- Duration
- Short-term AO Spine fellowship of 4 to 12 weeks (host-centre criterion on the AO Spine host-centres page).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- 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 100 beds and about 2,000 surgical cases a year; open, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated spine surgery and pain management; In Silico Biomechanics Laboratory. Fellows may scrub in with a negative MRSA screening.
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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 100 beds and about 2,000 surgical cases a year; open, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated spine surgery and pain management; In Silico Biomechanics Laboratory. Fellows may scrub in with a negative MRSA screening.
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 · Accreditation
Source: Official AO Spine fellowship host-centre page (AO Foundation). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
