Spine centers

Spine Centers
AOSpine Centers are a prestigious clinical network of institutions that provide an approved standard of training and education. These centers host short and long-term fellowships and, when applicable, participate in research and educational initiatives.

AOSpine's network of Spine Centers is a key element to the further development of the global AOSpine community.

Potential candidates should refer to their region below for further information.

Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America
Please contact
Asia Pacific: Derek Lai—dlai@aospine.org
Latin America: Carlos Montero—cmontero@aospine.org
North America: Chi Lam—clam@aospine.org

Europe
Spine Centers Guidelines
Spine Center Application—please complete digitally and press submit button on last page
Spine Center Feedback (once fellowship has ended)—please complete digitally and press submit button on last page

Middle East
Spine Centers Guidelines
Spine Center Application—please complete digitally and press submit button on last page
Spine Center Feedback (once fellowship has ended)—please complete digitally and press submit button on last page


 ARGENTINA

     
 
Paediatric Hospital "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan" Buenos Aires

Ernesto Bersusky MD
 
Address: Pichincha 1890
1249 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel: +54 114 308 4300
Fax: +54 114 308 4300
Email: ebersusky@arnet.com.ar
ebersusky@argentina.com
Website: www.garrahan.gov.ar
     
 
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Marcelo Gruenberg MD
 
Address: Potosí 4247 (C1199ACK)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Website: www.hospitalitaliano.org.ar
     
   
Hospital San Martín de La Plata

Dr Pedro Luis Bazán
 
Address: 1 y 70 (CP 1900)–La Plata
Provincia de Buenos Aires
Argentina
     
     
 AUSTRALIA

     
 
Princess Alexandra Hospital

Richard Williams FRACS, MBBS

 
Address: Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba
4102 Brisbane
Queensland
Australia
Tel: +61 7 3176 7276
Fax: +61 7 3176 5156
Email: aospine@qut.edu.au
     
 
Royal Adelaide Hospital

Brian Freeman FRCS, MBChB, MD
 
Address: North Terrace
5000 Adelaide
South Australia
Australia
Tel: +61 88 222 4466
Fax: +61 88 232 3065
Email: spine@mail.rah.sa.gov.au
     
     
     
 BRAZIL

     
 
Hospital Univeritario Cajuru—Pontificial Catholic University of Paraná

Emiliano Vialle
 
Address: Brigadeiro Franco, 979
80.430-210 Curitiba
Paraná
Brazil
Tel: +55 413 223 7860
Fax: +55 413 027 4493
Email: evialle@hotmail.com
Website: www.pucpr.br/saude/alianca/cajuru/index.html
     
 
Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de Sao Paulo

Prof Dr Tarcisio Eloy Pessoa de Barros Filho
 
Address: Rua Ovidio Pires de Campos, 333.
CEP 05403-010 São Paulo
Brasil
2 andar - CENATRA
Website: www.hcnet.usp.br
     
     
 CHINA

     
 
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Xijing Hospital, 4th Military Medical University 

Zhuojing Luo MD, PhD

Address: No 15 West Changle Road
710032 Xi'an
ShaanXi
China
Tel: +86 298 477 5285
Fax: +86 298 477 5285
Email: zjluo@fmmu.edu.cn
     
 
Peking University Third Hospital 

Zhongqiang Chen MD

Address: No. 49 North Garden Rd. Beijing
100083 Beijing
China
Tel: +86 106 201 7691
Fax: +86 106 201 7700
Email: puh3_gk@bjmu.edu.cn
     
 
Shanghai Chanzheng Hospital 

Wen Yuan MD

Address: No.415 Fengyang Road,Shanghai,P.R.China
200003 Shanghai
China
Tel: +86 216 361 0109 / +86 216 367 3340
Fax: +86 216 352 0017
Email: spine@citiz.net
     
     
 GERMANY

     
 

