Department
Name of department: Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Head of department: Federico Bove
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Umberto Mezzadri
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: 500–1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Moorning meetings, Pelvis dedicated outpatient clinic, spine surgery
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Italian
English written and spoken by our team members: written (4)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.