AO Fellowships

Name of department: DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS

Head of department: MARCELO VALACCO

Surgeon in charge of fellows: MARCELO VALACCO

Head of department: MARCELO VALACCO

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

Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? mala praxis insurance

Number of beds in department: 400

Total surgical cases per year: 180

Standard open: Yes

Endoscopy: No

Robotics: No

Tuberculosis surgery: Yes

Pain management techniques: Yes

Minimally invasive surgery: Yes

Anterior surgery: Yes

Spinal navigation: No

Intradural surgery: Yes

Thoracoscopy: No

Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Spanish

English written and spoken by our team members: written (3)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.

Other activities

journal clubs, seminary

Hospital Churruca Visca