Department
Name of department: Department of Trauma Surgery
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. biol. hom. Volker Alt
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Florian Prof. Dr. med. Baumann
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: 60
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Fracture-related Infection, Periprosthetic Fractures, Geriatric Trauma Care, Problem Fracture Treatment, Sports Medicine, Musculoskeletal Tumor Surgery and Reconstruction
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: German
English written and spoken by our team members: written (1)* / spoken (1)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.