Head of department: Michael Prof.Dr. M.H.J. Verhofstad
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Mathieu 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
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.
Osseointegration Center, Thoracic Trauma Referral Center
Curriculum vitae, passport, letter of recommendation head of (trauma) department. Vaccination
passport. We would like to have an interview with the applicant before we accept him in our center.
This is mostly to evaluate the skills in English language because fluent English is mandatory to
reach our educational goals of this fellowship.