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.