Dr. Wolfram Wenz

Clinical history

2020
Establishment of EXPERTS FIRST

01 / 03 / 2013
Started work at the joint centre of the ATOS Clinic in Heidelberg

01 / 08 / 2008
Appointed head of the paediatric orthopaedics and foot surgery section

01 / 05 / 2006
Appointed consultant in the Department of Orthopaedics II at the Orthopaedic University Clinic of Heidelberg

01 / 08 / 2002
Appointed senior physician in the Department of Orthopaedics II at the Orthopaedic University Clinic of Heidelberg

06 / 2001 – 08 / 2001
Consultant in the paediatric orthopaedics department at Altona Children’s Hospital in Hamburg, returned to the Heidelberg University Orthopaedic Clinic for family reasons

20 / 09 / 2000
Recognition as an orthopaedic specialist

01 / 02 / 1996
Scientific employee (assistant doctor) at the Orthopaedic University Clinic in Heidelberg

05 / 1994
Observation and lecture with Prof. Dr. P. Ghosh at Raymond Purves Bone and Joint Research Laboratories in Sydney

08 / 1994 – 01 / 1996
Junior doctor in the surgical department of the Deaconess Hospital Karlsruhe-Rüppurr

Study

03 / 04 / 1996
Successfully completed radiological protection and emergency response training programme

01 / 1996
Visiting physician at the Central Clinic in Bad Berka (Spine Surgery Centre, Dr. Böhm)

05 / 1994
Clinical internship, including presentation, with Prof. Dr. P. Ghosh in the Raymond Purves Bone and Joint Research Laboratories in Sydney

08 / 1994 – 01 / 1996
January 1996 Residency in the Surgical Department of the Diakonissenkrankenhaus (Deaconess Hospital) Karlsruhe-Rüppurr, Germany

03 / 1991 – 11 / 1993
Medical dissertation at the Orthopaedic University Clinic Heidelberg under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. F. U. Niethard: “The extra-articular, intraosseous drilling of the patella with patellar pain syndrome – a prospective clinical study in humans.”
“Magna cum laude”

04 / 1988 – 04 / 1994
Human medicine at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, graduation within a minimum period of study

Scientific publications and presentations

05 / 2002
Awarded the Carl Rabl Prize 2001 by the Association of South German Orthopaedists together with Dr. med. Leonhard Döderlein and Dr. med. Urs Schneider for the book “Planovalgus foot”

05 / 2000
2. Publication award of the Orthopaedic University Hospital Heidelberg for the publication: “Ultrastructural findings after intraarticular application of hyaluronan in a canine model of joint arthropathy.” J Orthop Res 2000 18(4): 604-612

09 / 1999
EFORT Travelling Fellowship in Switzerland

1. 05 / 02
1st European travel grant from the Association for Paediatric Orthopaedics (VKO)

2. 04 / 07
USA travel grant from the German Association for Foot and Ankle e.V. (DAF)

Membership of professional societies:

Berufsverband der Ärzte für Orthopädie (Professional Association of Orthopaedic Doctors)
(BVO)

Ordentliches Mitglied in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und orthopädische Chirurgie (Full member of the German Society for Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery)
(DGOOC)

Deutsche Assoziation für Fuß und Sprunggelenk e.V. (German Foot and Ankle Association)
(DAF)

European Foot and Ankle Society
(EFAS)