- Not yet verified
- Visa support
- Not stated on the official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- 14 December 2025 for the latest published intake (closed)
- Application method
- Apply via Karolinska/Region Stockholm with detailed CV and personal statement (reference 2025/5655)
- Documents
- CV; personal statement (named in recorded application instructions; confirm full checklist)
- Contact
- Not yet verified
Funding and costs
- Tuition / fees
- Not yet verified
- Application fee
- Not yet verified
- Stipend / salary
- Salaried, approx. €4,500/month plus compensation for late surgeries
- Scholarship
- Not yet verified
- Funding
- Salaried, approx. €4,500/month plus compensation for late surgeries
Sources and verification
Evidence by field
- Qualification requirement: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Derived from Eligibility.
- Eligibility restrictions: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Derived from International applicants.
- Documents: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Derived from Application method.
- Stipend / salary: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Derived from Funding.
- Training type: classification from record; checked not recorded. Source 1
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