AO Fellowships

Name of department: Center for Spinal Surgery and Neurotraumatology

Head of department: Frank Kandziora

Surgeon in charge of fellows: Philipp Schleicher

Head of department: Frank Kandziora

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: 44

Total surgical cases per year: 2000

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: Yes

Dominant language spoken in the operating room: German

English written and spoken by our team members: written (4)* / 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?

Valid Vaccination against measles and SARS-CoV-2 according to EU regulations.

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