About Bernd Kladny

Prof. Dr. Bernd Kladny (born 1960) has been serving as the Deputy Secretary-General of the DGOU (German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma) since 2020. Before, he was Secretary-General of the DGOU in 2015 and from 2018 to 2019. Since 2015, Prof. Kladny has held the position of Secretary-General of the DGOOC (German Society for Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery).

The specialist for orthopaedics and trauma surgery has been senior physician of the Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery at the Fachklinik Herzogenaurach since 1996.

Focus

Non-surgical orthopaedics and trauma
Non-surgical treatment of spinal diseases and back pain
Osteoporosis
Rehabilitation

Clinical career

since 1996
Senior physician of the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at the Fachklinik Herzogenaurach

1994 – 1996
Assistant medical director at the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen at the Waldkrankenhaus St. Marien

1990 – 1994
Research assistant at the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen at the Waldkrankenhaus St. Marien

1989 – 1990
Research assistant at the Department of Trauma Surgery of the Hannover Medical School
Assistant doctor at the Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery of the Hannover Medical School

1988 – 1989
Research assistant at the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen at the Waldkrankenhaus St. Marien

Academic career

2003
Professor at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

1997
Award of an authorisation to teach for Orthopaedics

1996
Habilitation at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

1988
Doctorate at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

1981 – 1987
Medical studies at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Specialist qualifications

2007: X-ray diagnosis of the skeleton
2006: Orthopaedic surgeon
1995: Orthopaedic rheumatology
1994: Specialist for orthopaedics, including radiation diagnostics and protection

Memberships, honorary positions and awards

German Society for Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery (DGOOC)
since 2015: Secretary-General
2013: President
2004 – 2012: Head of the section for physical medicine and rehabilitation
German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma (DGOU)
since 2020: Deputy Secretary-General
2013: Deputy President
2015, 2018 – 2019: Secretary-General
2016 – 2017: Deputy Secretary-General
2009 – 2013: Head of the section Rehabilitation – Physical Medicine
Deutsche Hüftgesellschaft (DHG)
since 2015: Vice-President
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (DGCH)
since 2015: Member of the Board
Vereinigung Süddeutscher Orthopäden (VSO)
2009: President and Congress President