Department
Name of department: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics
Head of department: António Martins
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Francisco Guerra-Pinto
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: < 500
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: < 50
Other activities: AO-like discussion sessions on Wednesdays, fellow might also join the surgeons in private surgeries extra-schedule
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Portuguese
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.