Dr. med. Alexander Richter
Head Physician Spinal Surgery and Neurosurgery at Helios ENDO-Klinik Hamburg
Specialist fields (in extracts)
- Degenerative Disorders
- Spinal deformity
- Revsision surgery
- Tumor and infection
- Trauma
Curriculum vitae (in extracts)
| 1989 – 1996 | Study of human medicine, University of Hamburg |
| 1997 - 2002
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Internship and Residency
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| 01. 01.1998
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Licence to practise
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| 01.1998 – 05.2000
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German Scoliosis Center, Center for Spinal Surgery, Werner Wicker Clinic Bad Wildungen
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| 06.2000 – 09.2004
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Orthopaedic and Trauma Department, Klinikum Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany
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| 09. – 12. 2003
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Collaboration with the Back Center am Michel Day Clinic, Hamburg, Dr. G. Müller/Dr. M. Mallwitz, Care of chronic back pain patients within the framework of a conservative multimodal treatment concept
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| 2004 - 2006
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Senior physician Orthopaedic Department, Brüderkrankenhaus St. Josef, Paderborn, Germany
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| 2006 - 2009
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Senior physician Centre for Spinal Surgery and Scoliosis Centre, Klinikum Neustadt, Germany
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| 04.2009 – 08. 2014
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Senior Physician at the Interdisciplinary Spine Center Hamburg, Department of Spine and Scoliosis Surgery Asklepios Klinik St. Georg
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| 08. 2014 – 03 .2016
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Head of the Department of Orthopedic Spine Surgery Interdisciplinary Spine Center Hamburg, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg
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| from 01. April 2016
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Chief Physician, Department of Spinal Surgery and Neurosurgery ENDO Clinic Hamburg
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Certification
March 2002: Manual Medicine
November 2004: Sports Medicine
January 2006: Specialized Orthopedic Surgery
November 2013: Basic and Master Certificate from the German Spine Society
2021: Inclusion in the Focus List of Top Physicians in the field of spine surgery. Confirmation in 2022, 2023, and 2024
Academic activities
Doctoral dissertation
Title: "Osteochondritis Dissecans – Results of Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment. A Retrospective Study with the Aim of Developing a Treatment Plan Taking MRI Follow-up Diagnostics and Cartilage Morphology into Account" Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Prof. Dr. E. Hille.
Contributions
- Halm H, Richter A, Lerner T, et al: [En-bloc spondylectomy and reconstruction for primary tumors and solitary metastasis of the spine]. Orthopade 37:356-366, 2008
- Halm H, Richter A, Thomsen B, et al: [Anterior scoliosis surgery. State of the art and a comparison with posterior techniques]. Orthopade 38:131-40, 142, 2009
- Obid P, Richter A, Ubeyli H, et al: Spontaneus bilateral pedicle fracture 30 years after Harrington Instrumentation for idiopathic scoliosis: a case report. J Med Case Reports 6:29, 2012
- Obid P, Vierbuchen M, Wolf E, Reichl M, Niemeyer T, Übeyli H, Richter A Radiation-Induced Intraspinal Chondrosarcoma: A Case Report Global Spine Journal 01/2015; DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-154695
- Quante M, Kesten H, Richter A, et al: [Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for the treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis.]. Orthopade 2011
- Quante M, Richter A, Thomsen B, et al: [Surgical management of adult scoliosis. The challenge of osteoporosis and adjacent level degeneration]. Orthopade 38:159-169, 2009
- Reichl M, Kueny RA, Danyali R, Obid P, Übeyli H, Püschel K, Morlock MM, Huber G, Niemeyer T, Richter A. Biomechanical Effects of a Dynamic Topping off Instrumentation in a Long Rigid Pedicle Screw Construct. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2015 Jan 21. [Epub ahead of print]
- Richter A, Ahrens M, Quante M, et al: [Modern scoliosis surgery under the conditions of the German DRG-system]. Orthopade 38:205-2, 2009
- Richter A, Halm HF, Hauck M, et al: 2-year Follow-up After Decompressive Surgery With and Without Implantation of an Interspinous Device for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Prospective Controlled Study. J Spinal Disord Tech 2012
- Richter A, Halm HF, Lerner T, et al: Long-term follow-up after en bloc resection and reconstruction of a solitary paraganglioma metastasis in the first lumbar vertebral body: a case report. J Med Case Reports 5:45, 2011
- Richter A, Quante M, Macherei A, et al: [Modified primary stable ventral derotation spondylodesis with Halm-Zielke instrumentation for the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis]. Oper Orthop Traumatol 22:164-176, 2010
- Richter A, Schutz C, Hauck M, et al: Does an interspinous device (Coflex) improve the outcome of decompressive surgery in lumbar spinal stenosis? One-year follow up of a prospective case control study of 60 patients. Eur Spine J 19:283-289, 2010
- Peter Obid, Reza Danyali, Rebecca Kueny, Gerd Huber, Michael Reichl, Alexander Richter, Thomas Niemeyer, Michael Morlock, Klaus Püschel, Hüseyin Übeyli: Hybrid Instrumentation in Lumbar Spinal Fusion: A Biomechanical Evaluation of Three Different Instrumentation Techniques, Global Spine J 2016
Book contributions:
- Richter A, Mittelstädt H, Mallwitz J, Flügge K, Vahldiek C, Hille E Is dynamic MRI an alternative in the diagnosis of spinal stenosis? Steinkopff-Verlag 2003, Editors: Rompe/Pfeil
- Richter A, Hille E. The postoperative phase. Mobilization, rehabilitation, and symptom-oriented management of postoperative complaints. Lumbar spine. Editors: J. Hildebrandt, G. Müller, M. Pfingsten Elsevier 2004, pp. 666-674
Memberships
- Member of the German Society for Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery
- Member of the Spine Surgery Section of the German Society for Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery (DGOOC)
- Member of the European Spine Society
- Member of the Professional Association for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
- Member of the German Spine Society (DWG)
- Member of the DRG Commission of the German Spine Society
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