Orthopedics: Orthopedics. Treatment in Germany

• 1988 - 1994 State examination in medicine.
• 1994 - 1995 Assistant Doctor, Surgery, Academic Hospital of Medical University, Sofia.
• 1995 - 1996 Assistant Physician, Radiology, Dr. Schlötzer, Dessau.
• 1996 - 2001 Assistant Physician, Surgery, Academic Hospital of Medical University, Sofia.
• 2002 - 2002 Specialist, Surgery, Anhaltisches Diakonissenkrankenhaus Clinic, Dessau.
• 2003 - 2004 Specialist, General and Abdominal Surgery, Ruppiner Hospital GmbH, Neuruppin.
• 2004 - 2005 Senior physician of the Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Ruppiner Hospital GmbH, Neuruppin.
• 2005 - 2008 Deputy Chief Physician, Department of General and Abdominal Surgery,  Ruppiner Hospital GmbH, Neuruppin.
• 2008 - 2014 Head of the Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Center for Abdominal Surgery, Hirslanden.
• Since 2014 - until today, Chief Physician of the Department of Surgery, Sachsenhausen Hospital.

Teaching career

• From 2013 - and to this day invited lecturer of St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, minimally invasive, oncological and bariatric surgery.
• From 2013 - and to the present day Consultant, SMT clinic, St. Petersburg, minimally invasive, oncological and bariatric surgery.
• Since 2014 - and to the present day. Conducting lectures for medical students at the Frankfurt University of Goethe.

Qualifications

• Specialist in Surgery.
• Specialist in the field of abdominal surgery.

Membership in professional societies

• German Society of Surgery.
• German Society of General and Abdominal Surgery.
• American College of Surgeons.
• Professional Association of German Surgeons.
• German working group on minimally invasive surgery.
• German Working Group for the Treatment of Obesity.
• International Federation of Bariatric Surgery.
• Swiss research group on morbid obesity.

Zusatzbezeichnungen

• Spezielle Orthopädische Chirurgie
• Physikalische Medizin und Balneologie
• Chirotherapie
• Sportmedizin
• Notfallmedizin

Mitgliedschaften

• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Endoprothetik (AE)
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arthroskopie (AGA)
• Arbeitsgemeinschaften Knochentumore
• Dt. Gesellschaft für Biomechanik
• Deutsche Kniegesellschaft
• DGOOC
• DGOU
• DVSE
• GOTS

Auszeichnungen

• 06/2010    Perthes Preis Deutsche Gesellschaft Schulter- und Ellenbogenchirurgie (DVSE)
• 11/2005    Posterpreis Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie (DGOOC)
• 07/2004    Posterpreis Deutsch-Österreichisch-Schweizer Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin (GOTS)
• 11/2003    Posterpreis Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie (DGOOC)
• 09/2003    Perthes Preis Deutsche Gesellschaft Schulter- und Ellenbogenchirurgie (DVSE)
• 06/2003    Posterpreis Deutsch-Österreichisch-Schweizer Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin (GOTS)
• 07/2002    Posterpreis Deutsch-Österreichisch-Schweizer Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin (GOTS)

Education:

• 1971 – 1983 School, abitur        
• 1985 -  1991 Study of Human Medizin Charité, Humboldt-University Berlin
• June 1991 Approbation
• June 1994 M.D. (Dr. med.) Department of Orthopaedics Charité, University Hospital Berlin (Prof. H. Zippel)
• Oct. 2000 Ph.D. (Priv.-Doz. Dr. med.) Department of Orthopaedics Charité, University-Hopital, Berlin (Prof. H. Zippel)
• Sept. 2005 Professorship of Orthopaedics

Scientific development:

• 1991 – 1996 Specialist training at the Orthopaedics Clinic Charité, University Hospital, Berlin; (Head: Prof. Dr. med. H. Zippel)
• Oct. 1996 Orthopaedics Specialist Exam
• Dec. 1996 Appointment as Consultant Orthopaedic ClinicCharité, University Hospital, Berlin 
• Dec. 1996 – Sept. 2003 Consultant Orthopaedic Clinic; Head of Endoprosthetics Department; Charité, University Hospital, Berlin 
• since 1999 Organizer for national and international operative technique courses for hip and knee endoprosthetic surgery (triannually)
• since Oct. 2003 Deputy Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery and Chairman of the Orthopaedic Department in the 
• Center for Muskuloskeletal Surgery; Charité, University Hospital, Berlin 
• 2013 Presitential guest speaker of the American Hip Society during the AAOS

Member of the:

• DGOOC (German Society for Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery)
• DGU (German Society for Trauma Surgery)
• NOV (Northern Germany Orthopaedics Association)
• AAOS (American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons) 
• Member of the International Hip Society

