
Head of Department: Prof. Dr. med. Wolf Petersen
Certified Specialist in Orthopaedics and Accident Surgery
Specialisms: knee surgery, arthroscopy, endoprosthetics
- Higher Education, Training and Qualifications
- 1989-1995 Medical student at the Christian Albrechts University Kiel
- Career
- 1995-2000
Residency atLubinus Clinic, Kiel, Germany - 2000-2003
Senior orthopaedic surgeon at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital, Kiel, Germany - 17.12.2002
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical Faculty of the Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany - 01.10.2003
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Germany - 1.12.2006
Co-chairman of the Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Germany - 22.11.2007
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Germany - 14.7.2008 Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Martin Luther Hospital, Berlin, Germany
- 1995-2000
- Membership of Professional Associations / Honorary positions
- Associate Editor of the “Arthroscopy Journal”
- Editor of Operative Orthopaedics and Traumatology
- Board member of the German-speaking Arthroscopy Society
- Member of the ESSKA knee committee
- Member of German Society for Sports Traumatology
- Awards
- AGA Medi Award 2009
- ESSKA Best Paper in Biomechanics Award 2008
- Imhäuser Award 2007
- Hannes Schoberth Award 2002
- Selection of Publications
- More than 100 original article in scientific journals
- Petersen W, Loerch S, Schanz S, Raschke M, Zantop T. The role of the posterior oblique ligament in controlling posterior tibial translation in the posterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee. Am J Sports Med. 2008 Mar;36(3):495-501.
- Petersen W, Welp R, Rosenbaum D. Chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a prospective randomized study comparing the therapeutic effect of eccentric training, the AirHeel brace, and a combination of both.Am J Sports Med. 2007 Oct;35(10):1659-67.
- Petersen W, Zantop T.Anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament with regard to its two bundles. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Jan;454:35-47
- Wellmann M, Zantop T, Weimann A, Raschke MJ, Petersen W. Biomechanical evaluation of minimally invasive repairs for complete acromioclavicular joint dislocation.Am J Sports Med. 2007 Jun;35(6):955-61