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    Dr. med. Armin Hofmaier

    Specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery · Additional qualification in sports medicine

    Senior consultant, Schön Klinik Düsseldorf · OrthoPro practice, Düsseldorf

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    Profile summary and areas of expertise

    Armin Hofmaier is a specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery with an additional qualification in sports medicine. Since December 2024, Armin Hofmaier has been senior consultant at the Centre for Shoulder, Elbow and Sports Orthopaedics of Schön Klinik Düsseldorf and, since 2025, has also worked at the OrthoPro practice in Düsseldorf. Armin Hofmaier's focus is shoulder surgery, including rotator cuff procedures, stabilisation operations and shoulder replacement; from 2020 to 2023, he headed shoulder surgery at St. Katharinen-Hospital Frechen as consultant and head of section.

    • Shoulder surgery
    • Shoulder replacement
    • Sports orthopaedics

    Clinical work and institutions

    1. OrthoPro GbR, Düsseldorf (opens the institution's website)

      • since 2025Specialist, employed (private practice)

    2. Schön Klinik Düsseldorf (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Fachzentrum für Schulter, Ellenbogen und Sportorthopädie

      • since 2024Senior consultant

    3. Helios St. Anna Hospital Duisburg (MedVici profile of the institution)

      • 2024Head of section, shoulder surgery, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery

    4. ATOS Viktoriaklinik Bochum

      • 2023–2024Head of shoulder surgery

    5. St. Katharinen-Hospital Frechen (MedVici profile of the institution)

      • 2020–2023Consultant and head of section, shoulder surgery, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine

    6. Katholische Kliniken Ruhrhalbinsel (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Essen-Kupferdreh

      • 2016–2020Senior consultant, Department of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Sports Medicine

    7. Krankenhaus St. Josef Wuppertal (MedVici profile of the institution)

      • 2011–2015Senior consultant, Department of Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Traumatology

    8. Marienhospital Gelsenkirchen (MedVici profile of the institution)

      • 2010–2011Consultant, orthopaedics and trauma surgery

    9. Sportklinik Hellersen, Lüdenscheid (MedVici profile of the institution)

      • 2008–2009Specialist

    10. St.-Josefs-Hospital Hagen (MedVici profile of the institution)

      • 2008–2009Specialist

    11. Sportklinik Hellersen, Lüdenscheid (MedVici profile of the institution)

      • Resident

    12. Krankenhaus St. Josef Wuppertal (MedVici profile of the institution)

      • Resident

    13. St. Elisabeth-Hospital Herten (MedVici profile of the institution)

      • Resident, orthopaedics

    14. Petrus-Krankenhaus Wuppertal (MedVici profile of the institution)

      • Resident, trauma surgery

    Qualifications and training

    • Additional qualification in sports medicine
    • Additional qualification in X-ray diagnostics – specialty-specific (skeleton)
    • 2011
      Specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
    • 2011
      Instructor for arthroscopic and open surgical techniques
    • 2008
      Specialist in orthopaedics
    • 2005
      Doctorate (Dr. med.), University of Münster
    • 2001–2008
      Specialist training in orthopaedics and trauma surgery, Wuppertal, Herten and Lüdenscheid
    • 1994–2001
      Studies in human medicine, Philipps University Marburg and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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    Disclosure: The OrthoPro practice in Düsseldorf is a partner of MedVici Health. One of its managing partners, Thilo Patzer, a member of the MedVici Health Board of Advisors, also heads the specialist centre at Schön Klinik Düsseldorf where Armin Hofmaier is senior consultant.

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    Professional details based on publicly available information from the institution and bibliographic records, as of 18.10.2026.