Overview
AO-funded short-term spine surgery fellowship placement at University Hospital "Marqués de Valdecilla" (Santander), a department performing about 443 surgical cases a year.
The programme
- Focus
- Spine surgery
- Training type
- Short-term International Fellowship (observership with scrub-in where permitted)
- Duration
- 4–12 weeks
- Start
- Placement year after selection
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- AO Foundation fellowship host centre
- Department
- Department of Neurosurgery & Surgical Spine Unit
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Spine physician or orthopaedic, neuro- or trauma surgeon with strong interest in spine surgery; at least one prior AO course/event; at least two years' AO membership; no AO Spine fellowship in past two years (except self-funded); up to 45 years old
- International applicants
- Yes – AO global programme; fellows from any country are placed by AO regional fellowship coordinators (membership and course prerequisites apply)
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Scrub-in: Yes; additional licence/requirement to scrub in: Medical Licence obtained in any EU country or validated by the Spanish Ministry of Health.. Dominant OR language: Spanish (team English level (4)/5)
How to apply
- Deadline
- 2027 call closed; 2028 call opens April 2027 (closes May 2027, results September 2027)
- Application method
- Online application to the AO Foundation during the open call (host centres allocated by AO); not directly to the hospital
Funding
- Funding
- AO Spine fellowship support (amount not stated on page)