AO Fellowships

Name of department: Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Head of department: Mohammad El-Sharkawi

Surgeon in charge of fellows: Mahmoud Fouad Ibrahim

Head of department: Mohammad El-Sharkawi

Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes

Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Yes (Negative recent serological testing for HIV and Hepatitis)

Number of beds in department: 50

Total surgical cases per year: 1000

Standard open: Yes

Endoscopy: Yes

Robotics: No

Tuberculosis surgery: Yes

Pain management techniques: Yes

Minimally invasive surgery: Yes

Anterior surgery: Yes

Spinal navigation: No

Intradural surgery: No

Thoracoscopy: Yes

Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Arabic

English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.

Other activities

Very active Trauma Unit (AO-certified Trauma Center) functioning 24/7 Dedicated Pain Clinic (run by colleagues from anesthesia department)

Assiut University Trauma Hospital - Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery - Spine Unit