Gernot Felmet, MD

Consultant Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon
Chirotherapist and Osteologist

78054 VS-Schwenningen - Hirschbergstraße 25 – GERMANY - Phone: +49 7720 / 3015-0 - Fax: +49 7720 / 3015-33
EMail: felmet@artico-klinik.de - www.artico-klinik.de

C.V.:

Born April 14th 1954 in Herborn, Hessen, Germany
Study of human medicine at Philipps-University in Marburg

• 1983-1989 Assistant Physician at the Hospital for Thoracic, Heart and Vascular Surgery ofWilhelms-University in Münster, Germany
• Assistant Physician at the Hospital for Orthopedic Surgery, Bad Mergentheim later Maximilians University, König-Ludwig-Haus, Würzburg, Germany training as Orthopedic Surgeon
• 1990 Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon in VS-Schwenningen, Black Forest, later founding privateARTICO Sportclinic
• Organization of several Congresses
• Publications in oncological surgery, arthroplasty, osteology, arthroscopy and ACLreconstruction, description of the "Arthroperiscope " of Effner Ltd (later BIOMET), ARTICOmeter and ARTICIO-Rotameter
• 1993 Development of quality requirements for operative arthroscopy which later formed thelegislative and contractual base for insurances in Germany
• 1995 Development of "All Press Fit" foreign material free ACL reconstruction and Bottom To Top self-adapted tensioning for Graft
• 1995 Development of a Double Bundle Single Tunnel material-free ACL and PCL reconstruction
• 1996 ACL-Revision with Quadriceps Tendon "All Press Fit" material free
• 1998 use of Diamond Cutter in material free ACL Reconstruction
• 1998 for the use with Robotic system CASPAR, OrthoMAQUET
• 2002 Development of the "Vastus Medialis Test" for Quadriceps Muscle coordination
• 2003 Development of a Tube Guided Device for hollow miller in ACL and PCL Reconstruction and use of Hamstrings in "All Press Fit" material-free self-adapted tensioning of the graft
• 2004 Development of a material-free ACL revision with every graft in a single step
• 2010 Development of Cown- and MicroCrownCutter
• 2011 Development of the "Biceps Femoris Test" for Hamstring quality
• 2004 First Integrated healthcare contract at all in Germany
• 2010 First integrated healthcare contract on basis of DRG with extra note for biological and implant free ACL- Reconstruction at all in Germany.

Member of:

• AGA (instructor since 1991),
• BVOU (board)
• DGOT
• EFOST (President 2014)
• ESSKA
• GOTS
• Honorary Member of the Polish Society of Arthroscopic Surgery