King Saud University Medical City (KSUMC)

Orthopedic surgery department

Contact Information

King Saud University Medical City (KSUMC)
Orthopedic surgery department
King Saud University Campus
11472 Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Department
Name of department: Orthopedic surgery department
Head of department: Waleed Awwad
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Waleed Awwad
Head of department: Waleed Awwad
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Saudi commission registration and hospital adminstration temporary privilage
More information
Number of beds in department: 38
Total surgical cases per year: 220
Used techniques
Standard open: Yes
Endoscopy: No
Robotics: No
Tuberculosis surgery: Yes
Pain management techniques: Yes
Minimally invasive surgery: Yes
Anterior surgery: Yes
Spinal navigation: Yes
Intradural surgery: No
Thoracoscopy: No
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: English
English written and spoken by our team members: written (4)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.

Weekly academic spine unit meeting (pre-op, post op and scientific presentation) Orthopedic Grad round monthly meeting

All academic certificates, Training certificates and board certificates Dataflow certificates Vaccination record (at least completed primary mandatory ) Valid passport Other document might be needed

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