Department
Name of department: Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Head of department: Björn-Christian PD Dr. Link
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Frank Prof. Dr. Beeres
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: 60
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Journal club, weekly lectures and trainings, ATLS courses (twice per year), ASSET course (once per year)
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.