Dr. Aurich is an internationally trained orthopaedic and trauma surgeon from Germany. He studied medicine at the University of Jena (Germany), the Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and the Yokohama City University (Japan), and graduated from the University of Jena (Germany) in 1995.   Prior to his residency he spent 2 years at the Department of Biochemistry and Orthopaedic Surgery of the Rush University in Chicago (USA), where he undertook a fellowship in osteoarthritis and cartilage research. He introduced the surgical technique of autologous chondrocyte transplantation for the treatment of articular cartilage defects into the clinic and is a co-founder of the working group „Clinical Tissue Regeneration“ and a co-founder of the Cartilage Registry („Knorpelregister“) of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery. Dr. Aurich published serveral scientific articles and book chapters in this field. He is appointed Professor (vis/Assoc. Prof.) of the Department of Biochemistry at Rush University in Chicago (USA). Dr. Aurich is an expert in the treatment of sports injuries and joint diseases with more than 20 years of clinical experience. He was trained at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Department of Trauma Surgery of the University of Jena and at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, a major trauma center in Australia. He specialized in trauma and reconstructive joint surgery. He was the Calvert Fellow at the Shoulder Unit of the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in London (UK) and undertook further fellowships in Foot and Ankle Surgery and Sports Medicine at the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Center in Melbourne (Australia). Dr. Aurich is appointed as „Certified Instructor“ and „Advanced Certified Surgeon“ of AGA, which is  Europe's largest professional society for arthroscopy and joint surgery, and is a member of several national and international professional organisations, as well as a member of the editoral board of national and international scientific journals. He is appointed as Professor (apl. Prof.) of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at the University of Halle in Germany, and works currently as the Chief Consultant and Head of the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at Klinikum Altenburger Land. For more details of his clinical and scientific work and special interests please have a look at the following pages, contact Dr. Aurich directly via Email: kontakt@matthias-aurich.de, or have a look at the following website: https://www.klinikum-altenburgerland.de/medizin-und-pflege/kliniken-altenburg/klinik-fuer-orthopaedie-unfallchirurgie/klinik-fuer-orthopaedie-und-unfallchirurgie.html