Professor Dr. med. Karsten Knobloch, MD, FACS

Consultant for general, plastic and aesthetic surgery, hand surgery, sports medicine, emergency medicine

President German Shockwave Society (DIGEST)

Chief communication officer (CCO) International Society for Medical Shockwave Therapy (ISMST)

  • 1992 participant international olympic youth camp, Barcelona, Spain
  • 1994-2001 Medical School University of Goettingen, Germany
  • 2001 Dr. med. at Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Germany and Aventis AG, Germany
  • 2001-2007 Residency department of surgery Hannover Medical School Germany in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery (Prof. Dr. Axel Haverich), trauma surgery (Prof. Dr. Christian Krettek), general- and transplantation surgery (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Klempnauer), and plastic, hand & reconstructive surgery (Prof. Dr. Peter M. Vogt)
  • 2007 Habilitation at Hannover Medical School on the importance of microcirculation in surgery
  • 2010 Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) in Washington, DC, USA
  • 2010 Professor for surgery at Hannover Medical School, Germany
  • 1.12.2012 Launch of the SportPraxis Prof. Dr. Karsten Knobloch, MD, FACS
  • Nov 2013 Finisher New York City Marathon
  • 2001 5th Michaelem Servetus Educational Award, Madrid Arrhythmia Meeting, 2001, Madrid, Spain
  • 2004 Poster price 13. Session of German air medical transport community
  • 2004 GOTS-Aircast Europe sports fellowship
  • 2006 1st poster price at Norddeutsche Orthopädenvereininigung (NOV) for eccentric training in Achilles tendinopathy in Hamburg, Germany
  • 2006 Award of the German working group on mircosurgery (Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie (DAM)-Förderpreis) in Lübeck, Germany
  • 2007 1st poster price at German Surgical Society for the study: Protective balancing for prevention of muscle injuries in professional female soccer, Munich, Germany
  • 2009 Golden Hour Scientific Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • 2009 Travel Award for the annucal conference of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in Chicago, IL, USA
  • 2011 Travel Award International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, IPRAS in Vancouver, Kanada
  • 2011 5-CC Award for best paper Dermatology: Focused shockwave therapy for Cellulite - a randomized trial, Cannes, Frankreich