Department
Name of department: Orthopaedics
Head of department: Kamran Farooque
Surgeon in charge of fellows: vivek Trikha
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? A temporary licence can be applied and got from National Medical Council
More information
Number of beds in department: 60
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: 500–1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: 50–100
Other activities: We have Neurosurgery, surgical Trauma divisions which can also be seen by the fellow for an allround experience of trauma management.
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.