AO Fellowships

Name of department: Orthopedic Spine

Head of department: Michael Janssen

Surgeon in charge of fellows: Michael Janssen

Head of department: Michael Janssen

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

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

Number of beds in department: 500

Total surgical cases per year: 1500

Standard open: Yes

Endoscopy: No

Robotics: Yes

Tuberculosis surgery: No

Pain management techniques: Yes

Minimally invasive surgery: Yes

Anterior surgery: Yes

Spinal navigation: Yes

Intradural surgery: Yes

Thoracoscopy: No

Dominant language spoken in the operating room: English

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

Other activities

Grand Rounds, Morbidity & Mortality Meetings, Spine Conferences, Department Meetings, Trauma Meetings, Tumor Board Meetings, Cervical/Lumbar Research

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

VISA (if necessary) Identification document COVID vaccine Influenza vaccine Tuberculosis vaccine

Center for Spine and Orthopedics