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Hospitation in full-endoscopic and open spine surgery – International Training Center (Herne/Witten)

St. Elisabeth Gruppe – Spine Center Herne and Witten

⌖ Herne · Germany directory →

Faculty / program leadership: Sebastian Rütten

Profile completeness81%
Comprehensive · Source does not publish duration, funding, application deadline
DECISION SUMMARY

Key facts at a glance

Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
Not published
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureDoctors from Germany and abroad do Hospitation to learn diagnostics and conservative and operative therapy of spine disease, with a special focus on full-endoscopic cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine surgery. The centre treats over 15,000 inpatient and 20,000 outpatient spine patients a year and performs over 3,000 spine operations a year at St. Anna Hospital (DWG maximal-care spine centre). The page does not say whether the visit is observational only.
Participation levelObservational pathway. No independent patient care or operative privileges are implied.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK

Can an international surgeon apply?

≈Partially published

International applicants

The page states that doctors from Germany and abroad regularly visit (more than 100 per year from around the world).

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Clinical role

Observational pathway; no independent patient care is implied. Hands-on clinical activity is not described for this observational pathway.

—Not published

Medical registration

Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.

—Not published

Language

No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.

≈Partially published

Visa or work authorisation

Not published.

DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY48% of core application fields verifiedChecked 3 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-01
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ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS

Published entry requirements

Clinical / academic eligibility
  • Not published (doctors from Germany and abroad)
Application documents
  • Not published
PROGRAM OVERVIEW

What this program offers

Visiting-doctor Hospitation at an international training centre for full-endoscopic spine surgery.

FACULTY & PROGRAM LEADERSHIP

Listed program lead

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Program lead: Sebastian Rütten

Chefarzt, director of the centreOfficial program roster
Current position
Fellowship supervisor / program leadership
Affiliation
St. Elisabeth Gruppe – Katholische Kliniken Rhein-Ruhr
Clinical focus
Spine training and clinical practice

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