- Specialist physician in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
- Special orthopaedic surgery
- Rheumatology
At the centre of orthopaedic and sports trauma surgery surgery is the surgical treatment of the hip, knee and ankle as well as tendon and muscle injuries. All sports-orthopaedic and sports trauma surgery issues, such as the assessment of fitness for sports, especially after injuries of the entire musculoskeletal system or after a joint replacement, are supervised by Prof. Schmitt.
In general, all sports-orthopaedic problems, including children and adolescents are treated in the practice. Naturally, the majority of patients come from the field of competitive and recreational sports.
Range of services
Surgical service spectrum:
- Hip joint: Hip joint arthroscopy (no joint replacement)
- Knee joint: All procedures including endoprosthetics (i.e. meniscal and cartilage surgery (all common procedures), cruciate ligament replacement (anterior and posterior), patellar problems, varus and valgus deformities, i.e. remodelling osteotomies, partial replacement (carriage prosthesis medial and lateral) and total replacement of the knee joint)
- Ankle joint: arthroscopic treatment of cartilage and ligament injuries, arthritis treatment (without joint replacement) tendon and muscle injuries (quadriceps tendon, patellar tendon, Achilles tendon, muscle tears)
Conservative service spectrum:
- All sports-orthopaedic and sport-traumatological issues, i.e. assessment of fitness for sports in principle, then especially after injuries of the entire musculoskeletal system
- Sports orthopaedic problems in children and adolescents
- Sports orthopaedic problems and questions about joint replacement
- Consulting for high-performance athletes and competitive and recreational athletes
Education
- Study of physics and chemistry at the University of the Saarland (10/83 – 04/84)
- Human Medicine at the University of the Saarland (05/84 – 03/85)
- Human Medicine at the Albert Ludwig University Freiburg (04/85 – 06/90)
Clinical career
- 07/90 – 12/91: Physician internship, Surgical Clinic of the St. Vincentius-Krankenhaus Karlsruhe (general, thorax, accident and hand surgery)
- 02/01/92: Licensed as a doctor
- 02/92 – 11/93: Resident in Surgery, Surgical Department of the St. Josefs Hospital Freiburg i. Br.
- 12/93 – 02/2001: Resident at Orthopaedic University Hospital Heidelberg
- 05/02/97: Additional qualification in sports medicine
- 1997 – 2010: Senior Orthopaedist at the Olympic training centre Rhein-Neckar
- 1997 – 2010: Head of Sports Orthopaedics at the Orthopaedic University Hospital Heidelberg
- 02/07/97: Additional qualification in chiropractics
- 13/05/98: Specialist in orthopaedics
- 05/05/99: Further training authorisation for additional qualification in sports medicine
- 2001 – 2010: Senior Physician Orthopaedic University Hospital Heidelberg
- 07 – 09/2001: Visiting research fellowship of the AGA (German-speaking Association of Arthroscopy) at the University of Pittsburgh (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery – Director: Freddie H. Fu, M.D., D.Sc. (Hon.), D. Ps. (Hon.)
- Since 06/2004: Board Member GOTS
- 09/2004: GOTS fellow Korea and Japan
- 03/2005: Venia legendi for the field of orthopaedics
- 2005 – 2010: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of DGSP (German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention)
- 2006 – 2008: Vice President of the GOTS (Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery in Sports)
- 01/2007: Specialist physician in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
- 01/2007: Additional qualification in special orthopaedic surgery
- 02/2007: Additional qualification in rheumatology
- Since 05/2007: Member of the working group Medicine and Analytics of NADA
- 2007 – 2010: Senior Physician Orthopaedic University Hospital Heidelberg
- 2007 – 2012: Medical sports consultant of the German national women’s volleyball team
- Since 01/2008: Editor for orthopaedics for the German Journal of Sports Medicine
- 01/04/2008: Appointment as adjunct professor at the University of Heidelberg
- 2008 – 2012: President of GOTS
- 2010 – 2017: Member of the hip committee of the AGA
- Since 2011: Member of the Wissenschaftskollegium of the DGSP
- Since 01/10/2010: Senior Physician at the German Joint Centre Heidelberg, ATOS Clinic Heidelberg
- 2012 – 2016: Former President of GOTS
- Since august 2017: President of the Sports Doctors Association Baden North
- Since November 2017: President of the Sports Doctors Association Baden