Leopoldina Hospital Schweinfurt, Department of Spine Surgery

Spine Director:
Uwe Vieweg
Spine Team: Michael Lühn MD, Shadi Sharara MD
Most frequent pathologies: Trauma, Degeneration

Address: Gustav-Adolf-Strasse 8
97422 Schweinfurt
Germany
Email: vieweg@leopoldina.de
Website: www.leopoldina-hospital.de
     
 

Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frakfurt am Main

Spine Director:
Frank Kandziora
Spine Team: Klaus J. Schnake, Matti Scholz, Andreas Pingel, Christoph Hoffmann, Wolfgang Dube
Most frequent pathologies: Trauma, Degeneration

Address: Friedberger Landstrasse 430
60389 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Email: frank.kandziora@bgu-frankfurt.de
Website: www.bgu-frankfurt.de
     
     
 HONG KONG

     
 
Hong Kong Universtiy, Dept of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 

Keith Luk FRACS, FRCS, MBBS, MCh Orth, FHKCOS, FHKAM

Address: Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong
SAR
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2855 4254
Fax: +852 2817 4392
Email: ortho1@hkucc.hku.hk
     
     
 INDIA

     
 
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre 

Dilip Panikar MBBS

Address: Amrita Lane, Edappally
682026 Cochin
Kerala
India
Tel: +91 484 400 1234
Fax: +91 484 280 2020
Email: panikar@aims.amrita.edu
     
 
Park Clinic 

Saumyajit Basu FRCS, MD

Address: 4, Gorky Terrace
700017 Kolkata
West Bengal
India
Tel: +91 332 281 7800 / +91 332 280 1986 / 91 332 280 1987
Fax: +91 332 280 1807
Email: saumyajitbasu@hotmail.com
     
     
 ITALY

     
 

I.R.C.C.S Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi

Spine Director: Claudio Lamartina, Roberto Bassani
Spine Team: Pedro Berjano, Aldo Sinigaglia, Maria Petruzzi, Giovanni Casero
Most frequent pathologies: Deformity, Degeneration

Address: v. Riccardo Galeazzi, 4
20161 Milan
Italy
Email: c.lamartina@eurospine.net
Website: www.galeazzi-gsd.it
     
     
 

Spine & Oncologic Department - Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Spine Director: Stefano Boriani
Spine Team: S. Bandiera, G. Barbanti Brodano, A. Gasbarrini, S. Terzi. L. Boriani, S. Colangeli
Most frequent pathologies: Trauma and Degeneration

Address: Via Pupilli 1
40136 Bologna, Italy
Email:  stefanoboriani@gmail.com
Website: www.ior.it
     
     
 JAPAN

     
 
Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center 

Tomoaki Toyone MD, PhD

Address: 3426-3 Anesaki
299-0111 Ichihara
Chiba
Japan
Tel: +81 43 662 1211
Fax: +81 43 661 8690
Email: toyone@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
     
     
 MEXICO

     
 

Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad 

Dr Roberto Chapa

Address: Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad
No. 21 del Instituto Mexicano
del Seguro Social
Av. Pino Suarez y Juan Ignacio Ramón
Centro
Monterrey, Nuevo león, México
     
     
 NETHERLANDS

     
 

University Medical Center Utrecht

Spine Director: F. Cumhur Oner
Spine Team: F.C. Oner, W.B. Slooff, R.M. Castelein, H. Amelink, J.J. Verlaan, M. Kruyt
Most frequent pathologies: Trauma, Deformity

Address: HP G 05.228, PO Box 85500
3508 GA Utrecht
Netherlands
Email: f.c.oner@umcutrecht.nl
Website: www.umcutrecht.nl
     
 

Sint Maartenskliniek

Spine Director: Marinus de Kleuver
Most frequent pathologies: Deformity, Degeneration

Address: Hengstdal 3
6522JV Nijmegen
Netherlands
Email: m.dekleuver@maartenskliniek.nl
Website: www.maartenskliniek.nl
     
