Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Spine Surgery

Contact Information

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Spine Surgery
Harries Road
S5 7AU Sheffield
United Kingdom
Department
Name of department: Spine Surgery
Head of department: Marcel Ivanov
Surgeon in charge of fellows: MICHAEL ATHANASSACOPOULOS
Head of department: Marcel Ivanov
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? No
More information
Number of beds in department: 30
Total surgical cases per year: 1500
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: Yes
Thoracoscopy: No
Language
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.

AOSPINE visiting fellows will have the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of activity related to spinal pathology both in from orthopaedic and neurosurgical perspective. In addition to the possibility to observe various spinal procedures - both elective and emergency for the management of spinal degenerative disease, tumours (metastatic, intradural, intramedullary); deformity, trauma, infections etc they will participate in weekly Multidisciplinary Team Meetings which connect via teleconference orthopaedic spinal surgeons, neurosurgeons, very experienced radiologists, infections disease, physiotherapy, pain management, oncology. The hospitals are equiped with top of the range equipment, microscopes, spinal navigation (in RHH), intraoperative 3D xray, neurophysiological monitoring, intraoperative ultrasound, CUSA etc. They will develop connections with a very supportive and highly experienced team of spinal surgeons and will have the possibility to create long-lasting professional connections. Our spinal surgeons are recognised international speakers, actively involved in spinal education and in the activity of AOSPINE, EANS, BASS, SBNS, EUROSPINE etc

Health certificate/vaccinations, Police clearance, CV, 2 reference letters

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