Dr. Andreas Appelt
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine
Dr. Andreas Appelt is a German-trained Consultant orthopedic Surgeon. He has more than 30 years of experience in conservative and operative treatment of orthopedic conditions.
He has treated a wide spectrum of spinal and joint cases with minimally invasive procedures, and performed arthroscopic operations of the knees and shoulders, and knee and hip replacements.
He developed new operation technique in Hallux Surgery of feet and is keeps international patents on that field. He published more than 20 papers in international orthopedic and trauma journals.
Dr. Appelt worked in University Clinic in Heidelberg, Germany.
Medical graduation from University of Cologne, Bonn, Mainz, and Heidelberg in 1986.
He completed Specialty training in surgery from 1987 to 1992 in Theresien-Hospital Mannheim (Oellers) and in the Bruchsal Hospital (Thiele).
Advanced Trauma Surgery training from Municipal Hospital in Friedrichshafen (Seitz).
He also has Specialization in Sports Medicine, Chiropractic.
He also worked as a Assistant Professor and Senior Consultant orthopedic Surgeon in the University Clinic in Heidelbertg.
He is working in United Arab Emirates since 2012 as a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon.
He is also involved in various Charity work and visiting orthopedic Surgeon in Ghana/ West Africa since 2002.
AO – International Instructor for Trauma Surgery
Special interests
- Sports-orthopedic and arthroscopic surgery on hip, knee, shoulder, wrist, elbow, and ankle surgery.
- Trauma surgeries on extremities, pelvis and spinal column
- Joint Replacement surgery of the hip and knee joints
- Cartilage transplantation on Joint Arthrosis.
- Osteotomy on femur, tibia, ankle and elbow.
- Conservative and surgical therapy on acute and chronic spinal disorders including minimally invasive corrective surgery.
- Hand and foot surgery. Manually Chiropractic for acute or chronic neck and lower back pain and Radial Shockwave Therapy with trigger point treatments.
- Manually Chiropractic for acute or chronic neck and lower back pain and
- He has practiced in Germany, Ghana, West Africa and the United Arab Emirate
Nationality
German
Languages spoken
English, German, Italian