Prof. MD. Wilhelm Klein
Medical Specialist for Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine/ Rheumatology
CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. MD. Wilhelm Klein
25 .07.1939
Born in Düsseldorf
Medical education at the Albert-Ludwig-University, Freiburg im Breisgau, the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn, the Leopold-Franzen University in Insbruck and the Philipps-University in Marburg an der Lahn
1967
MD and PhD at the Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf
Medical assistant in the department of Gynaecology of the Evangelischen Krankenhaus in Düsseldorf, the first medical clinic of the Heirich-Heine-University Düsseldorf and in the department for surgery and internal medicine of the Theresienhospitals in Düsseldorf.
1969 till 1971
Research assistant in the pathological institute of the Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf
1971
Doctor in the Army
Further education towards Orthopeadic Surgeon specialisation, Surgical Clinic of the Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf
1972
Research assistant in the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf
1974—1975
Guest assistant in the Orthopaedic and Rheumatology department of the University of Pensylvania (Philadelphia) with Prof. Joe Lee Hollander and Prof. Ralph Schumacher
1975
Board certified Orthopeadic Surgoen
1976
Professorial of thesis: “Punction diagnostics of joints“ (Book)
1976
Venia Legendi
1980
APL Profesor
1982
Board certified Rheumatologist
1983
Further education in Rheumatology
1987-2001
Head doctor at the department for Rheumatology and Arthroscopic Surgery of the Orthopeadic Clinic Düsseldorf, Kaiserswerth
2001
Established in the Königsallee Clinic, Center for Molecular Orthopaedics, Düsseldorf
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
1983
Member of the Rheumatology Examination board
German Society for Rheumatology (DGRH)
International Society of the Knee (ISK)
International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)
International Arthroscopy Association (IAA)
European Society of Sports Tramatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
German Arthroscopic society (AGA)
Since 1985
Editorial Board Member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America
1985-2000
Editorial Board Member of the International Arthroscopy Association (IAA)
AREA OF SPECIALISATION
Arthroscopy of the joint (Knee, shoulder, ankle and elbow joint). Arthroscopic computer documentation, arthroscopic synovectomy, reabsorbable skrews, new arthroscopic operation techniques on the shoulder joint and the subacromial space.
BOOKS
Punction diagnostic of joints, Schattauerverlag (1981)
Arthroscopy and Histology, Enke Verlag Stuttgart (1985)
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