Department
Name of department: Traumatology
Head of department: Willem-Jan Metsemakers
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Willem-Jan Metsemakers
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Not required, will be discussed on the spot
More information
Number of beds in department: 54
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: 50–100
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Dutch
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.