Werner Siebert

Univ. Prof Dr. med. Werner Siebert, Kassel, Germany

Medical Director of Vitos Orthopaedic Center Kassel, Germany

  • President of the European Hip Society 2014-2016
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the German Orthopaedic Society (DGOOC)
  • Treasurer of the German Orthopaedic Society (DGOOC) and German Orthopaedic and Trauma Society (DGOU)
  • Past President of the South German Orthopedic Society (Vereinigung Süddeutscher Orthopäden, VSOU)
  • Member of the American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)
  • ASG-Travelling Fellow
  • Initiator and Organiser of 12th EHS Congress in Munich, 6-9th Sept 2016

Prof Siebert is the Department Orthopaedics Medical Director of the Orthopaedic Clinic Kassel Vitos.

Under the direction of Prof. Siebert, the Vitos Orthopaedic Clinic Kassel has developed into one of the largest arthroplasty centers in Germany. The internationally respected and esteemed professor of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery is also involved in education and training for young medical students and teaches at the University of Marburg.

Prof Siebert was awarded the following titles at “FOCUS”, Germany’s most famous rankings:

Top Physician 2015 in Hip and Knee Surgery, also for 2016.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Werner E. Siebert M.D.

Director of Vitos Orthopedic Center Kassel

Chief Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction

Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery,

Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

PERSONAL DATA

Name, Title: Prof. Dr. med. habil. Werner Eduard Siebert

Date and place of birth: November 22, 1953, Wemding, Germany

Present address: Vitos Orthopedic Clinic Kassel, Wilhelmshöher Allee 345 D-34131 Kassel, Germany

Family status: Married to Birgit Siebert, M.D. since 1982

Present position: Chairman of the Vitos Orthopedic Hospital Kassel

EDUCATION, POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT

1974-1981 Faculty of Medicine Munich, Doctoral Thesis

1982-1988 Resident, Department of General Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Munich, Germany

1988-1994 Senior Registrar, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Hannover, Germany

1991 Thesis, Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

1994 – present Medical Director, Vitos Orthopedic Center Kassel

1997 – present Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics – Marburg University and Kassel University

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Total joint specialist, Hip and Knee Reconstruction and Revision Surgery

Minimal invasive surgery in orthopedics and traumatology

Head of Maximum Care Endoprosthetics Center of Vitos Orthopaedic Center Kassel

Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics at Marburg University, Germany

  • Special Orthopedic Surgery
  • Orthopedic-Rheumatology

Additional Titles:

  • Sports Medicine
  • Special Pain Therapy
  • Pediatric Orthopaedics
  • Radiodiagnostics
  • MRI and CT in Orthopedics
  • Physical Therapy and Balneology

Instructor at the German Board of Orthopedic Surgeons for

  • Special Orthopedic Surgery (3 years – full authorization)
  • Orthopedics and Traumatology (5 years)
  • Physical Therapy (2 years – full authorization)
  • Sports Medicine (1 year – full authorization)

QUALIFICATIONS AND ACTIVITIES (excerpt)

  1. Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
  2. ASG-Travelling fellow of the German speaking Orthopedic Societies
  3. Past President of the South German Orthopedic Society (Vereinigung Süddeutscher Orthopäden, VSOU)
  1. Member of the Board of Directors of the German Orthopaedic Society (DGOOC)
  1. Past-Treasurer of the German Orthopaedic Society (DGOOC)
  1. Past-Treasurer of the German Orthopaedic and Trauma Society (DGOU)
  1. Member of the executive committee of the German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD)
  1. International Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
  1. Member of the “American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons” (AAHKS)
  1. President of the European Hip Society (EHS) 2014-2016
  1. President Elect of the German Knee Society (DKG) 2017
  1. President Elect of the German Orthopaedic Society (DGOOC) and President Elect of the Congress of German Orthopaedic and Trauma Society (DKOU) 2018
  1. “Master of Business Administration” (MBA) for hospital management, June 2003
  1. Honorary Member of the Austrian Orthopaedic and Traumatolgy Society (ÖGO)
  1. Honorary Member of the Latin-American Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society (SLAOT)
  1. Honorary Member of the Colombian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society (SCCOT)
  1. Honorary Member of the Venezulanian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society (SVCOT)
  1. Editor in Chief of the German Orthopedic Journal “OUP”