AO Fellowships

Name of department: Orthopedic and Spine

Head of department: Mahdi Bassi

Surgeon in charge of fellows: mahdi bassi

Head of department: Mahdi Bassi

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

Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? NO

Number of beds in department: 21

Total surgical cases per year: 295

Standard open: Yes

Endoscopy: Yes

Robotics: No

Tuberculosis surgery: Yes

Pain management techniques: Yes

Minimally invasive surgery: Yes

Anterior surgery: Yes

Spinal navigation: Yes

Intradural surgery: No

Thoracoscopy: No

Dominant language spoken in the operating room: English

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

What other information, documents, or vaccines do you require the fellow to provide?

MBBS certificate, FRCSC or equivalent training for 5 years

Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital