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Physician profile
Dr. med. Michael Kamminga
Specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery · Special trauma surgery
Senior Consultant at Procelsio Clinic Essen
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Profile summary and areas of expertise
Michael Kamminga is a specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery with a focus on special trauma surgery. Michael Kamminga has worked at Procelsio Clinic in Essen since 2009; the clinic lists him as Senior Consultant. In 1997, Michael Kamminga was named an instructor of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arthroskopie (AGA), which qualifies him to train surgeons in arthroscopic joint surgery.
- Orthopaedics and trauma surgery
- Special trauma surgery
- Arthroscopic joint surgery
Clinical work and institutions
Procelsio Clinic Essen (opens the institution's website)
- currentSenior Consultant
- from 2009Joint management of the clinic with a colleague
Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Oberhausen
- 2004–2005Acting head of the Department of Trauma Surgery and Sports Traumatology
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Gelsenkirchen (MedVici profile of the institution)
- from 1994Surgery, focus on minimally invasive procedures
Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto (opens the institution's website)
- from 1989AO Fellow, trauma surgery and reconstructive joint surgery
Qualifications and training
- 2006Specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery, Special trauma surgery
- 1999Doctorate (Dr. med.), University of Münster
- 1999Specialist in trauma surgery
- 1997Instructor of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arthroskopie (AGA)
- 1991Specialist in surgery
- 1977–1984Studies in human medicine, University of Essen
Publications, talks and media
Documented contributions directly related to Dr. med. Michael Kamminga, grouped by type and listed newest first within each type. Every title links to the original source.
Specialist publications according to the author affiliation – no statement about treatment success or the quality of the institution. MedVici Health currently does not show cancer-related publications.
Doctoral thesis (1)
- Die laparoskopische Appendektomie mit konventioneller Stumpfversenkung: spezifische Probleme der endoskopischen Appendektomie, Vorstellung eines neuen Operationsverfahrens und Evaluation der postoperativen Morbidität und der ökonomischen Faktoren (original source, opens in a new window)
Dissertation, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
Scientific publications (4)
- 7-T clinical MRI of the shoulder in patients with suspected lesions of the rotator cuff (original source, opens in a new window)
European Radiology Experimental (PubMed 32030499)
- 3 Tesla high-resolution and delayed gadolinium enhanced MR imaging of cartilage (dGEMRIC) after autologous chondrocyte transplantation in the hip (original source, opens in a new window)
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PubMed 25522716)
- Is early treatment of cam-type femoroacetabular impingement the key to avoiding associated full thickness isolated chondral defects? (original source, opens in a new window)
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (PubMed 25280948)
- Arthroscopic three-dimensional autologous chondrocyte transplantation using spheroids for the treatment of full-thickness cartilage defects of the hip joint (original source, opens in a new window)
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (PubMed 25223968)
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Disclosure: Procelsio Clinic Essen is listed on MedVici Health with a reference profile. Jost Thissen, co-founder of MedVici Health, also works at the clinic; its managing director, Jürgen Schlebrowski, is a member of the MedVici Health Board of Advisors.
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Professional details based on publicly available information from the institution and bibliographic records, as of 17.10.2026.