Fellowship Responsibilities

The fellow will work in a team of four specialists and one resident and will participate in the planning and execution of all reconstructive cases performed by the team. The fellow will participate in all teaching activities in the department and will be responsible for a monthly presentation.

The fellow is required to undertake one research project within microsurgery and is expected to finish one publication.

Stipend

Accommodation in Uppsala and a stipend for living expenses is provided.

Requirements

The candidate must be specialist in plastic surgery with ambition to pursue a career in reconstructive microsurgery and be able to work in a team.

How to apply

The fellowship positions for 2026 are full. Positions for 2027 are available, the deadline to submit the application is April 5th 2026.

Submit CV and two letters of recommendation to the fellowship program director
Dr. Andres Rodriguez.

Contact

Andres Rodriguez
andres.rodriguez.lorenzo@akademiska.se

Current Fellow

Emman Thomson 2026

BSc(hons) MSc MBBCh PhD FRCS(Plast)

After successfully completing her academic plastic surgical training in the UK, Dr Thomson joins us following an extended period of advanced microsurgical training within the Nordics. She was the inaugural microsurgical fellow at the Karolinska University Hospital, during which time she participated in their first bilateral hand transplantation, ahead of a fellowship with the microsurgical team at HUS in Helsinki, Finland. Having had the opportunity to first visit our unit in 2023, her interests in complex head and neck reconstruction, skull base and facial palsy have been key drivers in her choosing to complete her final Nordic fellowship at the Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Akademiska sjukhuset in Uppsala. She has enjoyed the opportunity to be fully immersed in both the clinical and educational activities within the department and would strongly encourage those considering an international fellowship in microsurgery to consider applying to Uppsala. Following her time in Sweden she will undertake a final microsurgery fellowship in Winnipeg, Canada with Dr Ed Buchel prior to taking up her position as an attending surgeon in the US.

Past Fellows

• Eve Kinnunen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Alexander Haumer, University of Basel, Switzerland
• Anna Duncan, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Canada
• Marie Kearns, Canniesburn Unit, Glasgow, UK.
• Jessica Winter, University of Manitoba.
• Michael Mayr-Riedler, Technical University of Munich.
• Dr Frank Reilly, Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin in Ireland.
• Dr Yun Phua, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon from Brisbane, Australia.
• Dr. Alex Okello, Plastic Surgeon and Fellow of the College of Surgeons – Plastic Surgery (ECSA), Nairobi, Kenya
• Dr Richard Tee, MD, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), 2020.
• Cristina Gómez Martínez de Lecea, MD, Plastic surgeon, University Clinic of Navarra, Spain. Fellow 2020.
• Luís Vieira, MD, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Central, Portugal, 2019
• Riccardo Schweizer, University of Zurich, 2019.
• Caroline Driessen, MD, Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, 2018.
• Naomi van Hout, MD, Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
• Dr. Holger Klein, MD, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, 2017
• Dr. Jorga Zabojova, MD, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 2017.
• Dr. Tianyi Liu, MD, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Fellow 2016.
• Ruben Coelho, MD, Plastic Surgeon, Central Hospital of Lisbon, Portugal. Fellow 2016.
• Lara Cristobal Velasco, MD, University Hospital of Getafe, Madrid, Spain. Fellow 2015.
• Camilo Hernandez, MD, Plastic Surgeon from University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, Fellow 2015.
• Nina Gösseringer, MD. Plastic Surgeon from University of Viena, Austria. Fellow 2014.
• Beatriz Lopez, MD. Plastic Surgeon from University Hospital of A Coruna, Spain, Fellow 2014.
• Lorenzo Cali-Cassi, MD. Plastic Surgeon from University of Turin, Italy. Fellow 2013.
• Felipe Pineda, MD. Plastic Surgeon from University Hospital of A Coruna, Spain. Fellow 2013.