Department
Name of department: Orthopaedics
Head of department: Samuel Martins
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Paulo Almeida
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: 45
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: 500–1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Portuguese
English written and spoken by our team members: written (3)* / spoken (3)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.