Department
Name of department: UniversitätsCentrum für Orthopädie, Unfall- und Plastische Chirurgie
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Klaus-Dieter Schaser
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Dr. med. Alexander Pape
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. The fellow is allowed to scrub in. However, the fellow may not be involved in any active patient care (neither in the operating room nor in the outpatient clinic).
More information
Number of beds in department: 159
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Grand Rounds, morning and afternoon conferences, tumor boards, in-hospital training
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: German
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.