Head of department: Takashi Matsushita

Surgeon in charge of fellows: Hiroaki Minehara

Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes

Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? No, it is not required.

Number of beds in department: 75

Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000

Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: < 50

Other activities: -Our hospital is also a core training facility accredited by the Japanese Society for Hand Surgery and plays a role in the education and training of hand surgeons. -We have 4 orthopaedic microsurgeons within our team: limb salvage and open fracture treatment with soft tissue reconstruction by free flap, vascularized fibula and/or limb lengthening for nonunion/malunion. -Many cases of Osteomyelitis -Former medical members of AOTC: Pelvis and INEG (Intramedullary Nailing Expert Group) directly teach young surgeons. -We have our own rehabilitation center with more than 100 physical therapists.

Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Japanese

English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.