AO Fellowships

Name of department: Orthopedic Surgery

Head of department: Emre R. Acaroğlu

Surgeon in charge of fellows: Emre R. Acaroğlu

Head of department: Emre R. Acaroğlu

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: 15

Total surgical cases per year: 400

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: No

Thoracoscopy: No

Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Turkish

English written and spoken by our team members: written (3)* / 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?

nothing more than a valid Turkish Republic Visa

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