Department
Name of department: Servicio de Traumatología y Ortopedia
Head of department: Marco Antonio Altamirano Cruz
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Marco Antonio Altamirano Cruz
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: 60
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Spine surgery, Hip and Knee reconstruction, Residents didactic program, Virtual reality anatomy course
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Spanish
English written and spoken by our team members: written (4)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.