Department
Name of department: Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery
Head of department: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Michael J. Raschke
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Michael J. Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Raschke
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Will depend on individual evaluation by the hospitals legal department
More information
Number of beds in department: 55
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Daily interdisciplinary case discussions, in- and outpatient clinic, in- and outpatient surgeries, weekly scientific presentations, clinical research, research activity in the biomechanical laboratory (www.bonelab.de)
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.