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PROF. DR. MED. ALEXANDER MEHLHORN

Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Mehlhorn

Consultant in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery

Additional qualification in specialist trauma surgery

Specialist in foot and ankle surgery

Adjunct Professor of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Mehlhorn

Areas of practice

At Sportklinik Freiburg my surgical focus covers the full range of modern foot and ankle surgery – from classic forefoot surgery through to complex reconstructive procedures on the hindfoot and ankle.

  • Complex hindfoot and ankle surgery, including fusions and corrective osteotomies
  • Ankle joint replacement
  • Treatment of the diabetic foot
  • Minimally invasive pressure-relieving surgery to prevent ulcers and preserve the limb
  • The full range of classic forefoot surgery
  • Modern minimally invasive hallux valgus correction
  • Correction of lesser toe deformities

Curriculum vitae

Medical training

11/1996 – 07/1998 Studied human medicine, Universität Regensburg

11/1998 – 05/2003 Studied human medicine, Technische Universität München

1999 – 2003 First, second and third state examinations

Professional career

03/2001 Founded the company Clinovate.com as a start-up

10/2002 – 05/2003 Research associate, Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

07/2003 – 10/2004 Junior doctor (Arzt im Praktikum), Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg (Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. N. P. Südkamp)

11/2004 – 01/2010 Registrar, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

01/2010 – 09/2015 Consultant in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

10/2013 – 09/2015 Deputy head of the foot and ankle surgery section, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

05/2015 Additional qualification in specialist trauma surgery

11/2015 – 07/2018 Senior Consultant, Centre for Foot and Ankle Surgery, Schön Klinik München-Harlaching (Prof. Dr. med. M. Walther)

From 07/2018 Lead Consultant of the Centre for Diabetic and Neuropathic Foot Surgery (ZDNF) and medical director of the wound centre, Schön Klinik München-Harlaching

Since 08/2026 Sportklinik Freiburg Orthopädie in Freiburg

Academic qualifications & research

Doctorate (12/2003)
„Simultaner Nachweis von Phosphatasen und Bisphosphonaten im humanen Knochengewebe“, Institute of Experimental Oncology and Therapy Research, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU München

Habilitation (07/2010)
in orthopaedics and trauma surgery: „Chondrogenese mesenchymaler Stammzellen als Grundlage für das Tissue Engineering von Knorpel“, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

Adjunct Professor (10/2019)
Awarded the title in orthopaedics and trauma surgery by the Faculty of Medicine of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Publications 71 publications listed on Medline (h-index 27)

Prizes & funding
  • Kurt Steim Prize of the University of Freiburg (2008) for the project „Einfluss von BMP-2 und TGF-β1 auf die Chondrogenese mesenchymaler Stammzellen“
  • Funding from the Robert Pfleger Foundation (2009): „Kontrollierte Chondrogenese adulter mesenchymaler Stammzellen durch Bone Morphogenetic Protein 6 (BMP-6)“
  • Baden-Württemberg certificate in higher education teaching in medicine (2011)
Memberships & certificates
  • European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie (DGU, German society for trauma surgery) and its foot working group
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fußchirurgie (DGFC, German society for foot surgery)
  • Certification by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fußchirurgie (2007)
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support for Doctors (ATLS) – certification (2009) and Instructor (2010)