CERTIFIED ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON

Dr Armin Heiman is one of the most recognized orthopaedic surgeons in Estonia. Dr Heiman is specialized on upper and lower limb (incl. hand and foot) surgery and arthroscopic surgery and he’s the clinical director of Ortopeedia Arstid hospital. Dr Armin Heiman is the member of EBOT (European Board of Orthopedics and Traumatology (EFORT) examination board, previous president of Estonian Society of Traumatologists and Orthopedists and advisor for the Ministry of Social Affairs in the field of orthopaedics.

Main Specialities

• Orthopaedic surgery
• Hand and foot surgery
• Knee and shoulder surgery
• Plateret Rich Plasma (PRP) treatment
• 35 years of work experience
• More than 400 surgeries per year
• Lecturer in several international conferences.

Education

• 1981 – 1988 – University of Tartu (Estonia), Faculty of Medicine (obtained MD degree)
• 1993 – Specialised as  orthopaedic surgeon

Employment

• 2004 until present – Orthopaedic Surgeon, Clinical Director at Ortopeedia Arstid hospital
• 1997-2007- Head of Orthopaedics Department at North Estonian Medical Centre
• 1993-1997 – Doctor in Chest Surgery Department at North Estonian Medical Centre
• 1988-2017 – Orthophaedic Surgeon at North Estonian Medical Centre

Qualification

• 1999 – Fellowship in arthroscopy and sports traumatology in French Arthroscopy Society teaching centres
• 1998 – Fellowship in hand surgery, Vreden, Germany

Memberships

• 2017 – 2020 – Official Delegate of Estonian Society for Surgery of Hand in FESSH (Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand)
• 2014 until present – Member of Examination Board in the field of orthopaedics of EBOT/EFORT
• 2013 until present – Member of ASSH (American Society for the Surgery of the Hand)
• 2007 until present – Member of ISAKOS (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine)
• 2006 until present – Member of IWAS (International Wrist Arthroscopy Society)
• 2011 until present – Founder and Member of ISSPORTH (International Society for Sport Traumatology of the Hand)
• 2012 – 2015 – Member of the Board of NOF (Nordic Orthopaedic Federation)
• 2012 – 2015 – Member of the Board of EASTS (Estonian Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma Society)
• 2012-2015 President of Estonian Orthopedic Society
• 2020 until present – President of Estonian Society for Surgery of Hand
• 2009 until present – Founder and Member of Estonian Society for Surgery of Hand (2005-2011 Member of the Board)
• 2005 – 2016 – Founder and Member of Estonian AO Alumni (2005-2011 – Member of the Board)
• 2003 until present – Founder and Member of EASTS (Estonian Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma Society)

Other references

• Annual participation in international conferences (ISAKOS, ASSH; FESSH, EWAS, ESSKA);
• Presentions in several international conferences (Topics: “Treatment of wrist traumatic osteoarthritis”, “Arthroscopic treatment of scaphoid fractures”, “Wrist arthroscopy in hand surgery”, “Analyses of the proximal femoral fracture treatment from 1995 to 2005” etc.