Dandenong
Hand Surgery
Fellowship
The Team
The Team
AOA Accredited Fellowship
Teaching and Mentorship
The Dandenong Hand Fellowship is a 12 month Australian hand surgery clinical fellowship program based at Dandenong Hospital, Monash Health, Melbourne and is affiliated with the Hand and Wrist Biomechanics Laboratory (HWBL), O’Brien Institute.
There are currently 6 hand surgeons actively involved in the program, which covers all aspects of hand and wrist surgery, including reconstructive microsurgery, except congenital hand surgery. In addition, further exposure to elbow and shoulder surgery is possible, if desired.
Applications for the next hand fellowship position beginning in August 2027 is currently closed.
Applications for the 2027-28 Fellowship will open in June 2026.
News Update
2026
The Dandenong Hand Unit was very honored to have esteemed international hand surgery speak at an educational event leading up to the Annual Australian Hand Surgery Society (AHSS) meeting held in Melbourne (March 2026).
Many thanks Dr. L. Scott Levin (Uni Pennsylvania), Dr. Amber Leis (Washington University), Dr. Carley Vuillermin (Harvard Uni) and Dr. Margaret Fok (University of Hong Kong) for amazing presentations and case discussions -- > Linkedin Post
2026
We are very pleased to welcome Mr Charles Gallagher to the Dandenong Hand Unit. Charles joins us, having recently returned from fellowships in London, ON, Canada and Edinburgh, Scotland.
2026
It is very sad to see Mr Peter Maloney leave us at Dandenong. We thank him for the many years of service and wish him the very best in his ongoing roles within the Victorian hand surgery community.
2021
Congratulations to Avanthi Mandaleson and Eugene Ek for their appointments to the Board of Trustees, Victorian Orthopaedic Foundation (previous known as Victorian Orthopaedic Research Trust)
2021
Avanthi Mandaleson is a founding member of the International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance
2019
The Dandenong Hospital Division of Hand Surgery has been proudly named an IBRA Training Centre. This allows residents and fellows from all around the world to visit the unit and engage and participate in the various clinical and research activities of the department.
2018
Congratulations to Dr Tanup Prasai, from Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Nepal, as the successful recipient of the Rowan Nicks Scholarship, RACS. He will spend 1 year with the Dandenong Hand Unit.
2018
Congratulations to Mr Oliver Stone (Fellow, 2017-18), for passing the British Diploma in Hand Surgery examination. London, March 2018
2017
Hand surgeon Miss Avanthi Mandaleson is undertaking a Masters degree in surgical education at University of Melbourne to further her passion for surgical teaching
2017
Thank you to VORT for research grant received for project titled "Randomized controlled trial for one vs two screw construct for scaphoid fixation"
2017
Congratulations to Mr Kemble Wang (hon. fellow) for winning best paper award at the 2017 Victorian Hand Surgery Society annual scientific meeting with the paper titled "in-vivo 4D CT analysis of trapeziometacarpal motion"
2016
Congratulations to Dr Simon Chan (Fellow 2012-13) for winning the Linschied-Dobyns award for best wrist research paper at American Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting in 2016, Austin, Texas
2016
Thank you to VORT for research grant received for project titled "Midcarpal biomechanics before and after radioscapholunate arthrodesis using a cadaveric wrist motion stimulator"
2015
Ms Avanthi Mandaleson has been awarded the AOA Early Researcher Grant to support her work on the study of biomechanics of scaphoid fixation
The DDH hand unit is honored to have Dr Scott Wolfe visit from HSS, New York.
- Oct 2018