Department
Name of department: Orthopedic Surgery
Head of department: Rodrigo Pesantez
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Rodrigo Pesantez
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: 420
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: 500–1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: < 50
Other activities: Trauma department weekly meetings, case based discussions, practical exercises with different implants, journal club. General orthopedics weekly meeting, hand, knee, arthroplasty, shoulder and elbow meetings
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Spanish
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.