AO Spine Short-Term International Fellowship — Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea
Seoul · South Korea
Listed lead Ryu Kyeong-Sik (surgeon in charge of fellows)
- 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
- Neurosurgery: about 1200 surgical cases per year and 59 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management surgery. Other activities: Professor Jin Sung Kim is proficient in a range of advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques, including: - Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery - Bi-portal Endoscopic Spine Surgery - Endoscopic Lumbar Fusion - Microscopic Tubular Decompression - Minimally Invasive Retropleural Thoracic Approach.
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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: Neurosurgery: about 1200 surgical cases per year and 59 beds; techniques include standard open, endoscopic, minimally invasive, anterior, navigated, intradural, pain-management surgery. Other activities: Professor Jin Sung Kim is proficient in a range of advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques, including: - Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery - Bi-portal Endoscopic Spine Surgery - Endoscopic Lumbar Fusion - Microscopic Tubular Decompression - Minimally Invasive Retropleural Thoracic Approach.
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.
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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.