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PROF. DR. MED. GERRIT BODE

Prof. Dr. med. Gerrit Bode

Consultant in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery

Additional qualification in specialist trauma surgery

Named a leading physician for knee surgery and sports orthopaedics by FOCUS

Faculty Member of the AGA, sports physician of the GOTS

Prof. Dr. med. Gerrit Bode

Awards

Prof. Dr. Gerrit Bode is among the recommended specialists for 2025 in the fields of knee surgery and sports orthopaedics. This is the result of the extensive research behind the physician list published by the German magazine FOCUS, which is based on recommendations from fellow doctors, a detailed self-declaration and publicly available data. The research covered clinical outcomes, reputation, qualifications, scientific work and patient services. We are delighted with this recognition.

Award received by Prof Dr Bode
Award received by Prof Dr Bode
Award received by Prof Dr Bode
Award received by Prof Dr Bode

Areas of practice

Surgical and non-surgical treatment of joint disorders, reconstructive joint surgery, treatment of osteoarthritis, sports injuries.

  • Cruciate ligament surgery, primary and revision procedures
  • Complex knee ligament injuries
  • Corrective osteotomies (femoral, tibial)
  • Cartilage treatment (non-surgical and surgical)
  • Patellofemoral instability
  • Sports traumatology
  • Ankle surgery

Curriculum vitae

Medical training

2001– 2009 Studied human medicine at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, with a year’s interruption for community service with the DRK ambulance service in Heidelberg.

2008 Study periods abroad at the University of Sydney, Australia, and the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

June 2009 Medical licence (Approbation)

Professional career

01.11.2009 – 04.2016 Registrar at the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Universitätsklinik Freiburg.

04.2016 - 12.2017 Consultant in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Prof. Dr. N. P. Südkamp

01.2018 – 07.2020 Acting Senior Consultant and Senior Consultant at the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Prof. Dr. N. P. Südkamp and Prof. Dr. H. Schmal

01.07.2020 - 31.12.2021 Sporthopaedicum Straubing

Since 01.04.2022 Sportklinik Freiburg Orthopädie in Freiburg; partner in the joint practice Dres. Quarck Mayer Bode since 01.01.2023

12.2011 Investigator course, Studienzentrum Freiburg

02.2016 Principal investigator course, Studienzentrum Freiburg

Since 2016 ATLS Instructor

2013 - 2020 Team doctor, SC Freiburg, German football Bundesliga

Since 01.07.2020 Consulting doctor, SC Freiburg, German football Bundesliga

01.04.2022 AGA Instructor

04.2006 - 06.2011 Doctorate: Verhältnis von Knorpelvolumetrie und Markern des Knorpel- und Knochenstoffwechsels, Stiftung Orthopädische Universitätsklinik, Sports Orthopaedics Section (Prof. Dr. med. H. Schmitt), Universitätsklinik Heidelberg

12.2019 Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification): „Operative Verfahren zur Entlastung des medialen Kompartimentes des Kniegelenkes – Epidemiologische und biomechanische Untersuchungen“ at the Albrecht-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

04.2024 Appointed Adjunct Professor by the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Other roles
  • Speaker at national and international congresses and surgical courses, with more than 130 talks in recent years
  • Author and co-author of more than 75 publications listed on PubMed
  • Scientific publications
  • Certified knee surgeon of the Deutsche Kniegesellschaft (German Knee Society)
  • Sports physician of the Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch Traumatologische Sportmedizin (GOTS)
  • Faculty Member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arthroskopie (AGA)
  • Member of the tissue regeneration working group of the German society for orthopaedics and trauma surgery
  • Member of the osteotomy committee of the German Knee Society