AO Fellowships

Name of department: Klinik für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie

Head of department: PD Dr. Uwe Schweigkofler

Surgeon in charge of fellows: Paul Hagebusch

Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes

Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? No

Number of beds in department: 350

Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000

Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150

Other activities: Didactic meetings, morning and afternoon rounds

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.

Other activities

Didactic meetings, morning and afternoon rounds

What other information, documents, or vaccines do you require the fellow to provide?

current health certificate

Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main