AO Fellowships

Name of department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Head of department: Johannes Davis

Surgeon in charge of fellows: Miseer Sanesh

Head of department: Johannes Davis

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

Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Health professionals council registration in SA

Number of beds in department: 135

Total surgical cases per year: 350

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: No

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

Excellent cadaver lab facilities for training and skills development

Tygerberg Academic Hospital (along with Mediclinic Winelands Orthopaedic Hospital (IOR))