- Specialist in orthopaedics
- Special orthopaedic surgery
- Specialist physician in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
- Certified arthroscopist (AGA)
- AGA instructor
- Certified shoulder and elbow surgeon
- Advisory physician of the German Karate Association
The majority of diseases and injuries to the shoulder and elbow can be treated minimally invasively today. Even with complex joint-preserving interventions, the focus is on arthroscopic techniques. Modern modular and bone-saving implants are used for joint replacement and constantly evolving. A thorough history and careful assessment in combination with adequate imaging are the foundation for a correct diagnosis.
Dr. Kircher is Associate Editor of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and a member of the editorial board of the journal Arthroscopy (The Journal of Arthroscopy and Related Sciences) and is also a reviewer for other well-known journals.
Range of services
Conservative treatment in the area of the shoulder and elbow joint:
- Thorough clinical examination and diagnosis
- Creation of appropriate physiotherapy programs
- Ultrasound-assisted injection treatments
Surgical treatment in the area of the shoulder and elbow joint:
Shoulder
- Endoscopic treatment of tendon defects
- Implantation of joint endoprostheses (partial replacement, total endoprosthesis, inverse endoprosthesis, bone augmentation with special implants, replacement surgery and revision surgery)
- Reconstruction of irreparable tendon defects of the rotator cuff (TEAR patch, superior capsule reconstruction SCR)
- Treatment of shoulder joint injuries (acute and chronic)
- Fractures of the humeral head, collarbone and scapula
- Arthroscopic stabilisation of the shoulder (shoulder dislocation, multidirectional instability, bone defects: Bone chip, Latarjet, Remplissage)
- Calculus shoulder
- Frozen shoulder
- Cartilage therapy (nano-fracture, cartilage cell transplant ACI)
Elbow
- Joint stiffness
- Free joint body
- Synovectomy
- Cartilage therapy (autologous chondrocyte transplantation)
- Stabilisation (LUCL, MUCL, combination injuries)
- Implantation of joint endoprostheses, partial joint replacement
- Tennis elbow and golfer elbow
- Refixation of the distal biceps tendon
- Endoscopic release of the ulnar nerve
Education
- Medical studies in Rostock and Basel
- Partial approbation as physician intern 1998 and full approbation 1999
Academic degrees
- Venia legendi and appointment as private lecturer at the Heinrich Heine University 2012
- Habilitation in 2012 at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf “Pathomechanisms and their significance in the treatment of osteoarthrosis”
- PhD in 2000 at the University of Rostock “Specific detection of Legionella in community-acquired pneumonia using the polymerase chain reaction and a colorimetric detection method (reverse dot blot)”.
Clinical career
- Specialist training in Hamburg (University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Prof. Dr. W. Rüther), London (Royal London Hospital, Mr. G. Scott, FRCS and Mr. D. Goodier, FRCS) and Rostock (Orthopaedic Clinic of the University of Rostock, Prof Wolfram Mittelmeier), most recently Head Senior Physician and Deputy Hospital Director
- Senior Physician in Heidelberg (ATOS Clinic Heidelberg, Prof. Peter Habermeyer) and Dusseldorf (Orthopaedic Clinic, Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Prof. R. Krauspe), most recently Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Hospital Director
- Head of Shoulder Surgery and Arthroscopy, ATOS ORTHOPARC Cologne
- Since January 2013 Chief Physician of the Department of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, ATOS Clinic Fleetinsel Hamburg
