Instituto Roosevelt

Orthopedics

Contact Information

Instituto Roosevelt
Orthopedics
Carrera 4 Este # 17 - 50
110321 Bogotá
Colombia
Department
Name of department: Orthopedics
Head of department: Rodrigo Huertas Tafur
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Sergio Alejandro Nossa Almanza
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Medical license and health insurance
More information
Number of beds in department: 36
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: 500–1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: < 50
Other activities: Daily academic revisions, oral presentations, case discussions, research activities, interdisciplinary patient committees, and surgical technique courses.
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.

Daily academic revisions, oral presentations, case discussions, research activities, interdisciplinary patient committees, and surgical technique courses.

Colombian or people who live in Colombia Cover letter written by the university or work institution ID copy Authenticated diploma of the last academic degree achieved Curriculum vitae Medical licence Health insurance Hepatitis B antibodies titer &gt; 10.000 Antibodies titer for varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox) BLS certificate (max 2 years) Foreign candidates Cover letter written by the university or work institution ID copy Passport copy Apostilled diploma of the last academic degree achieved Curriculum vitae Medical licence Type V Visitor visa with a validity corresponding to the duration of the approved application Affiliation certificate to a health policy with national coverage for accidents and general illness Hepatitis B antibodies titer &gt; 10.000 Antibodies titer for varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox) BLS certificate (max 2 years)

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