Names in the programme record: Prof. Daniel Günther
Profile completeness74%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, entry requirements
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
Unclear — confirm with host
Funding
No financial support; accommodation must be organised by the fellow
Deadline
Not published
Duration
On inquiry (variable)
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureLevel 1 trauma centre whose sports traumatology department is a German Knee Society Center of Excellence performing about 2,000 arthroscopies a year; care for German national judo and taekwondo teams. Case mix: arthroscopy 33%, knee 34%, sports medicine 33% (knee, shoulder, ankle, elbow/wrist arthroscopy, arthroplasty, biologics). Fellows attend surgery according to their focus as observers, work on cadavers, join research (multicentre trials, biomechanics, registries) and didactics; weekly grand rounds and daily trauma/ortho/radiology rounds.
Participation levelObservational pathway. No independent patient care or operative privileges are implied.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Observer-only format, so a German medical licence is not needed; international fellows apply directly to the centre. Visa and costs are the fellow's own responsibility.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Observational pathway; no independent patient care is implied. Hands-on clinical activity is not described for this observational pathway.
—Not published
Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
✓Published by official source
Language
German and English spoken
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY66% of core application fields verifiedChecked 8 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-06
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
ISAKOS Approved Teaching Center at Cologne-Merheim, a Level 1 trauma and sports-traumatology unit doing about 2,000 arthroscopies a year. It takes up to four observing fellows a year, with cadaver and research opportunities.
ACCOMMODATION & RELOCATION
Published housing information
✓ Official source mentions accommodation
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Accommodation is mentioned in the published funding or benefits information: No financial support; accommodation must be organised by the fellow
HOST INSTITUTION
About Cologne Merheim Medical Center (Kliniken der Stadt Köln), University of Witten/Herdecke
Cologne Merheim Medical Center (Kliniken der Stadt Köln), University of Witten/Herdecke in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is the published host setting for this pathway. The cited programme record describes level 1 trauma centre whose sports traumatology department is a German Knee Society Center of Excellence performing about 2,000 arthroscopies a year; care for German national judo and taekwondo teams. Case mix: arthroscopy 33%, knee 34%, sports medicine 33% (knee, shoulder, ankle, elbow/wrist arthroscopy, arthroplasty, biologics). Fellows attend surgery according to their focus as observers, work on cadavers, join research (multicentre trials, biomechanics, registries) and didactics; weekly grand rounds and daily trauma/ortho/radiology rounds..
