AO Spine International Exchange Program

We are pleased to share with you the news about the observership program and invite you to apply. AO Spine’s new International Exchange Program is a unique opportunity for surgeons to improve their experience in specific topics or pathologies.

For a short period of time, you have the chance to learn and develop specific skills with some of the best world experts in the field of spinal disorders.

Available hosting centers

Alejandro Morales
Hospital Espanol de Mendoza
Mendoza, Argentina
Topics: MISS

Alessandro Gasbarrini
Instituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Bologna, Italy
Topics: Tumor

Alexander Vaccaro
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
Philadelphia, USA
Topics: Adult Deformity, Pediatric Deformity, Degenerative

Asdrubal Falavigna
Universidade de Caxias do Sul
Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Topics: Research

Barón Zárate
Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación
Mexico City, Mexico
Topics: Adult Deformity, Degenerative

Carlo Bellabarba
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, USA
Topics: Trauma

Carlos Montero
Instituto de Ortopedia Infantil Roosevelt
Bogota, Colombia
Topics: Pediatric Deformity

Claudio Tatsui
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, USA
Topics: Tumor

Cristiano Menezes
Instituto Columna / Hospital Ortopédico – LifeCenter
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Topics: MISS

Daniel K. Riew
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, USA
Topics: Cervical

Darrel Brodke
University Othopaedic Center
Salt Lake City, USA
Topics: Trauma, Adult Deformity, Degenerative

Emiliano Vialle
Hospital Universitário Cajuru
Curitiba, Brazil
Topics: Adult Deformity, Degenerative

Jean Ouellet
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Canada
Topics: Pediatric Deformity

Jeffrey C. Wang
University of Southern California Spine Center
Los Angeles, USA
Topics: MISS, Adult Deformity, Degenerative

Khai Lam
The London Bridge Hospital
London, UK
Topics: MISS

Lawrence Lenke
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Medical Center
New York, USA
Topics: Adult Deformity, Pediatric Deformity

Lorin Benneker
Sonnenhofspital
Bern, Switzerland
Topics: Adult Deformity, Degenerative

Luis Eduardo Munhoz da Rocha
Hospital Pequeno Príncipe
Curitiba, Brazil
Topics: Pediatric Deformity

Munish Gupta
Washington University Orthopedics in St. Louis
Saint Louis, USA
Topics: Pediatric Deformity

Néstor Taboada
Clínica Portoazul
Barranquilla, Colombia
Topics: MISS

Roger Härtl
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, USA
Topics: MISS

Ronald Lehman
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Medical Center
New York, USA
Topics: MISS, Adult Deformity, Cervical

Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran
Ganga Hospital
Coimbatore, India
Topics: Trauma, Adult Deformity, Pediatric Deformity, Cervical, Infection

Claudio Lamartina and
Pedro Berjano
IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi
Milan, Italy
Topics: Adult Deformity, Degenerative

AO Spine member for at least three years by the subscription deadline.

Orthopedic or Neurosurgery specialization.

AO Spine advanced course related with the selected pathology.

Three‐year experience in spine surgery in the correspondent pathology.

AO Spine International Exchange Program

Available hosting centers

Requirements

Open Application!

AO Spine Contact

AO Spine Latin America