DR. MED. RALPH MAYER
Dr. med. Ralph Mayer
Consultant in Orthopaedics, specialist orthopaedic surgery

Areas of practice
Surgical and non-surgical treatment of joint disorders, reconstructive joint surgery, treatment of osteoarthritis, sports injuries
- Total knee replacement
- Partial knee replacement / unicompartmental prosthesis
- Arthroscopic shoulder surgery
- Rotator cuff
- Shoulder replacement, anatomical and reverse
Curriculum vitae
Medical training
1992 – 2000: Studied human medicine at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg.
1999 – 2000: Final clinical year in Basel (Switzerland), Karlsruhe and Innsbruck (Austria)
2000: State examination, junior doctor (Arzt im Praktikum)
2001: Full medical licence (Approbation)
2002: Doctorate (Dr. med.)
Professional career
2000 – 2001: Registrar in trauma surgery and orthopaedics, Kantonsspital Bruderholz, CH-4101 Bruderholz (Prof. Dr. med. A. Huber / PD Dr. med. N. Friederich); registrar in general surgery, Kantonsspital Bruderholz (Prof. Dr. med. A. Huber)
2001 – 2002: Registrar in orthopaedics, Kantonsspital Bruderholz (PD Dr. med. N. Friederich)
2003: Registrar in orthopaedics and spinal surgery, Universitätsspital Basel, CH-4035 Basel (Prof. Dr. W. Dick)
2004 – 2005: Registrar in orthopaedics, Kantonsspital Bruderholz (Prof. Dr. med. N. Friederich)
2005: Fellowship in trauma surgery, University Hospital Zagreb, Croatia
2005 – 2008: Senior Consultant in orthopaedics and traumatology, Kantonsspital Bruderholz (Prof. Dr. med. N. Friederich); head of the shoulder team from 1 January 2007
2008 – 2009: Lead Consultant in shoulder surgery, Kantonsspital Bruderholz (Prof. Dr. med. N. Friederich)
July 2009: Joined Sportklinik Freiburg
Memberships
- Member of swiss orthopaedics (the Swiss society for orthopaedics and traumatology)
- Member of the AGA (the German-language working group for arthroscopy)
- Member of the DGU (the German society for trauma surgery)
- Member of the DGOOC (the German society for orthopaedics and orthopaedic surgery)
- Member of AO Alumni (the alumni association of the working group for osteosynthesis)