University Hospital Essen
Essen, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Marcus Jäger
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at University Hospital Essen provides care for patients with musculoskeletal diseases or injuries requiring surgeries. The department has an Accident Surgical Emergency Room, also known as Shock Room, where multiple patients can be treated and cared for simultaneously. A room with the latest imaging equipment and 2 operating theaters are close-by to ensure the availability of the needed care. The department provides treatment for about 14,000 inpatients and outpatients every year. It is identified as a Trauma Center and certified for complex procedures.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. med. Marcus Jäger, the department offers reconstructive surgeries for defects caused by serious bone infection, accidents or tumor operations. Hand and spine surgeries are also performed in this department as well as joint replacement procedures as the department is a certified Endoprosthesis Center. The most advanced diagnostics and therapeutics are used by skilled, experienced doctors for the restoration of bone and soft tissues affected in traumas.
The department offers treatment for child and adolescent patients as it is certified for Pediatric Orthopedics. Tumors, inflammation and congenital defects are all treated with the help of state-of-the-art equipment. Being in cooperation with Pediatric and Adolescent Departments ensures the best possible management plan for young patients.
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at University Hospital Essen is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Joint stiffness
• Bone fractures
• Osteoarthritis
• Hammer and claw fingers
• Morton’s neuroma
• Flat feet
• Achilles tendon diseases
• Hollow foot (pes cavus)
• Acute injuries
• Hand/foot infections
• Pseudarthrosis
• Extremity length difference
• Axial deviation
• Congenital bone and joint malformations
• Rheumatic diseases of the bone
• Necrosis of bones
• Rotator cuff tear
• Frozen shoulder
• Tendon inflammation
• Joint instability
• Spinal disc hernia
• Chronic pain syndrome
• Spinal stenosis (degenerative disorders)
• Tumors of the bones
• Tennis elbow
Education and Professional Experience
- 1992 Study of Medicine at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, then at the Philipps University of Marburg.
- 04/1998 - 08/1998 Practical year, Orthopedic Surgery at the Cantonal Hospital in St. Gallen under the supervision of Prof. Dr. med.med. A. Gächter (Switzerland).
- 08/1998 - 12/1998 Practical year, Internal Medicine under the supervision of Prof. Dr. med. med. v. Wichert at the University Hospital of the Philipps University of Marburg.
- 12/1998 - 03/1999 Practical year, Surgery under supervision of Prof. Dr. med. med. M. Rothmund at the University Hospital of the Philipps University of Marburg.
- 04.11.1999 Doctoral thesis defense, Department of Experimental Orthopedics and Biomechanics, Philipps University of Marburg.
- 05/1999 - 06/2000 Internship at the Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Klinikum Kassel, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Philipps University of Marburg (Director: Dr. med. M. Raible).
- 06/2000 - 11/2000 Research Fellow at the Department of Orthopedics at the Hospital of the Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf (Director: Prof. Dr. med. R. Krauspe).
- 22.06.2005 Board certification in Orthopedics (Chamber of Physicians North-Rhine).
- 06/2005 - 09/2005 Specialist in Orthopedics in the Department of Orthopedics at the University Hospital Duesseldorf.
- 10/2005 - 05/2007 Senior Physician of the Department of Orthopedics at the University Hospital Duesseldorf.
- 04/2007 - 04/2011 Head of the Department and Acting Medical Director of the Department of Orthopedics at the University Hospital Duesseldorf.
- 13.06.2007 Board certification in Orthopedics and Traumatology (Chamber of Physicians of North-Rhine).
- 20.12.2007 Habilitation and Venia legendi, Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Duesseldorf.
- Since 05/2011 Director of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University Hospital Essen and Head of the Department of Orthopedics at the Kliniken Essen Süd.
- Since 04/2012 Acting Director of the Department of Trauma Surgery at the University Hospital Essen.
Prizes and Awards
- Multiple awards in the field of orthopedic surgery.
- Heine-Award of the German Society for Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery (DGOOC).
- Highly esteemed ASG (Austria Swiss German) Fellowship.
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
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