Loew, Prof. Dr. med. Markus

Conservative therapy

• Shock wave therapy for treatment of shoulder calcification and tennis elbow
• Epicondylitis (tennis or golfer's elbow)
• Gene therapy for arthrosis treatment
• Creation of specific and individually adjusted physiotherapy treatment plans
• Early functional follow-up treatment for early re-integration into elite sports

Surgical therapy

• Arthroscopic and open rotator cuff suture
• Disorders and injuries to the long biceps tendon, SLAP repair, arthroscopic tenodesis of the biceps tendon
• Impingement syndrome, arthroscopic subacromial decompression
• Arthroscopic plaque removal
• Arthroscopic and open stabilisation after shoulder luxation
• Laser-analogous electrothermal capsule shrinking
• Early treatment of cartilage damage
• Standard endoprosthetics of the shoulder and of the elbow
• Shaft-free head of humerus replacement at the shoulder "Eclipse"
• Fracture treatment of the shoulder girdle
• Stabilisation and reconstruction after acromioclavicular separation
• Reconstruction after sternoclavicular joint luxation
• Arthrolysis in case of shoulder stiffness
• Arthroscopic surgery of the elbow
• Surgical therapy of epicondylitis (tennis or golfer's elbow)
• Surgical therapy of elbow stiffness
• Surgical therapy of elbow instability
• Surgical therapy of arthrosis of the elbow
• Distal biceps tendon rupture
• Neurolyses
• Surgical therapy of the Nervus ulnaris syndrome
• Post-operative monitoring

• 1983: Assistant Physician at the Surgical Department of the City Hospital Neunkirchen / Saar
• 1984: Research Assistant at the Anatomical Institute of the University of Saarland
• 1985: Research Assistant at the Surgical University Clinic of Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich (Prof. Dr. L. Schweiberer)
• 1987: Specialisation at the Orthopaedic University Clinic Heidelberg  (Prof. Dr. H. Cotta) with training phases in oncology, children orthopaedics and general orthopaedics.
• 1990: Head of the outpatient department for shoulder injuries
• 1991: Ward Physician of the endoprosthetics and rheumatology section, Senior Physician at the section for oncological and septic orthopaedics
• 1993: Senior Physician of the department for general orthopaedics with focus on hip and knee endoprosthetics and shoulder surgery
• 1994-2001: Direction of the interdisciplinary consultation hours for haemophilia
• 1995: Post-doctorate in Orthopaedics at the Medical Faculty of Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg
• 1997 - 2008: Head of the section for orthopaedics of the shoulder and the elbow
• 2001 - 2004: Leading Senior Physician of the Orthopaedic University Clinic. Facultative further qualification in "special orthopaedic surgery"
• 2008: Specialist for orthopaedics and trauma surgery
• 2009: Head of the section for Upper Extremities - Shoulder, Elbow and Hand Surgery of the Orthopaedic University Clinic

Scientific career

• 1995
  Post-doctorate for orthopaedics at the Medical Faculty of Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg. Topic: "The effect of extracorporeally generated highly energetic shock waves on the clinical, radiological and histological course of Tendinosis calcarea of the shoulder"
• 1995
  Research Coordinator of the Orthopaedic University Clinic Heidelberg
• 1996
  Member of the External Scientific Committee of the Orthopaedic University Clinic
• 1997
  Leader of the scientific workgroup "Shock-Wave Therapy" of DGOT
• 1998
• Consultant to the "Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete" (Journal for Orthopaedics and its Related Areas), expert to the "Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery"
• 1999
• Publication award of the Orthopaedic University Clinic for the paper: "Shock-wave therapy is effective for chronic calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1999; 81-B : 863-867"
• 2000
  Member of the scientific committee to the Academy of German Orthopaedists
• 2002
• Extraordinary Professor for Orthopaedics at the Medical Faculty of Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg. National Delegate in the European Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (ESSSE)
• 2003
• Lecture award of the University of Heidelberg. Chairman of the annual congress of the DVSE (Deutsche Vereinigung für Schulter- und Ellenbogenchirurgie / German Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery). Leader of the strategy workgroup of the Orthopaedic University Clinic
• 2003 - 2009
  President of the German Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. Member of the Executive Management Committee of DGOOC
• 2005
  Corresponding Member American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), member of the Endoprosthetics Workgroup
• 2006
  Co-founder and editor of the German journal "Obere Extremität Schulter - Ellenbogen - Hand" (Upper Extremity - Elbow, Shoulder Hand). Member of the scientific committee to the journals "Zeitschrift für Orthopädie" (Journal for Orthopaedics) and "Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery".

• 1989: Member of DGOT (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Traumatologie / German Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology)
• 1990: Member of the professional association of German orthopaedists
• 1994: Member of DVSE (Deutsche Vereinigung für Schulter- und Ellbogenchirurgie / German Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery)
• 1997: Ordinary member of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (ESSSE)
• 2003–2006 German National Delegate in the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (ESSSE)
• 2003–2009 President of DVSE (Deutsche Vereinigung für Schulter- und Ellenbogenchirurgie / German Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery)
• 2005: Corresponding Member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), member of the Endoprosthetics Workgroup