- Head Physician for shoulder surgery, arthroscopy and sports orthopaedics
- Specialist physician in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
- Certified Shoulder & Elbow Surgeon (DVSE)
- Additional qualification in physical therapy and balneology
- Sports scientists
For Prof. Dr. med. Knut Beitzel, in addition to the precise application of advanced surgical procedures, shoulder surgery includes a profound understanding of the individual characteristics of the shoulder joint. That is because an operation is only necessary if there is structural damage in the shoulder area. His goal is to perform surgeries only if they are strictly indicated and have a clear chance of success.
Should an operation be necessary, he performs all minimally invasive interventions with a keyhole technique (arthroscopy) for the stabilisation of the joint or reconstruction of torn tendons. For advanced joint damage, he applies all forms of artificial joint replacement (endoprostheses). The respective procedure is individually tailored to our patients and used safely.
Range of services
- Arthroscopic reconstruction of the rotator cuff
- Revision operations with failed rotator cuff reconstruction
- Arthroscopic and open surgery for shoulder instability including bone augmenting surgery (e.g. Latarjet / iliac crest) and the therapy of multidirectional instabilities
- Implantation and exchange of anatomic and inverse shoulder prostheses
- Arthroscopically assisted care of acute and chronic bursting of the shoulder joint
- Arthroscopic treatment of pathologies of the long biceps tendon
- Cartilage regeneration or partial joint replacement in early osteoarthritis of the shoulder
- Therapy of calculus shoulder, frozen shoulder
- Fracture treatment
Education
- 1997 – 2005 Human medicine at the University of Bonn; 2000 First state examination in human medicine; 2002 Second state examination in human medicine; 2005 Third state examination in human medicine
- 2000 – 2004 Sports science at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn; Degree with M.A. In Sports Science with a focus on geriatric sports, minor subjects: Pedagogy and theoretical medicine
- 2006 PhD at the University of Bonn; Title: “Impact of Hypobaric Hypoxia on Electoral Responsiveness in old age”, Medical Polyclinic of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn (Prof. Dr. H. Vetter & Prof. Dr. Burkhard Weisser)
- 2014 Habilitation at the Technical University of Munich; Receipt of the Venia legendi for the subject of orthopaedics and trauma surgery after habilitation at the Technical University of Munich with the thesis “The potential of autologous procedures for the biological augmentation of rotator cuff reconstructions” (Prof. Dr. Andreas B. Imhoff)
Clinical career
- 2006 Senior House Officer, Department of Trauma Surgery, Spitalzentrum Oberwallis, Visp, Switzerland (Dr. med. Mauro Arigoni)
- 2006 – 2007 Senior House Officer, cooperation centre between the Medicalpark Klinik St. Hubertus, Bad Wiessee and the Department of Sports Orthopaedics of the Technical University of Munich (Dr. med. Hubert Hörterer & Prof. Dr. Andreas B. Imhoff)
- 2007 – 2010 Senior House Officer, Department of Sports Orthopaedics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (Prof. Dr. Andreas B. Imhoff)
- 2010 – 2011 Research Fellow Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Centre, Farmington, USA (Prof. Dr. Robert A. Arciero & Prof. Dr. Augustus D. Mazzocca
- 2011 – 2014 Senior House Officer, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery of BG Trauma Clinic Murnau (Prof. Dr. Volker Bühren)
- 2014 – 2015 Functional Senior Physician, Department of Sports Orthopaedics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (Prof. Dr. Andreas B. Imhoff)
- 2015 – 2017 Senior Physician, Department of Sports Orthopaedics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (Prof. Dr. Andreas B. Imhoff)
- 2017 – 2018 Chief Senior Physician, Department of Sports Orthopaedics, Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich (Prof. Dr. Andreas B. Imhoff)
- 2018 – Head of Shoulder Surgery, ATOS Orthopark Clinic, Cologne & Research Associate (part time) Department of Sports Orthopaedics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München
