Department
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
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.