Department
Name of department: Orthopaedic Surgery
Head of department: Peter A. Cole
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Peter Peter A. Cole
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? No
More information
Number of beds in department: 36
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Arthroplasty, Geriatrics subspecialties, X-ray Rounds/Pre-Post Operative Conference; Regions Orthopaedic Department Grand Rounds, Career Dimensions-Case Presentations; North Star Trauma Network Meetings & Journal Club; Practice Management Series; Trauma Speakers Bureau, Total Joints Conference, Cadaver Labs, and University Grand Rounds.
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.