Department
Name of department: Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología
Head of department: Xavier Pelfort
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Francesc Marcano
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Our Education department requires the fellow to come with a signed contract
More information
Number of beds in department: 75
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Journal club, Microsurgery course
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Spanish
English written and spoken by our team members: written (3)* / spoken (3)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.