Pässler, Prof. Dr. med. Hans H.

General surgeon and trauma surgeon, knee specialist

The German physician Professor Dr. Hans H. Pässler is one of the leading specialists in knee surgery all over the world, with particular focus on cruciate ligament surgery and chondrocyte transplantation. From1997 to 2010, Pässler was Medical Director of the ATOS Clinic Heidelberg. Pässler is a general surgeon and trauma surgeon who initiated the early functional therapy after ligament surgery at the knee joint (1972). He has assumed various functions in specialist organisations, such as Past-President of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedic Sports Traumatology (EFOST), Vice President of the Collège Européenne de Traumatologie du Sport (CETS), and is a member of numerous international organisations. Pässler is an honorary member of the Royal College of Surgery in Edinburgh, the oldest medical society of the world (1505), of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the Greek Association of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Sports Injuries.

The current FOCUS list of medical specialists* recommends Prof. Dr. med. Hans H. Pässler as qualified knee specialist.
*Source: FOCUS no. 24 of 14 June 2010

Range of services

Non-surgical therapies:

  • Cartilage therapy for the treatment of arthrosis
  • Autologous plasma therapy (ACP, Autologous Conditioned Plasma) for acute sports injuries
  • Development of individual physiotherapeutic treatment concepts
  • Early functional follow-up treatment to achieve early re-integration into work & sports

Surgical therapies:

  • Anterior / posterior cruciate ligament surgery
  • Cartilage surgery, arthrosis surgery up to cartilage transplantation
  • Meniscus surgery (meniscus suture for meniscus conservation up to meniscus replacement)
  • Patella surgery (instability, cartilage surgery, arthrosis)
  • Correction of leg axis (in case of malalignment, arthrosis)
  • Revision surgery (meniscus, cartilage, cruciate ligament, patella)
  • Tendon surgery at the knee
  • Treatment of fractures of the knee

Diagnostics

Special foot treatment

Special knee treatment

Follow-up treatment

Study

  • 1961-1963 Medical studies
  • 1967 State exam and medical doctorate
  • 1977 Specialisation in surgery and trauma surgery

Clinical career

 

 

  • 1978-1992 Chief Physician of the Surgical Department of the Central Hospital Bopfingen
  • 1992-1993 Chief Physician of the Sports Clinic Stuttgart
  • 1993-today Attending Physician at the ATOS Clinic
  • 1997-2010 Medical Director of the ATOS Clinic Heidelberg

Academic positions:

  • Guest Professor at the Department for Orthopaedic Surgery of the University of Pittsburgh (1992)
  • Honorary Professor for sports traumatology at the Catholic University of Murcia/Spain (2001)
  • Honorary Professor for sports medicine at the Medical Faculty of the University of Peking (2001)
  • Visiting Professor at the Department for Orthopaedic Surgery of the University of Ioannina (2001)
  • Visiting Professor at the Department for Orthopaedic Surgery of the Chinese General Hospital PLA Beijing (2002)
  • Honorary Professor at the Department for Orthopaedic Surgery of the Chinese General Hospital PLA Beijing (2002)
  • Visiting Professor at the Department for Orthopaedic Surgery of the University of Athens (2003, 2004, 2005)
  • Visiting Professor at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of the University of Perrugia (2005)
  • Honorary Professor of the Third Military Medical University P.R. China, Chongquinq
  • Professor at the Vocational Academy of Northern Hesse for the subject "Physiotherapy" with Bachelor graduation (since 2009)

Social engagement

Fellowship programmes:

  • Georg-Noulis Fellowship for young Greek orthopedists intending to complete a one-year special training in knee surgery and sports traumatology. Named after the man that first described the most important knee ligament test which is known as Lachmann test today. Since 1994, the fellowship has been used by 20 Greek physicians.
  • Chinese fellowship programme  during which 14 Chinese guest physicians have been trained since 2000; for the better part, they came from the renown National Institute of Sports Medicine in Beijing which was also responsible for medical care during the Olympic Games 2008.

Memberships in professional societies

Specialist societies:

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Study Group
  • ISAKOS (Knee Committee of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine)
  • ESSKA (European Society of Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy)
  • AGA (Deutschsprachige Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arthroskopie / German-speaking Workgroup for Arthroscopy)
  • DGOOC (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Traumatologie / German Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology)
  • DGU (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallheilkunde / German Society for Traumatology)
  • Instructor, AGA courses

Honorary memberships:

  • 2005 Honorary Member of the Hellenic Society of Arthroscopy and Sports Injuries
  • 2004 Honorary Member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America
  • 2003 Honorary Member of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (FRCSed), the oldest medical society of the world

Functions:

  • Co-founder and Past-President of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedic Sports Traumatology (EFOST)
  • Vice President of the Collège Européenne de Traumatologie du Sport (CETS)
  • Member of the Executive Management Board of GOTS (Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch- Traumatologische Sportmedizin / Society for Orthopaedic and Traumatological Sports Medicine)
  • International Advising Board Sports Clinic Gleneagles Hospital, Limited Singapore
  • International Advising Board Sports Clinica Cemtro, Madrid
  • International Advising Board Hartmann Knee Institute, Paris
Pässler, Prof. Dr. med. Hans H.

Center for Hip, Knee and Foot Surgery

Consultation hours:

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Phone: +49(0)6221/983-190

E-Mail: paessler@atos.de

Website: www.zentrum-hueft-knie-fusschirurgie.de