• Finished post graduate education and training in orthopedic surgery or neurosurgery.
• Genuine interest to specialize in spinal surgery.
• Have taken the Basic course (1st module European Spine Diploma).
• Must complete the 5 modules before receiving the European Spine Fellowship Diploma.
• Every fellow must be able to professionally communicate in English and whenever possible speak the local language.
• The fellow is willing to work for a salary which is set by the ESF and may not be in line with the local salaries: foreseen gross salary in the range of 60K€ gross / year paid by the EuroSpine Foundation to the Training Center. (this includes taxes for personnal insurance so that the real salary is around 40K€/year)
• Lodging is the responsibility of the fellow.
• Fellow cannot be sponsored twice for the same purpose – case per case basis must be disclosed and addressed by the ESF.
• Application forms should go to the ESF which will screen the process and transfer proper applications to the Edu Com.

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