Jan Vonhoegen, M.D. (USA)
Specialist for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
Areas of Expertise
- Expert in the treatment of complex injuries of the knee and shoulder joints (e.g. anterior and posterior cruciate ligament, cruciate ligament revisionary surgery)
- Treatment of overuse injuries to the shoulder and elbow joints (conservative and minimally invasive surgery) as well as muscle and tendon injuries
- Treatment of sports injuries providing conservative and surgical therapy methods
Specializations
- Team physician for the VFL Gummersbach (1. Handball Bundesliga), Rot-Weiss Köln (1. Hockey Bundesliga Women), athletic sports - LT LT German Sports University Cologne
- Instructor for knee and shoulder arthroscopy
- Founder and developer of Return2Sport – The Experts for Sports Rehabilitation and Training
Education and Training
- Medical Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany
- Doctoral Degree awarded in Germany by the University of Cologne
- US Doctoral Degree - Doctor of Medicine - awarded in Erlangen, Germany
Professional Background
- Senior Physician at the KLINIK am RING since September 1, 2013
- KLINIK am RING (Orthopädie und Sporttraumatologie)
- Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Assistant Physician at the Marienkrankenhaus-Kaiserswerth, Düsseldorf, Orthopedics and Traumatology
- Assistant Physician at the Dreifaltigkeitskrankenhaus, Cologne, Orthopedics and Sports Traumatology
- Assistant Physician at the Remigius-Krankenhaus, Leverkusen-Opladen, Orthopedics and Traumatology
Memberships in Professional Associations
- AGA-Gesellschaft für Arthroskopie und Gelenkchirurgie
- American Sports Medicine Fellowship Society
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Lectures
- Die Rückkehr zum Sport nach Meniskusnaht (Returning to sports after meniscus suturing)
- Therapiekonzepte des subakromialen Impingment-Syndroms“ (Therapy concepts for subacromial impingement syndroms)
- Vordere Kreuzbandruptur: Nachbehandlung und die sichere Rückkehr zum Leistungssport (Anterior cruciate ligament rupture – post-surgical care and safe return to professional athlete activities)
- The Anterior Cruciate Ligament Plasty – Update 2015“