Department
Name of department: Orthopaedics
Head of department: Samuel Haupt
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Samuel Haupt
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? MEBEKO recognition. https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/berufe-im-gesundheitswesen/medizinalberufe.html
More information
Number of beds in department: 59
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: 500–1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 50
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: German
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.