AO Spine Short-Term International Fellowship — Queen Mary Hospital / Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital (University of Hong Kong)
Hong Kong · Hong Kong, China
Listed lead Jason Pui Yin Cheung (head of department and surgeon in charge of fellows)
- Duration
- Flexible short-term fellowships of 4 to 12 weeks (AO Spine programme).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
- Exposure
- The host-centre page describes a spine centre across Queen Mary Hospital (acute trauma, degenerative and tumour) and Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital (paediatric and adult deformity and degenerative), with about 120 beds and 400 surgical cases per year, and access to Hong Kong Children's Hospital and HKU-Shenzhen Hospital. Fellows attend scoliosis and spine clinics and grand rounds, get hands-on operating experience, may take part in on-call duties and research. Operating-room language is English.
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Funding: AO Spine provides a small stipend towards accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be fully covered by the fellow.
Exposure: The host-centre page describes a spine centre across Queen Mary Hospital (acute trauma, degenerative and tumour) and Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital (paediatric and adult deformity and degenerative), with about 120 beds and 400 surgical cases per year, and access to Hong Kong Children's Hospital and HKU-Shenzhen Hospital. Fellows attend scoliosis and spine clinics and grand rounds, get hands-on operating experience, may take part in on-call duties and research. Operating-room language is English.
Eligibility: AO Spine page: applicants must specialise in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery with a strong interest in spine surgery; a prior AO course or event, at least two years of AO membership, age up to 45, and no AO Spine fellowship in the past two years (except self-funded).
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Fellows host-centre page (eligibility and terms from the AO Spine fellowship page). Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.