     
 SAUDI ARABIA

     
 

King Fahd Hospital Jeddah

Spine Director: Mahdi Bassi
Spine Team: Khaled Jamjoom, Faisal Bazaid
Most frequent pathologies: Trauma, Deformity

Address:

Almostashfa Alaam - Jeddah 21196
8488 Jeddah
Saudi Arabia

Email: mahdibas@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.kfhj.med.sa/kf/en/
     
     
 SOUTH AFRICA

     
 

Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cape Town

Spine Director: Robert Dunn
Spine Team: David Welsh, Nick Kruger
Most frequent pathologies: Trauma, Deformity

Address:

Anzi Road, Oberservatory
7925 Cape Town
South Africa

Email: info@spinesurgery.co.za
Website: http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/orthop
     
     
 SWITZERLAND

     
 

Universitätspital Basel, Wirbelsäulenchirurgie

Spine Director: Bernhard Jeanneret
Spine Team: Stefan Schaeren, Alexander Mameghani, Martin Jäger
Most frequent pathologies: Trauma, Degeneration

Address: Spitalstrasse 21
4031 Basel
Switzerland
Email: bjeanneret@uhbs.ch
Website: www.chirurgie-basel.ch
     
 

Inselspital—Bern University Hospital

Spine Director: Ulrich Seidel
Spine Team: Lorin Benneker, Marius Keel
Most frequent pathologies: Trauma, Degeneration

Address: Freiburgstrasse
3010 Bern
Switzerland
Email: ulrich.seidel@insel.ch 
Website: www.insel.ch
     
 

Spine Center Hirslanden Klinik St. Anna

Spine Director: Markus Kröber
Spine Team: Dr. U. Gröger, Dr. O. Hausmann, Dr. M. Kröber, Dr. F. Sgier, Dr. M. Waldis
Most frequent pathologies: Deformity, Degeneration

Address: St. Anna-Strasse 32
6003 Luzern
Switzerland
Email: markus.krober@hirslanden.ch 
Website: www.hirslanden.ch 
     
     
 UNITED KINGDOM

     
 

Centre for Spine Studies & Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre

Head of Service: Bronek Boszczyk
Consultants: Hossein Mehdian, Michael Grevitt (Reference centre contact), Bronek Boszczyk (Head of Service), Nasir Quraishi, Masood Shafafy, Magnum Tsegaye, Phil Sell, John Webb (Honorary consultant), John Firth (Honorary consultant)
Most frequent pathologies: Deformity, tumour, trauma, degenerative

Address:

The Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery
Nottingham University Hospitals
Queen's Medical Centre Campus
Derby Road
West Block D-Floor
NG7 2UH Nottingham
United Kingdom

Email: michael.grevitt@nuh.nhs.uk
Website: www.nottinghamspine.co.uk 
     
 

University Hospital of Wales

Spine Director: Sashin Ahuja
Spine Team: P Davies, J Howes, S Ahuja, A Jones, I Chopra, S James
Most frequent pathologies: Deformity, Degeneration

Address: Heath Park
CF14 4XW Cardiff
United Kingdom
Email: sashinahuja@doctors.org.uk
Website: www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk 
     
 

Guy's Hospital

Spine Director: Khai Lam
Spine Team: Khai Lam, Jonathan Lucas, Tom Ember, Bahram Fakouri, Nejma Farooq
Most frequent pathologies: Deformity, Degeneration

Address: Department of Spinal Orthopaedic Surgery
1st Floor Bermondsey Wing
SE1 9RT London
United Kingdom
Email: dockslam@aol.com
Website: www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk 
     
     
 UNITED STATES

     
 

Spine Education and Research Institute

Michael Janssen DO

Address: 9005 Grant St., #100
80229 Denver
CO
United States
Tel: +1 720 540 7374
Fax: +1 720 540 7379
Email: lauren@theseri.org