Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital
Munich, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Volkmar Jansson
Department of Orthopedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Department of Orthopedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital provides care for patients with musculoskeletal diseases. Physiotherapeutic and rehabilitation management plans for musculoskeletal diseases are custom made for each patient. More than 600 patients receive rehabilitation with state-of-the-art equipment at the rehabilitation unit of the department every year.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Volkmar Jansson, the department treats more than 2,200 inpatients every year. The department due to its highly qualified doctors and medical staff that has been certified as the Maximum Care Center for Endoprosthesis by the German Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery.
Department of Orthopedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital is specialized in:
Diagnosis and treatment of:
o Artificial joint infections
o Ligament injuries
o Cartilage lesions
o Rotator cuff tear
o Frozen shoulder
o Shoulder dislocation
o Inflammation of joints (shoulder, hip, knee, and elbow)
o Perthes disease
o Bone tumors
o Musculoskeletal tumors
o Congenital clubfoot
o Congenital deformities
o Rheumatic diseases of the hand
o Carpal tunnel syndrome
o Tendon inflammation
o Spinal stenosis
o Axial pain
o Diagnosis and treatment of flat feet
o Malformations of ankle joint
o Osteoporosis
Surgeries such as:
o Knee replacement
o Hip replacement
o Ankle replacement
- 1979 - 1985 Study of Medicine at the Hannover Medical School.
- 1986 Doctoral Degree, Laboratory of Experimental Nephrology (Prof. K.M. Koch and Prof. H. Stolte), Hannover Medical School. Subject: "On the influence of small molecular weight substances on the filtration in the glomerulus and in artificial membrane systems – a simulation model".
- 1986 Assistant (Internal Medicine) at the Hannover Medical School (Prof. K.M. Koch).
- 1986 - 1987 Assistant (Surgery) at the Henrietten Foundation Hospital Hannover (Prof. C. Käufer).
- 1987 - 1993 Assistant Physician in the Department of Orthopedics, Campus Grosshadern of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 1994 Habilitation, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Department of Orthopedics, Campus Grosshadern, Munich (Prof. H.J. Refior). Subject: "The cement canal prosthesis – development and optimization of a new type of hip endoprosthesis shaft for implantation in secondary cementing technique".
- 1993 - 2001 Senior Physician of the Department of Orthopedics, Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Prof. H.J. Refior).
- 2000 Appointed as a Visiting Professor.
- 2001 – 2003 Full Professor of the Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Rostock.
- Since 2003, Full Professor of the Department of Orthopedics, Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- Since 2013, Full Professor of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Orthopedics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Campus Grosshadern.
- Since 2015, Speaker of the Joint Convention of the Chairs of Orthopedics and Traumatology.
- Since 2015, Scientific Director of the German Endoprosthesis Register (EPRD).
Memberships
- Board Member of the German Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery (DGOOC).
- European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS).
- Section for Fundamental Research of the DGOOC.
- Working Group on Endoprosthetics.
Awards
- Award for Best Scientific Paper on the Forum for Biomechanics of the German Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery (DGOT).
- Poster Award: "New resorbable bioimplants (cartilage patch) for cartilage defect repair", European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS).
- Laureate of the Innovation Competition of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (with Dr. E. P. Müller).
- Poster Award, German Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery.
Department of Orthopedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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