- 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 lists 100 beds and about 600 surgical cases per year with open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. Journal conferences and spine case meetings are listed. Scrubbing in requires the medical licence of the fellow's own nation. Operating-room language is Korean; English proficiency is rated 4 out of 5.
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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 lists 100 beds and about 600 surgical cases per year with open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior and navigated techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. Journal conferences and spine case meetings are listed. Scrubbing in requires the medical licence of the fellow's own nation. Operating-room language is Korean; English proficiency is rated 4 out of 5.
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 · Training level · 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.