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 numerous scientific articles and book chapters in this field. He is appointed as visiting associate Professor of the Department of Biochemistry at Rush University in Chicago (USA) and lecturer of orthopaedic and trauma surgery at the University of Jena (Germany).   Dr. Aurich is an expert in the treatment of sports injuries, joint diseases, and foot disorders 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, which is the major trauma center in Australia. He specialized in trauma and reconstructive joint surgery and arthroplasty of knee, hip and shoulder. 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 a member of several national and international professional organisations, and a member of the editoral board of national and international scientific journals. He is currentl appointed as the Section-Head of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery of the Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery of the University Hospital Halle/Saale in Germany. For more details of his clinical and scientific work and special interests please have a look at the following pages or contact Dr. Aurich directly via Email: kontakt@matthias-aurich.de