Department
Name of department: Department of Trauma Surgery
Head of department: Michael Prof.Dr. M.H.J. Verhofstad
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Mathieu Dr. Wijffels
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: 20
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: 500–1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Osseointegration Center, Thoracic Trauma Referral Center, Referral Center for Fracture Related Infections and Malunions Deformities
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Dutch
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.