Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at University Hospital Heidelberg

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University Hospital Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Volker Ewerbeck

Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at University Hospital Heidelberg provides surgical care for patients with musculoskeletal diseases and injuries. The department offers service at Campus Neuenhiemer Feld and Heidelberg-Schlierbach in the form of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology and the Center for Orthopedics, Traumatology, and Paraplegiology, respectively. Both facilities offer their service in both an inpatient and outpatient basis for more than 6,500 patients every year. Working in cooperation with the Department of Anesthesiology and Surgical Clinic helps widen the spectrum of the musculoskeletal diseases treated by the department.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Volker Ewerbeck, the department is recognized as one of the best facilities in Germany in the field of endoprosthetic joint replacement, according to FOCUS Magazine. As a part of the German Research Foundation, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and the European Union, the research unit is working towards improving the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.

The Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at University Hospital Heidelberg is specialized in joint replacement surgeries and the diagnosis and treatment of:

Carpal tunnel syndrome
Bone fractures
Trigger fingers
Perthes disease
Hip dysplasia
Axial deformations
Gait abnormalities
Hollow foot
Clubfoot
Heel foot
Hallux valgus
Joint pain
Shoulder arthrosis
Frozen shoulder
Rotator cuff tear
Achilles tendon rupture
Patellar injuries
Pseudarthrosis
Flatfoot

Education and Professional Career

1968 - 1975 Study of Medicine at the Free University of Berlin, the University of Innsbruck, the University of Vienna.
February 1975 State examination at the Free University of Berlin.
February 1982 Medical Specialist in Surgery.
1984 Assistant Physician, Department of Adult and Pediatric Orthopedics, Traumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg (Head: Prof. Dr. med. H. Cotta).
1987 Appointed as a Senior Physician and Head of the Section of Orthopedic Oncology and Septic Surgery.
1988 Orthopedic Surgeon.
13.07.1993 Venia legendi, Orthopedics, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg.
1995 Invitation to the position of C4 Professor, Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
1996 Appointed as a C4 Professor, Orthopedics, University of Heidelberg.
04.01.1996 Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Orthopedics, Traumatology at the University Hospital Heidelberg.

Membership in Professional Societies

Member of the German Society of Surgery.
Member of the European Hip Society.
Member of the European Musculoskeletal Oncology Society (EMSOS).
Member of the International Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT).
Member of the European Society of Orthopedic Research (EORS).
Member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS).
Member of the German Academy of Natural Sciences Leopoldina.
Member of the German Section of the International Working Group on Osteosynthesis (AO).
Honorary Member of the Austrian Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery.
Honorary Member of the Hungarian Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery.
1st Chairman of the Association of Leading Orthopedic Surgeons (VLO).
2004 President of the German Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery.
President of the Working Group on Endoprosthetics.
1st Chairman of the Association of Leading Orthopedic Surgeons (VLO).
2004 President of the German Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery.
Consultative Council of Surgeons, Cooperative Osteosarcoma Research (COSS).
2008 President of the German Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.