SOURCED FACULTY PROFILE

Ignacio Dominguez

Head of department
Hospital Clínico San Carlos — Spinal Unit Center →
Madrid, Spain

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 — Hospital Clínico San Carlos.

Published position: Head of department
Academic title: Not published in the indexed source
Department: Spinal Unit Center
Qualifications: Not published in the indexed source
Clinical interests: Not published in the indexed source
Research interests: Not published in the indexed source
Professional organisations: Not published in the indexed source

ASSOCIATED PATHWAYS

1 linked programme.

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Clinical fellowshipStatus unconfirmed

Spine →

AO Spine Short-Term International Fellowship — Hospital Clínico San Carlos

Hospital Clínico San Carlos — Spinal Unit Center

Madrid · Spain

Listed lead Ignacio Dominguez, Head of Department; Angela Carrascosa, surgeon in charge of fellows (as published)

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: Spinal unit with 30 beds and about 600 surgical cases a year; open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, thoracoscopic, navigated and intradural spine surgery, plus cadaver-lab and theoretical courses. Fellows may scrub in after a blood test and Spanish health-ministry requirements.

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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: Spinal unit with 30 beds and about 600 surgical cases a year; open, endoscopic, robotic, minimally invasive, anterior, thoracoscopic, navigated and intradural spine surgery, plus cadaver-lab and theoretical courses. Fellows may scrub in after a blood test and Spanish health-ministry requirements.

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.