Prof. Dr. med. Michael J. Strobel

Prof. Dr. Michael J. Strobel has established the sporthopaedicum Munich at the ATOS Private Clinic Munich.
Prof. Strobel heads the Centre for Knee Surgery.


Prof. Strobel has a national and international reputation as an outstanding knee spe-cialist and scientist. His surgical focus lies in arthroscopic surgery of the knee joint, not only in the reconstruction of the anterior, but also of the posterior cruciate liga-ments, and in the therapy of complex injuries, involving a plurality of ligaments. Fur-thermore, Prof. Strobel occupies himself with revision surgery after failed previous operations.

Prof. Strobel has written numerous text books and surgical instructions in arthro-scopic surgery that are seen as standard works and has already been translated in many languages. He is a member of numerous national and international professional associations, such as the German Speaking Association of Arthroscopy (AGA), the European Society of Sports, Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) and so on and the chief editor of the magazine AOTS (Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery) responsible for the field of arthro-scopy and sports medicine. He is also a member of the scientific advisory board in numerous magazines.

Since 2002 Prof. Strobel has lead and organised the course in arthroscopy in Arosa. This course is one of the oldest and the most traditional training courses for learning arthroscopic surgical techniques in Europe.

Prof. Strobel has repeatedly been included into the Doctor`s list "Knee" of the maga-zine FOCUS. It means that he is one of the 63 especially recommended knee special-ists in Germany. Since 1992 he has been a member of the Sporthopaedicum, one of the biggest orthopaedic surgical joint practices in Germany.

1978-1984

Studies in Münster

1984-1987

Assistant doctor at the Clinic for Trauma and Hand Surgery (under the direction of Prof. Dr. E. Burg) of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster

1986

Doctorate at the Clinic for Trauma and Hand Surgery at the University of Münster with the doctoral thesis: "The unstable behaviour of the defined capsular ligament injury of the knee joint

1987-1992

Assistant doctor at the Clinic for General Surgery (Prof. Dr. H. Bünte) of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster

1992

Board certification as a specialist in surgery

1993

Postdoctoral qualification in surgery at the Medical Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster with the postdoctoral thesis: "Instrumental laxity testing of the knee joint for quantification of the anterior extension-close tibial movement - the development of the new mechanic and potentiometric test devices, experimental investigations and clinical efficiency comparison

Teaching certificate in the subject of surgery and appointment as a private lecturer at the Medical Faculty

1993-2008

Teaching and lecturing activities at the University of Münster

2003

Appointment as Associate Professor

since 1992

Member of the Sporthopaedicum

since 2009

Head Physician of the Centre for Knee Surgery at the ATOS Private Clinic Munich