Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Reconstruction of Malformations and Foot Surgery at University Hospital Muenster

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University Hospital Muenster

Münster, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Robert Rödl

Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Reconstruction of Malformations and Foot Surgery

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Reconstruction of Malformations and Foot Surgery at University Hospital Muenster provides the medical care needed by children and adolescents with hip, feet, hand and lower limb deformities. The department is the leading center for pediatric orthopedics in the North Rhine-Westphalia region. The department works in close cooperation with the Departments of Pediatric Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Pediatric Cardiology, Human Genetics, and Pediatric Surgery to ensure optimal care for patients. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Robert Rödl, the department treats more than 5,000 outpatients and performs about 2,000 foot operations and 150 hip operations every year.

Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Reconstruction of Malformations and Foot Surgery at University Hospital Muenster is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Arthritis
•   Osteoarthritis
•   Rheumatoid Arthritis
•   Treatment for Arthritis
•   Bursitis
•   Elbow Pain and Problems
•   Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
•   Tennis Elbow
•   Golfer's or Baseball Elbow
•   Clubfoot
•   Foot Pain and Problems
•   Fractures
•   Hip Fracture
•   Low Back Pain
•   Different lower limbs lengths or curvature
•   Achondroplasia

Education and Professional Experience

1986 - 1991 Study of Medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
1991 - 1992 Practical year in the medical facilities in Munich, Coventry (England), Muenster.
1992 Medical examination at the University of Muenster.
1992 - 1993 Internship in the Department of Surgery at the Academic Hospital Munich Harlaching.
1993 - 1994 Internship in the Department of General Orthopedics at the University Hospital Muenster.
1994 Approbation (medical license).
1994 - 1998 Assistant Physician in the Department of General Orthopedics at the University Hospital Muenster.
1996 Doctoral thesis defense. Subject: "Experimental, electromyographic studies on the function of the healthy and unstable shoulder".
1998 Board certification in General Orthopedics.
1998 - 2008 Senior Physician in the Department of General Orthopedics at the University Hospital Muenster.
2004 Habilitation on the subject: "Limb-preserving tumor surgeries".
2004 Board certification in Special Orthopedic Surgery.
2005 Board certification in Pediatric Orthopedics.
Since 2008 Chief Physician of the Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Reconstruction of Malformations and Foot Surgery at the University Hospital Muenster.

Additional Qualifications and Awards

2006 Konrad Biesalski Prize of the German Society for Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery.
1990 - 1991 Research Assistant at the Institute of Anatomy in Munich.
1998 Limb Deformity Course (Prof. Paley).
1999 Advanced medical training, Department of Pediatric Orthopedics of the Orthopedic Hospital Speising, Vienna, Austria (Prof. F. Grill).
2000 Advanced medical training, Orthopedic Hospital Olga, Stuttgart (Prof. K. Parsch).
2000 Advanced medical training, Orthopedic Children's Hospital, Aschau (Dr. med. J. Correll).
2001 Advanced medical training, Department of Pediatric Orthopedics at the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (Prof. F. Hefti).
2002 Advanced medical training, Department of Pediatric Orthopedics at the Municipal Hospital Dortmund (Prof. B.-D. Katthagen).