Stefan Fickert MD

Stefan Fickert is Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg University and is a partner at the Sporthopaedicum in Straubing and Regensburg as well as the St Wolfgang Private Clinic in Bad Griesbach, Bavaria. Stefan earned his medical degree at the University of Wurzburg, Charite Berlin and Bern, Switzerland. He undertook his residency and fellowship training in orthopedic surgery at the universities of Ulm, Dresden and Adelaide, Australia and New York, USA. Prior to his moving to Straubing he served for more than 7 years as Surgeon-in-Chief at the University Clinic Mannheim and as an Associate Professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg.

His clinical interest is the diagnosis and treatment of hip pain in young patients. Arthroscopic management of sports medicine injuries, joint- preserving surgery for early arthritis and open surgical management of non-arthritic disorders in and around the hip are particular passions. He has major interest and extensive experience with cartilage restoration at the hip, especially with autologous chondrocyte transplantation.