AO Fellowships

Name of department: Spine Surgery

Head of department: Muhammad Assous

Surgeon in charge of fellows: Rasha Al Kanash

Head of department: Muhammad Assous

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

Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? not required

Number of beds in department: 15

Total surgical cases per year: 250

Standard open: No

Endoscopy: Yes

Robotics: No

Tuberculosis surgery: No

Pain management techniques: No

Minimally invasive surgery: Yes

Anterior surgery: No

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

Outpatient Clinics, Research

What other information, documents, or vaccines do you require the fellow to provide?

Laboratory tests for Hepatitis B antibodies and HIV test

Al khalidi Hospital and Medical center