• 1978 - 1984 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Faculty of Medicine.
• 1978 - 1980 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Faculty of Philosophy.
• 1984 Approbation.
• 1985 Tannenwald Bad Schwalbach Clinic, Department of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Chief Physician: Dr. H. Stegemann).
• 1985 - 1986 Department of Psychiatry at the Waldkrankenhaus Köppern Clinic (Head: Prof. Dr. E. M. Biniek).
• 1986 - 1988 Trauma Clinic BG, Frankfurt, Department of Trauma Surgery (Chief Physician: Prof. Dr. H. Contzen) and Department of Neurosurgery (Chief Physician:  Prof. Dr. G. Meinig).
• 1988 - 1991 Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Giessen (Head: Prof. Dr. K. Roosen).
• 1991 Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Mainz (Head: Prof, Dr. J. Heine).
• 1993 Chief Physician.  
• 1997 Leading Senior Physician and Deputy Head of the Clinic.
• Since 01.01.2002 Head of the Department and Polyclinic of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Cologne.

Research activities

• 1984 Thesis defense, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Medicine. Subject: "Requirements and real results of inpatient group psychotherapy. A compromise illustrated by the model of the Department of Psychiatry at the Hospital Düsseldorf. Grade: "magna cum laude".
• 1992 - 1993 Scientific internship at the University of Paris, ENSAM - Biomechanics Laboratory (Head: Prof. Dr. F. Lavaste).
• 1995 Thesis defense, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Medicine. Subject:  "Stability of the ventral implanted trunk of the spine – biomechanical, anatomo-morphological and clinical research".

Awards  

• 1995 DEGUM-ABSTRACT AWARD, jointly with K.. Küllmer and J.D. Rompe, work: "The first experience of intraoperative sonography in intervertebral disc hernias."
• 2000 Award of the Federal Working Group on Rheumatology and the Cooperative Rheumatology Center Rhineland-Palatinate, jointly with A. Eckardt und S. Fürderer, work: "Cervical or otsipito-cervical synthesis in rheumatic atlantoaxial instability."  

Membership

• German Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology.
• International Surgical Society for Orthopedics and Traumatology (Societé Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT)).
• European Spine Society.
• Society for Spine Surgery.
• Federal Working Group on Rheumatology and Cooperative Rheumatology Center Rhineland-Palatinate.  

Beruflicher Werdegang

• 1978-1987 Stadtgymnasium Dortmund
• 1987-1988 Nachschubkompanie in Stade und Lüneburg
• 1988-1995 Studium der Medizin an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster
• 1995  Dissertation: "Die diabetische Osteoarthropathie des Fußes" 
• 1995-1996 Facharztausbildung Unfallchirurgie, Nordseeklinik Westerland/Sylt
• 1996-2000 Facharztausbildung in der Klinik für Allg. Orthopädie, Universitätsklinikum Münster
• 2000  Oberarzt an der Klinik für Allgemeine Orthopädie, Universitätsklinik Münster
• 2002 Sektionsleiter Tumororthopädie und Extremitätenrekonstruktion
• 2003 Habilitation "Die Tumorendoprothetik - neue Entwicklungen der Rekonstruktion"
• 2005 Geschäftsführender Oberarzt (DRG-Beauftragter, Personaloberarzt)
• 2006 Leitender Oberarzt, stellvertr. Klinikdirektor
• 2008 Ruf auf die W3-Professur (Nachfolge Prof. Dr. med. Eulert), Universitätsklinik Würzburg
• 01/09/2008 Berufung zum ordentlichen Universitätsprofessor und Klinikdirektor der Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeine Orthopädie und Tumororthopädie

Facharztbezeichnungen

• Facharzt für Orthopädie
• Facharzt für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie
• Facharzt für spezielle orthopädische Chirurgie
• Zusatzbezeichnung Sportmedizin
• Zusatzbezeichnung physikalische Therapie
• gesamte Skelettradiologie

Mitgliedschaften/Funktionen

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und orthopädische Chirurgie (DGOOC)
• Vize-Präsident der European Muskuloskeletal Oncology Society (EMSOS)
• Vorstandsmitglied der International Society of Limb Salvage (ISOLS)
• Deutscher Hochschulverband
• Transparency International Deutschland e.V.

