AO Spine Short-Term International Fellowship — Malteser Waldkrankenhaus St. Marien
Malteser Waldkrankenhaus St. Marien — Interdisciplinary Center for Spine and Scoliosis Surgery
Erlangen · Germany
Listed lead Jonas Streikus (surgeon in charge of fellows); head of department Klaus John Schnake
- Duration
- 4–12 weeks
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.
- Exposure
- Interdisciplinary spine and scoliosis centre: about 1,200 surgical cases per year and 35 beds; techniques include open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural and thoracoscopic surgery, with structured research, regional case conferences and weekly continuing-education lectures.
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Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 per week in the United States, adjusted for local price levels); travel and insurance are paid by the fellow.
Exposure: Interdisciplinary spine and scoliosis centre: about 1,200 surgical cases per year and 35 beds; techniques include open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural and thoracoscopic surgery, with structured research, regional case conferences and weekly continuing-education lectures.
Eligibility: Fully trained orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons interested in spine surgery, up to 45 years old at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Accommodation · Official contact
Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.