- Specialist physician in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
- Special orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine
- Specialist in knee arthroplasty
- Joint preservation at knee and ankle as well as Achilles tendon diseases
- Faculty of the Hanover Medical School
Since my medical studies, my medical interest has been in the ankle and knee. I started my doctoral thesis in 1998 at ATOS Clinic on the topic of treatment of cartilage damage. Over the years, cartilage damage, the kneecap, and arthrosis have always been the focus of my scientific and clinical work. The topic of my habilitation thesis for appointment as a lecturer at the Hanover Medical School in 2013 was mini-implants as partial joint replacement in knee arthroplasty.
The medical goal of the HKF Centre at ATOS Clinic is to specialise in the treatment of diseases of the various joint areas. This includes the treatment of sports injuries in recreational and competitive athletes, long-term consequences of injuries and osteoarthritis.
Through specialisation, I have gained a wealth of experience as a surgeon and diagnostician over the years. State-of-the-art, minimally invasive surgical techniques and short hospital stays are guaranteed. The quality of the results is ensured through constant evaluation and monitoring of the results and continuous scientific exchange of experiences.
Range of services
Non-surgical therapies:
- Joint-preserving therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee and ankle
- Relieving therapy with orthoses of knee and ankle
- Development of individual concepts for physiotherapeutic conservative treatment and after surgical therapy for re-integration into sport and professional activity
- Injection therapy with autologous conditioned plasma (ACP) and hyaluronic acid
- Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for Achilles tendon and patellar tendon pathologies
- Cryotherapy for pain reduction and elimination of swelling
Surgical therapies:
- Individual endoprosthetics on the knee joint with gentle techniques and modern implants
- Change of endoprostheses on the knee joint
- Joint-preserving minimally invasive surgery on the knee and ankle by axle corrections and modern cartilage replacement procedures
- Achilles tendon surgery with minimally invasive techniques
Education
- 1996 – 2003 At the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
Clinical career
- 01/04-03/06 Resident at the Centre for Knee and Foot Surgery / Sports Trauma Surgery, ATOS Clinic Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. H. Thermann, Prof. Dr. med. H.H. Pässler)
- 04/06-03/08 Resident physician at the Department of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology. University Hospital Gießen and Marburg – Marburg (Prof. Dr. S. Fuchs-Winkelmann)
- 05/08-12/2009 Resident at the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Hanover Medical School (Prof. Dr. med. H. Windhagen)
- 01/10-12/10 Resident at the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Henriettenstiftung, Hanover (Dr. med. L. Herold)
- 01/11-07/11 Resident at the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Hanover Medical School (Prof. Dr. med. H. Windhagen)
- 07/11-10/13 Specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery at the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Hanover Medical School (Prof. Dr. med. H. Windhagen)
- 11/13-11/15 Senior Physician at the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Hanover Medical School (Prof. Dr. med. H. Windhagen)
- Since 01/2016 Chief Physician at the Centre for Hip, Knee and Foot Surgery, Sports Trauma Surgery, ATOS Clinic Heidelberg