Weitere Tätigkeiten/Qualifikationen/ Preise

• Ausbilder Sonographie des Bewegungsapparates und Säuglingshüfte (ÄKWL)
• AO-Zertifikate (Prinzipien-Kurs, Fortgeschrittenen-Kurs)
• MRT-Zertifikate (Grundkurs, Extremitäten, WS)
• Fachkunde im Strahlenschutz (Röntgendiagnostik d. ges. Skeletts), Strahlenschutzbeauftragter
• Rizzoli-Tumorkurse (Prof. Enneking, Prof. Campanacci)

• 1985 - 1991 The study of medicine at the Berlin University. Humboldt, Charite.
• 1991 Department of Traumatology, Oskar-Ziethen Krankenhaus Clinic, Lichtenberg.
• 1992 - 1997 Department of Orthopedics, Charité University Hospital, Berlin.
• 2005 Assignment of additional specialization in the field of sports medicine.
• 2006 Assignment of the title of specialist in orthopedics and traumatology.
• 1998 - 2004 Senior physician at the Department of Orthopedics at the Charité Hospital, Subdivision of Shoulder and Knee Surgery and Sports Orthopedics.
• 2004 - 2005 Chief physician of the Center for Orthopedics and Traumatology, City Clinic of Brandenburg-on-Hafele.
• 2005 - 2016 Chief Physician of the Orthopedics Department at the Asklepios Birkenwerder Hospital.
• Since 2017, the head physician of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, head of the Department of Surgery for the Restoration of Mobility, the Vivantes Humboldt Hospital.
• Leading physician-orthopedist of the Olympic base of Berlin.
• Certified doctor of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB).
• Doctor-consultant of the national track and field team.
• Doctor Cycling Team KED-STEVENS Berlin.

Graduate medical education 

• 1977-1983: the University of Cologne 

Professional activity 

• 1984-1989: assistant doctor of the 2nd surgical department of the University of Cologne (prof. Dr. H. Troidl) 
• 1989-1990: internship abroad in Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (Prof. Dr. K.A. Kelly) 
• 1990-1994: assistant doctor of the 2nd surgical department of the University of Cologne (prof. Dr. H. Troidl, Prof. Dr. T. Tilling) 
• 1995-1999: Senior Physician of the 2nd surgical department of the University of Cologne (prof. Dr. H. Troidl) 
• since 1999: head physician of the Department of General, Visceral, Vascular Surgery and Traumatology 
• since 2006: deputy director of the medical unit 

Defense of a doctoral thesis 

• 1984: Institute for Normal and Pathological Physiology, University of Cologne, Department of Applied Physiology (Prof. Dr. H.J. Hirche) 

Obtaining a post of assistant professorship / a post of professor 

• 1996: obtaining a post of assistant professorship in the specialty "Surgery" at the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne 
• 2001: appointed as freelance professor at the University of Cologne 

Qualifications 

• 1992: Surgeon 
• 1994: subfield: Traumatology 
• 1997: basic specialty: Visceral Surgery 
• 1999: Traumatologist (Trauma Surgeon), specializing in accidents on the way to work 
• 2004: upgrading in minimally invasive surgery (Camic, DGVC) 
• 2007: Special Traumatology 
• 2012: Special Visceral Surgery 

Rights to raise qualification /further training 

• Basic training in surgery (general trunk), 24 months 
• Visceral surgery, 48 months 
• Special visceral surgery, 30 months 

Membership in specialized societies 

• German Society of Surgery 
• German Society for General and Visceral Surgery 
• The Lower Rhine-Westphalia Association of Surgeons 
• Cologne Surgical Association 
• German Hernia Treatment Society 
• Professional Union of Surgeons 
• Convent of Leading Hospital Surgeons 
• European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (E.A.E.S.) 
• International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) 
• Mayo Clinic Alumni Association 
• Member of the Working Group on Quality Assurance in Surgery / Orthopedics in North Rhine-Westphalia 
• Invited surgeon 

At various times worked as invited surgeon in:

• Milan/Italy 
• Birmingham/England 
• Mayo Clinic/USA 
• San Antonio/USA 
• Maastricht/The Netherlands 
• Basingstoke/England/France 
• San Francisco/USA 
• Verona/Italy 
• Horgen /Switzerland 
• Strasbourg/France 

Range of interests and main specialization 

• Endoscopic, minimally invasive surgery techniques 
• Colorectal surgery 
• Inflammatory bowel diseases 
• Quality of life of patients undergoing gastroenterological surgery 
• Obesity surgery 
• Traumatology

• 1979 - 1980 Assistant Physician, Department of Anesthesia, St. Vincenz Clinic Limburg.
• 1980 - 1981 Captain of the military medical service. 
• 1981 - 1983 Assistant Physician, Traumatology, St. Vincenz Clinic Limburg.
• 1983 - 1984 Assistant Physician, the Department of General Traumatology, St. Vincenz Clinic Limburg.
• 1984 - 1987 Assistant Physician, Orthopedic Clinic Braunfels.
• 1987 Licensed Orthopedist. 
• 1987 - 1989 Senior Physician, Department of Orthopedics, Braunfels.
• 1989 - 2002 Leading Senior Physician in the Department of Orthopedics, Braunfels.
• Since 2002 Chief Physician of the Department of Orthopedics, Braunfels.

Membership in societies

• German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma (DGOU).
• Union of South German Orthopedists and Traumatologists.