Prof. Becher, M.D. - Internationales Zentrum für Orthopädie

Person introduction

I would like to introduce myself to you in more detail so that you can get a comprehensive picture of me and my work.

Specialist for knee endoprosthetics, for joint preserving at the knee and ankle and for Achilles tendon diseases

Lecturer at the Medical School Hannover

In the well-known FOCUS list of physicians, Prof. Christoph Becher is recommended as a proven orthopedic specialist.

*Source: FOCUS 2021, Source: FOCUS 2022, *Source: FOCUS 2023, *Source: FOCUS 2024

Medical services

Nonsurgical therapies

Joint preservation therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee and ankle joint
Supportive therapy with orthoses at knee and ankle joint
Development of individual concepts for physiotherapeutic conservative treatment and after surgical therapy for reintegration into sports and work activities
Injection therapy with Autologous Conditioned Plasma (ACP) and hyaluronic acid
Extracorporeal Shockwave Treatment for Pathologies of the Achilles Tendon and Patellar Tendon
Cryotherapy to reduce pain and eliminate swelling

Surgical therapies

Individual endoprosthetics of the knee joint with proven techniques and modern implants
Replacement of endoprostheses of the knee joint
Joint-preserving minimally invasive surgery of the knee and ankle joint using axis corrections and modern cartilage replacement procedures
Achilles tendon surgery with minimally invasive techniques

Medical education

1996 – 2003 Medicine at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

Clinical career

01/04-03/06 Assistent doctor at the Center for Knee and Foot Surgery/ Sports Traumatology, ATOS Clinic Heidelberg (Prof. Thermann and Prof. Pässler)
04/06-03/08 Assistant doctor at the Clinic for Orthopedics and Rheumatology. University Hospital Giessen and Marburg (Prof. Fuchs-Winkelmann)
05/08-12/2009 Assistant doctor at the Orthopedic Clinic of the Hannover Medical School (Prof. Windhagen)
01/10-12/10 Assistant docstor at the Clinic for Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Trauma Surgery Rotation), Henriettenstiftung, Hanover (Herold, MD).
01/11-07/11 Assistant doctor at the Orthopedic Clinic of the Hannover Medical School (Prof. Windhagen)
07/11-10/13 Specialist in Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery at the Orthopedic Clinic of the Hannover Medical School (Prof. Windhagen)
11/13 -11/15 Senior physician at the Orthopedic Clinic of the Hannover Medical School (Prof. Windhagen)
Since 01/2016 Senior physician at the Center for Hip, Knee and Foot Surgery, Sports Traumatology, ATOS Clinic Heidelberg
2018 – Extraordinary professorship for orthopedics

Society activities

AE – Working Group on Endoprosthetics
German Society for Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery (DGOOC)
German Association for Foot and Ankle Joint (D.A.F)
German-speaking Working Group for Arthroscopy (AGA), member of the „Patellofemoral“ Committee
International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS)
Society for Orthopedic Traumatological Sports Medicine (GOTS)
Quality Circle Cartilage Repair (QKG)
European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
Editorial Board Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (KSSTA)
Advisory Board Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (AOTS)
German Knee Society (DKG), Head of the Working Group „Small Implants“
Editorial Board World Journal of Science