Helios Hospital Berlin-Zehlendorf
Berlin, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Jan Matussek
Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology
Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology at Helios Hospital Berlin-Zehlendorf is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of infants, children, and adolescents with diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system. The main concern of the facility is the treatment of spinal disorders. The medical team has pediatric orthopedic surgeons and child trauma surgeons to ensure patients get optimal care for both congenital and acquired diseases of the skeletal system. The inpatient station has 34 beds designed to provide care for patients around the clock and help make the hospital stay easier on the children.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr.med. Jan Matussek, the Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology at Helios Hospital Berlin-Zehlendorf is specialized in neuro-orthopedics and the treatment of:
- Clubfeet
- Flat foot
- Tarsal coalition
- Vocus foot
- Juvenile bunion
- Hip dysplasia
- Hip dislocation
- Malposition of the legs (X and O legs)
- Various long legs
- Dislocated kneecap
- Tumors and cysts of the skeletal system
- Spinal misalignments
- 1983-1989 Study of human medicine, Free University Berlin
- 1993-1998 Specialist training in orthopaedics/accident surgery, Oskar-Helene-Heim, Orthopaedic Clinic of the Free University Berlin
- 1998-2000 Senior physician, Oskar-Helene-Heim, Orthopaedic Clinic of the Free University of Berlin
- 2000-2001 Senior Clinical and Research Fellow, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Children ?s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia
- 2001-2004 Senior physician/head of department, Department of Congenital Malformation and Dysmelia, Oskar-Helene-Heim, Orthopaedic Clinic of the Free University Berlin
- 2003-2004 Head of the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Free University of Berlin, Oskar-Helene-Heim
- 2006 Recognition as a specialist in special orthopaedic surgery, recognition of the additional title "paediatric orthopaedics”
- 2004-2018 Senior Physician Paediatric Orthopaedics and Paediatric Spine Surgery, Orthopaedic Clinic of the University Hospital Regensburg (UKR)
- Since 2019 Chief Physician at the Clinic for Paediatric Orthopedics and Paediatric Traumatology, Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring
Focus
- Deformities and injuries of the feet, and associated consequences (including club foot, oblique talus, pes valgus)
- Dysmelia, hemihypertrophy, callus distraction (PRECICE)
- Knee joint injuries and associated consequences, and patellar dislocation
- Recent and older injuries of the locomotor system
- Axial and rotation deformities of the lower extremities
- Suspected dislocation of the hip joint, particularly hip dysplasia, Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease and slipped capital femoral epiphysis
- Scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, kyphosis treatment
Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology
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