AO Spine Short-Term International Fellowship — Asan Medical Center
Asan Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Seoul · South Korea
Listed lead Dong-Ho Lee (head of department and 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 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: AO Spine page: applicants must specialise in orthopaedics, neurosurgery or trauma surgery with a strong interest in spine surgery; a prior AO course or event, at least two years of AO membership, age up to 45, and no AO Spine fellowship in the past two years (except self-funded).
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · 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.