AO Spine Short-Term International Fellowship — Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Hamamatsu · Japan
Listed lead Yukihiro Matsuyama (head of department); Yu Yamato (surgeon in charge of fellows)
- Duration
- 4–12 weeks
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- 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
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (48 beds, about 500 cases per year) with open, robotic, anterior, navigated and intradural surgery; the host notes around 10 thoracic OPLL patients a year.
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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: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (48 beds, about 500 cases per year) with open, robotic, anterior, navigated and intradural surgery; the host notes around 10 thoracic OPLL patients a year.
Eligibility: Spine physicians or orthopaedic, neurosurgical or trauma surgeons with a strong interest in spine surgery, aged 45 or under at application, with at least two years of AO Spine membership, prior participation in an AO course or event, and no (non-self-funded) spine fellowship in the past two years.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Official contact
Source: Official AO Spine host-centre profile. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.