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    Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Pförringer

    Specialist in orthopaedics and orthopaedic surgery · additional qualification in sports medicine

    Private orthopaedic practice in Munich · adjunct professor of orthopaedic surgery, LMU Munich

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    Profile summary and areas of expertise

    Wolfgang Pförringer is a specialist in orthopaedics and orthopaedic surgery with an additional qualification in sports medicine and has run a private orthopaedic practice in Munich since 1998. He has been an adjunct professor (außerplanmäßiger Professor) of orthopaedic surgery at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München since 1987; in 1997 he was medical director of the Orthopädische Klinik München-Harlaching. He is a founding member of the Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin (GOTS), where he served as treasurer and general secretary from 1986 to 1994, and an honorary member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie (DGOOC). As editor and author he has published textbooks on orthopaedics and sports traumatology, including “Sporttraumatologie” (1981) and “Die Patella aus orthopädischer und sportmedizinischer Sicht” (2005). The responsible medical association is the Bayerische Landesärztekammer.

    • Non-surgical orthopaedics
    • Sports medicine and sports traumatology
    • Osteoarthritis and spinal complaints

    Clinical work and institutions

    1. Orthopädische Praxis Pförringer, München (opens the institution's website)

      • since 1998Specialist in orthopaedics and orthopaedic surgery, private practice

    2. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (opens the institution's website)

      Medizinische Fakultät

      • since 1987Adjunct professor (außerplanmäßiger Professor) of orthopaedic surgery

    3. Orthopädische Klinik München-Harlaching

      • from 1997Medical director

    4. Staatliche Orthopädische Klinik München-Harlaching

      • from 1975Position

    5. Krankenhaus Davos (Schweiz)

      Chirurgische Abteilung

      • from 1974Position

    6. Groote Schuur Hospital, Kapstadt (Südafrika)

      Orthopaedic Department

      • from 1973Position

    7. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA) (opens the institution's website)

      Department of Radiology

      • from 1972Position

    8. Universitätskliniken München

      • from 1972Pre-registration house officer in surgery, internal medicine and orthopaedics

    9. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DGOU) (opens the institution's website)

      • from 2008Treasurer

    10. EFORT – European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (opens the institution's website)

      • 1994–2013National delegate

    11. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie (DGOOC) (opens the institution's website)

      • 1989–2010Treasurer

    12. Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin (GOTS) (opens the institution's website)

      • 1990–1994General secretary
      • 1986–1990Treasurer

    Qualifications and training

    • 1981
      Habilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    • 1978
      Recognition as specialist in orthopaedics
    • 1978
      Additional qualification in sports medicine

    Memberships

    Publications, talks and media

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    Scientific publications (5)

    1. Die Patella aus orthopädischer und sportmedizinischer Sicht (original source, opens in a new window)

      Buch (Hrsg. mit O. Gorschewsky), Schattauer, Stuttgart (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)

    2. Die Epiphysenfugen (original source, opens in a new window)

      Buch (Hrsg. mit B. Rosemeyer), perimed, Erlangen (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)

    3. Sport – Trauma und Belastung (original source, opens in a new window)

      Buch (Hrsg.), perimed, Erlangen (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)

    4. Hämarthros und Kreuzbänder: biomechanische und morphologische Untersuchungen (original source, opens in a new window)

      Buch, Thieme, Stuttgart; zugleich Habilitationsschrift, Universität München 1980 (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)

    Awards (1)

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