Fellowship Program Information
Affiliation (Center Type): Humanitas Ortho center (Teaching, Academic, University)
Fellowship Training Session or Other Educational Opportunity Length: 6 months
Can the Center customize educational opportunities for participants?:
Fellows Accepted Per Year: 2
Faculty Participating in Fellowship Education: Prof. Dr. Maurilio Marcacci, responsible for the center of knee articular reconstruction.
Prof. Dr. Elizaveta Kon, responsible for the orthopedic section
Dr. Tommaso Bonanzinga, consultant
Dr. Francesco Iacono, consultant
Dr. Berardo di Matteo, consultant
Dr. Giovanni Raspugli, consultant
Recent activity of Teaching Center: FORTE summer school 2019 was held at the orthocenter of Humanitas
Orthocenter meeting 2019
Financial Support and Expenses
Types of Financial Support Available:
Other support that the Teaching Center can provide:
Estimate of Living Expenses (Housing and other major costs): Living expenses depends on the choice of the fellow to live in Rozzano (the town where Humanitas university is) or in MIlan (the closest big city). In the former case housing costs are around 300-500€ while in the latter are higher around 500-1000€
Anticipated Fellowship Participation in Surgical Cases
Arthroscopy 25%
Knee Surgery 25%
Sports Medicine 25%
Knee arthroplasty 25%
Area(s) of Specialty: Biologics Knee Arthroplasty Knee Arthroscopy
Role of the fellow with respect to Clinical, Surgical, Research, and other opportunities: The potential attendent will be involved in all the fields related to teh ortho center:
- Life in the ward: visiting patients, prescrivbing tests
- Life in the OR: working as an assistant during surgeries
- Life in the research: working on research projects of thegroup
Types of Educational Opportunities:
Research projects, research facilities and resources, cadaver labs, publication opportunities, integration of the patient and public involvement, and the role of the fellow: The fellow will be included in the everyday life of the Ortho Cener, thus spacing from the work as assistant in the operating room, the help in the research projects and in the ward management.
Related Conference/Lecture Schedule: The Ortho Center organizes very often seminars with visiting professors and surgeons to expand the knowledge not only in the field of knee pathology management but also in other aspects of orthopedics.
Athletic Team Coverage: