Goals and Characteristics of Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship
This fellowship offers an extensive experience in the surgical and nonsurgical management of disorders of shoulder and elbow under the supervision of two full-time faculty members. The Shoulder and Elbow Service manages in excess of 4’000 outpatient visits per year and performs more than 600 surgical cases a year. This clinical volume guarantees exposures to a wide variety of traumatic, degenerative and athletic injuries. The fellowship experience includes training in the most advanced arthroscopic and open reconstructive surgeries of shoulder and elbow and especially also in shoulder and elbow arthroplasty.
Research Opportunities
Research, both clinical and biomechanical, is an integral part of the fellowship experience. The research is conducted under the direction of Dr. med. Vilijam Zdravkovic. The fellows also have the opportunities to do research work in our biomechanical lab or in our gait/motion analysis lab.
Requirements
Candidates must be eligible for a medical license prior to training.
Weekly Program
Time
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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7 – 8 am
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morning
conference
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Morning
conference
incl. lectures
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Morning
conference
incl. lectures
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Morning
conference
incl. lectures
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Morning
conference
incl. lectures
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8 – 9 am
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surgeries
indication
conference
4 pm
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team visitation
on the ward
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surgeries
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outpatient clinic
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surgeries
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9 – 12 am
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outpatient
clinic
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1 – 5 pm
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outpatient clinic
or time for
research
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outpatient clinic
or time for
research
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6 pm
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Journal Club
(monthly)
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Shoulder and Elbow Faculty
Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Jost
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Kantonsspital St.Gallen
Head of Department
Head of Shoulder and Elbow Unit
PD Dr. med. Christian Spross
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Kantonsspital St.Gallen
Vice Head of Shoulder and Elbow Unit