Department
Name of department: Department of Orthopaedic and Spine surgery
Head of department: Amer Aziz
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Rizwan Akram
Head of department: Amer Aziz
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? No
More information
Number of beds in department: 250
Total surgical cases per year: 16000
Used techniques
Standard open: Yes
Endoscopy: Yes
Robotics: No
Tuberculosis surgery: Yes
Pain management techniques: Yes
Minimally invasive surgery: Yes
Anterior surgery: Yes
Spinal navigation: No
Intradural surgery: Yes
Thoracoscopy: No
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: English
English written and spoken by our team members: written (4)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
Pain clinic is separate clinic run by anaesthesia consultants.
Type of fellowship
Observership
Visa for Pakistan , vaccination COVID HepB