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Prof. Dr med. Andreas Lenich is an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in Munich who works almost exclusively on two joints: the shoulder and the elbow. That is a rare degree of focus — most orthopaedic surgeons take joints in general, whereas here all the experience is concentrated on the upper limb.
Where he practises
Professor Lenich holds consultations at the orthopaedic centre on Stiglmaierplatz (Orthopädie am Stiglmaierplatz, Nymphenburger Straße 1) in Munich. He operates at the IATROS and Josephinum clinics in the city, where he also founded ZEST, a centre for the treatment of the elbow and shoulder.
Before that, from 2015 to 2020, he headed the department of orthopaedics, trauma, hand surgery and sports orthopaedics at Helios Klinikum München West, and from 2009 to 2015 he was a senior physician at the Rechts der Isar university hospital of the Technical University of Munich. He gained his trauma experience at the university hospital in Regensburg and at the hospital in Augsburg.
What he does specifically
Patients come to him mainly with shoulder instability after dislocations, rotator cuff tears, elbow ligament injuries, long-standing consequences of fractures, and worn joints. He does most procedures arthroscopically: through a few small ports, with a camera inside the joint — a gentle access after which recovery is usually shorter than after an open operation. A field of its own is shoulder and elbow replacement, in which a destroyed joint is replaced with an artificial one.
Professor Lenich teaches shoulder and elbow surgery within the training programmes of the German professional society and looks after sports teams — so he deals regularly with fresh sports injuries, not only with planned orthopaedics.
How we arrange an appointment
We book the consultation, send the translated reports and MRI images to the doctor in advance, provide an interpreter at the appointment, and help with accommodation and with planning rehabilitation. Payment goes directly to the clinic at its own rates.
This material is for information only and does not replace a consultation with a doctor. Whether treatment is possible, what it will involve and what it will achieve can be determined only after an examination at the clinic in person.