Training formats represented
- Clinical fellowship: 2 profiles
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2 programmes and training pathways found from official sources. Confirm current availability, licensing, and operating privileges directly with each institution.
This summary describes the profiles indexed here; it is not a count of vacancies.
Read the individual participation terms: a broad clinical pathway label does not establish hands-on access.
The indexed profiles currently focus on Spine.
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St. Hedwig's Regional Specialist Hospital in Opole — Department of Neurosurgery
Opole · Poland
Listed lead Kajetan Latka, Head of Department and surgeon in charge of fellows (as published)
Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend as a contribution to accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be covered by the fellow.
Exposure: Neurosurgery department with 16 beds and about 965 surgical cases a year; open, endoscopic, minimally invasive and intradural spine surgery and pain management; over 300 head cases a year (oncology and vascular neurosurgery). Fellows may scrub in with insurance.
Eligibility: This host participates in AO Spine's global short-term international scheme for spine physicians or specialists in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery. Applicants must be 45 or younger, have at least two years of AO Spine membership and prior participation in an AO course/event, and have had no spine fellowship in the preceding two years except self-funded training. Selection does not grant medical registration, visa approval or permission to scrub in; host requirements apply separately.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Official contact · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Spine fellowship host-centre page (AO Foundation). Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
COPERNICUS PL (Gdańsk) — Department of Orthopaedics, Traumatology, Spine Surgery and Neurosurgery
Gdańsk · Poland
Listed lead Rafał Pankowski, Head of Department; Adam Augustyniak, surgeon in charge of fellows (as published)
Funding: AO Spine pays a small stipend as a contribution to accommodation and living costs; travel and insurance must be covered by the fellow.
Exposure: Department with 60 beds and about 1,150 surgical cases a year; open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, thoracoscopic, navigated and intradural spine surgery. Fellows may scrub in; the dominant operating-room language is English.
Eligibility: This host participates in AO Spine's global short-term international scheme for spine physicians or specialists in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery. Applicants must be 45 or younger, have at least two years of AO Spine membership and prior participation in an AO course/event, and have had no spine fellowship in the preceding two years except self-funded training. Selection does not grant medical registration, visa approval or permission to scrub in; host requirements apply separately.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Official contact · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Spine fellowship host-centre page (AO Foundation). Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.