CERTIFIED ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON
Main Specialities
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Hand and foot surgery
- Knee and shoulder surgery
- Plateret Rich Plasma (PRP) treatment
- 35 years of work experience
- More than 400 surgeries per year
- Lecturer in several international conferences.
Education
- 1981 – 1988 – University of Tartu (Estonia), Faculty of Medicine (obtained MD degree)
- 1993 – Specialised as orthopaedic surgeon
Employment
- 2004 until present – Orthopaedic Surgeon, Clinical Director at Ortopeedia Arstid hospital
- 1997-2007- Head of Orthopaedics Department at North Estonian Medical Centre
- 1993-1997 – Doctor in Chest Surgery Department at North Estonian Medical Centre
- 1988-2017 – Orthophaedic Surgeon at North Estonian Medical Centre
Qualification
- 1999 – Fellowship in arthroscopy and sports traumatology in French Arthroscopy Society teaching centres
- 1998 – Fellowship in hand surgery, Vreden, Germany
Memberships
- 2017 – 2020 – Official Delegate of Estonian Society for Surgery of Hand in FESSH (Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand)
- 2014 until present – Member of Examination Board in the field of orthopaedics of EBOT/EFORT
- 2013 until present – Member of ASSH (American Society for the Surgery of the Hand)
- 2007 until present – Member of ISAKOS (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine)
- 2006 until present – Member of IWAS (International Wrist Arthroscopy Society)
- 2011 until present – Founder and Member of ISSPORTH (International Society for Sport Traumatology of the Hand)
- 2012 – 2015 – Member of the Board of NOF (Nordic Orthopaedic Federation)
- 2012 – 2015 – Member of the Board of EASTS (Estonian Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma Society)
- 2012-2015 President of Estonian Orthopedic Society
- 2020 until present – President of Estonian Society for Surgery of Hand
- 2009 until present – Founder and Member of Estonian Society for Surgery of Hand (2005-2011 Member of the Board)
- 2005 – 2016 – Founder and Member of Estonian AO Alumni (2005-2011 – Member of the Board)
- 2003 until present – Founder and Member of EASTS (Estonian Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma Society)
Other references
- Annual participation in international conferences (ISAKOS, ASSH; FESSH, EWAS, ESSKA);
- Presentions in several international conferences (Topics: “Treatment of wrist traumatic osteoarthritis”, “Arthroscopic treatment of scaphoid fractures”, “Wrist arthroscopy in hand surgery”, “Analyses of the proximal femoral fracture treatment from 1995 to 2005” etc.
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