Overview
AO-funded short-term spine surgery fellowship placement at Taichung Veterans General Hospital (Taichung, Taiwan) performing about 818 surgical cases a year.
The programme
- 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 Orthopedics
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 Spine membership; no AO Spine fellowship in past two years (except self-funded); up to 45 years old
- International applicants
- Yes - AO Foundation global programme; fellows from any country are allocated to host centres by AO (membership and course prerequisites apply)
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Scrub-in: Yes; host note on licence/scrub-in: No, but you can only observe the surgery, not actually perform it.. Dominant OR language: English (team English written (4) / spoken (4) on a 1-5 scale). Documents/vaccines requested: 1. Copy of passport. 2. Physician license. 3. Training program. 4. Health examination report (including chest X-ray, syphilis serum test, measles and German measles) 5.Letter of Recommendation 6.Curriculum Vitae 7.Certificate of Employment
How to apply
- Deadline
- 2028 call opens April 2027 (closes May 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
- Small AO Spine stipend towards accommodation and living (benchmark USD 550/week in the US, adjusted for local price level); travel and insurance paid by fellow