SOURCED FACULTY PROFILE

Huajiang Chen

Head of department
Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Department of Spine Surgery →
Shanghai, China

Linked programmes: 1
Source reviewed: 21 Oct 2026

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PUBLISHED PROGRAMME ROLE

Named on the official page as Head of department for AO Spine Short-Term International Fellowship — Shanghai Changzheng Hospital.

Published position: Head of department
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ASSOCIATED PATHWAYS

1 linked programme.

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Clinical fellowshipStatus unconfirmed

Spine →

AO Spine Short-Term International Fellowship — Shanghai Changzheng Hospital

Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Department of Spine Surgery

Shanghai · China

Listed lead Huajiang Chen (head of department); Ye Tian (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 lists 450 beds and about 10,000 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated and intradural techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. Scrubbing in requires a formal surgeon licence and sufficient training. Operating-room language is Chinese; English proficiency is rated 4 out of 5.

Source reviewed 17 Oct 202640% of decision fields recorded

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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 450 beds and about 10,000 surgical cases per year, with open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated and intradural techniques, pain management and tuberculosis surgery. Scrubbing in requires a formal surgeon licence and sufficient training. Operating-room language is Chinese; 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 · Accreditation

Source: Official AO Fellows host-centre page (eligibility and terms from the AO Spine fellowship page). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.