Department
Name of department: Orthopaedic Surgery
Head of department: Luiz Augusto Bittencourt Dr. Campinhos
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Luiz Augusto Bittencourt Campinhos
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? AO permission
More information
Number of beds in department: 40
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: 101–150
Other activities: Medical residency - didactic meetings and discussion of medical cases
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Portuguese
English written and spoken by our team members: written (3)* / spoken (3)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.