CERTIFIED ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON
Main Specialities
- Orthopaedics and sports medicine
- Knee surgery
- Trauma surgery
- Plateret Rich Plasma (PRP) treatment
- 20 years of work experience
- More than 500 surgeries per year
- Head doctor for Estonian athlete teams in Olympics and World Championships
Education
- 1994-1999 – University of Tartu (Estonia), resident in traumatology and orthopaedics (3 years of general surgery +2 years of orthopaedics and trama surgery);
- 1992-1994 – Postgraduate intern in North Estonian Medical Centre, traumatology and orthopaedics
- 1984-1992 – University of Tartu (Estonia), Faculty of Medicine (obtained MD degree)
Qualification
- 2009 – Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Queen Elisabeth Hospital & Prince of Wales Hospital (Hong-Kong)
- 2000 – Fellowship in arthroscopy and sports medicine (Clinique Des Cedres, Toulouse, France)
- 1997 – GICD Fellowship in spine surgery (Berck-Sur-Mer and Nantes, France)
- 1997 – AO Fellowship (Feldkirch, Austria). A member of the ALUMNI Association since 1997
- 1996 – Fellowship at Waterbury hospital (Connecticut, USA, Dr K.J.Keggi)
- 1994, 1995 – Fellowship at Hartford Hospital (CT, USA, Dr B.D.Browner)
Employment
- 2004 until present – Orthopaedic Surgeon, Owner & Member of the Board at Ortopeedia Arstid hospital
- 2005 until present – Member of the Board at Estonian Sports Medicine Foundation
- 1999-2008 – Orthopaedic Surgeon at North Estonian Medical Centre
- 1997-2004 – Member of the Board at Estonian Anti-Doping Agency
Memberships
- Member of ISAKOS (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine)
- 2017 until present – ISAKOS Sports Medicine Committee Member
- 2016 until present – President and Member of the Board of EASTS (Estonian Arthroscopy and Sports Traumatology Society)
- ESMF (Estonian Sports Medicine Federation) – Member of the Board
- GB/GMC – Certificate of Full Registration as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist Registration (GMC Reference No. 7237326 (since 2012)
Other references
- Annual participation in international conferences (ISAKOS, World Sports Trauma Congress, AAOS, AANA);
- Participation as Head Doctor for Estonian Team of Athelets at Olympic Games (2004 Athens, 2006 Torino, 2008 Beijing, 2010 Vancouver, 2012 London, 2014 Sochi, 2016 Rio de Janeiro, 2018 PyeongChang)
- Presentions in several international conferences (Topics: “Plateret-rich-plasma Treatment and Outcomes of Patella Chondromalacia”, “Arthritis and Sports”, “A Choice of Skin Incision Performing Achilleus Tendon Repair”)
- 1990-1991 4x Silver medal in Estonian Rowing Championships
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