Name of department: Department of Orthopedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery
Head of department: Frank Hildebrand
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Hatem Abdulrahman
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? MD certificate
More information
Number of beds in department: 80
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: 101–150
Other activities: M&M conferences, trauma network meetings, ATLS courses, national/international conferences, weekly coordinated training, grand rounds twice a week, daily grand rounds on intensive care unit
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: German
English written and spoken by our team members: written (4)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
M&M conferences, trauma network meetings, ATLS courses, national/international conferences, weekly coordinated training, grand rounds twice a week, daily grand rounds on intensive care unit
Covid vaccination, Hepatitis vaccination (Proof of Hepatitis B basic immunization (a minimum of 3 vaccinations!) or positive antibody blood test and proof of 2 vaccinations against measles required!
It will take roughly 1 week before all results are collected and work can be initiated.
If all required examinations/results are presented at the examination, an advisory opinion is (routinely) issued on the same day. Those examinations may not be older than 3 months. Please submit your vaccination card.)