Orthopedic Clinical Observership/Fellowship

The Denver Health AO Observership/Fellowship provides experience in AO techniques for fully-trained International Visiting Physicians with interests in trauma.

AO Education offers 250 Fellowships for surgeons and 20 for ORP every year. Fellowships are available for 4-8 weeks in designated hospitals all over the world.

The Orthopedic Experts at Denver Health have hosted AO Fellows from around the world since 1998. Many have gone on to trauma leadership positions in their respective countries. Denver Health offers on-campus housing and rich traditions of welcoming our international colleagues. 

Application Process

Visit the AO Foundation Education website for complete details and to download the application.

Alumni List

2022 Alumni

Orthopedic Clincal Observership
  • Dr. Michele Nardi – Italy – 3/1/22-4/30/22

2021 Alumni

  • Dr. Adil Turan – Turkey – 2/15/21-4/16/21
  • Dr. Lander Cabrera Marti – Mexico – 6/14/21-7/23/21
  • Dr. Daniel Korner – Germany – 9/20/21-10/15/21

2020 Alumni

  • Dr. Tami Mazibuko – South Africa – 1/10/20-3/6/20

2019 Alumni

  • Dr. Boopalan Ramasamy – India – 2/4/19-3/4/19
  • Dr. Motasem Salameh – Qatar – 7/1/19-8/9/19
  • Dr. Sherif Hosny – UK – 9/30/19-11/8/2019

2018 Alumni

  • Dr. Fabricio Enrique Videla Avila, Argentina – 1/8/18-2/9/18
  • Dr. Pau Machado Granados, Spain – 3/5/18-3/30/18
  • Dr. Yan Su – China, 7/2/18-8/10/18
  • Dr. Liao Jun Sun – China, 10/1/18-11/9/18

2017 Alumni

  • Dr. Houchen Lyu – China, 5/15/17-6/23/17
  • Dr. Yehia Bedeir – Egypt, 7/3/17-8/4/2017
  • Dr. Hsin Chuan Chen – Taiwan, 8/7/107-9/15/2017
  • Dr. Ashok Sunil Gavaskar Kumaresan – India, 9/14/17-10/14/17
  • Dr. Pongsakorn Bupparenoo – Thailand, 10/16/17-11/24/17

2016 Alumni

  • Dr. Jamie Griffiths - UK, 2/1/16-2/26/16
  • Dr. Luiz Henrique Penteado da Silva - Columbia, 5/9/16-5/20/16
  • Dr. Pornpanit Dissaneewate – Thailand, 6/20/16-7/28/16
  • Dr. Guang Yang – China, 9/26/16-11/4/2016

2015 Alumni

  • Dr. Ye Ye – China, 7/6/15-8/14/15
  • Dr. Felipe Lins Rossi – Brazil, 8/17/15-9/11/15
  • Dr. Quan Qi – China, 9/7/15-10/16/15
  • Dr. Claudia Medina – Columbia, 11/16-12/19/15

2009 Alumni

  • Per Trobisch - Germany, 03/30/2009-05/08/2009
  • Bijoy Bajoria - India, 04/13/2009-05/16/2009
  • Benjamin Davis - UK, 05/18/2009-06/26/2009
  • Ayhan Kilic - Turkey, 05/31/2009-08/15/2009
  • Gavin Bartlett - UK, 08/31/2009-10/09/2009
  • Toby Briant-Evans - UK, 11/09/2009-12/19/2009

2008 Alumni

  • John Lloyd - England, 01/07/2008-02/01/2008
  • Volker Braunstein - Germany, 03/24/2008-04/18/2008
  • Richard Carey Smith - England, 06/02/2008-07/11/2008
  • Prakash Bagalore - India, 11/10/2008-12/05/2008

2007 Alumni

  • Yujiang Mao - China, 10/29/2007-12/07/2007
  • Jose Octavio Soares Hungria - Brazil, 06/19/2007-07/13/2007
  • Xuefei Wang - China, 02/12/2007-04/06/2007

2006 Alumni

  • Ricardo Gutierrez - Panama, 02/06/2006-03/31/2006
  • Piers Yates - England, 04/03/2006-04/28/2006
  • Evgeny Grebenyuk - Russia, 05/22/2006-8/18/2006
  • Puneet Girdhar - India, 09/04/2006-10/27/2006

2005 Alumni

  • Takashi Suzuki - Japan, 01/03/2005-03/25/2005
  • Patrick Duffy - United Kingdom, 03/07/2005-04/29/2005
  • Paul Carter - United Kingdom, 05/02/2005-05/27/2005
  • Daniel Balbachevsky - Brazil, 06/06/2005-07/29/2005
  • Yu-Sing Francis Chan - United Kingdom, 09/05/2005-09/30/2005
  • Oliver Keast-Butler - United Kingdom, 10/03/2005-11/11/2005
  • Keon Ho Kim - Korea, 11/21/2005-12/16/2005

2004 Alumni

  • Parvin Bansal - England, 08/02/2004-09/24/2004
  • Derek Robinson - England, 04/05/2004-05/07/2004
  • Yue Ping Ou Yang - China, 10/04/2004-11/26/2004