Department
Name of department: Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Head of department: Jilani Syed Ali Anwar
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Prof. Syed Kamran Ahmed
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: 50
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: 50–100
Other activities: Pakistan's leading center in Arthroplasty (lower and upper limb), Hand and Upper limb surgery, Reconstructive microsurgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics and oncology surgery, Complex trauma reconstruction, Ilizarov surgery, treatment of chronic infections /osteomyelitis and Club foot treatment (Club foot clinic). Regular morbidity and mortality meetings, Surgical Grand rounds, Core curriculum and Orthoradiology meetings, Ortho teaching rounds, infectious diseases teaching rounds, presentations by faculty and residents and preparation for Orthopaedic exit exams.
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: English
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.