Academic position

Professor

Specialisation

Pediatric hip surgery
Deformities
Neuro-orthopaedics
Foot deformities
Limb extension

Academic career

Academic career

• 12/2016 Appointed supernumerary professor, Heidelberg University, Germany
• 04/2014 Appointed lecturer in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Heidelberg University, Germany
• 05/2007 Doctoral dissertation (Dr. med.), Heidelberg University, Germany (magna cum laude)

Clinical

• Since 09/2018 Senior Consultant in Paediatric Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Zurich University Children’s Hospital, Eleonor Foundation, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Chief of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Switzerland
• 11/2017 Additional qualification ‘Advanced Trauma Surgery’
• 04/2017 Head of Paediatric Orthopaedic, Neuro-orthopaedic and Foot Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospitals, Germany
• 08/2015 Head of Paediatric Neuro-orthopaedics and Clinical Motion Analysis, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospitals, Germany
• 01/2015 Additional qualification ‘Paediatric Orthopaedics’
• 07/2013 Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospitals, Germany (Prof. Ewerbeck), Section for Paediatric Orthopaedic and Foot Surgery, consultant responsible for Paediatric Neuro-orthopaedics 2013: Medical head of Motion Analysis, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospitals, Germany
• 06/2013 Specialist in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
• 2010 Specialty trainee on rotation at the BG Hospital (Trauma Centre), Ludwigshafen, Germany (Prof. Grützner)
• 2007 - 2013: Specialty trainee, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospitals, Germany (Prof. Ewerbeck, Prof. Gerner) 

University degree

• 05/2007 State final examinations (Baden-Württemberg), Heidelberg University, Germany

Studies

• 2000-2007 Studied medicine at Heidelberg University, Germany
• 2006-2007 Final year electives: Basel (Paediatric Orthopaedics, Prof. Hefti, Prof. Brunner, Prof. Hasler), Karlsbad-Langensteinbach (Spine Surgery, Prof. Harms)

Postgraduate

• 2010 Specialty trainee on rotation at the BG Accident Hospital, Ludwigshafen, Germany (Prof. Grützner)
• 2007 - 2013: Specialty trainee, Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospitals, Germany (Prof. Ewerbeck, Prof. Gerner)

Member of the Board

• European Society for Motion Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC)
• Cerebral palsy working group, Germany

Fellowships

• July - August 2014 Travelling Fellowship, Pediatric Orthopedics
• Gillette Children’s Hospital (Tom Novacheck, MD), St. Paul, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
• Shriners Hospital for Children (Jon R. Davids, MD), Sacramento, California, USA
• Nemours/Alfred I. du Pont Hospital for Children (Prof. Freeman Miller, MD), Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Memberships

• European Pediatric Orthopedic Society (EPOS)
• Pediatric orthopedic Association (VKO)
• European Society of Movement Analysis for Adults and Children (ESMAC)
• Gait & Clinical Movement Analysis Society (GCMAS)
• German Association for Motion Analysis and Clinical Application (G-A-M-M-A)
• German Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery (DGOOC)
• British Society for Surgery in Cerebral Palsy (BSSCP)
• Botulinum toxin working group
• Cerebral palsy working group

Scientific projects

• Electromagnetic tracking with correction osteotomies in pediatric orthopedics
• Aetiology, pathogenesis and treatment of gait disorders and deformities in children
• Gait disorders in children with neurogenic diseases (cerebral palsy, spina bifida, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease)
• 3D gait and foot analysis using diagnostic tools
• Developmental dysplasia of the hip, congenital conditions affecting the hip
• Equinocavus deformities
• Inflammation in arthritis and deformities

Reviewer and editorial board activities

Editor in Chief

• Gait & Posture (IF: 2.347)

Editorial Board

• Journal of Children’s Orthopedics (IF: 1.092)

Reviewer

• Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (IF: 3.116)
• Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research (IF: 3.897)
• Research and Developmental Disabilities (IF: 1.630)
• BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (IF: 1.739)
• PLoS ONE (IF: 3.531)
• International Journal of Therapies and Rehabilitation Research (IF: 3.906)
• Scientific World Journal (IF: 1.219)
• Der Orthopäde (IF: 0.665)

Publications

• Publications-/citations