- Duration
- 4–12 weeks
- Deadline
- 2028 programme call opens April 2027 and closes May 2027; results September 2027 (AO states decisions are sent by the end of October at the latest).
- 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
- Instituto Ortopedia y Traumatologia Carlos E. Ottolenghi: about 400 surgical cases per year and 200 beds; techniques include standard open, minimally invasive, anterior, intradural, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery.
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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: Instituto Ortopedia y Traumatologia Carlos E. Ottolenghi: about 400 surgical cases per year and 200 beds; techniques include standard open, minimally invasive, anterior, intradural, pain-management, thoracoscopic, tuberculosis surgery.
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.
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Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
