Marianne Backer

Specialist in orthopedic surgery

Affiliated departments
Capio Gildhøj

Education and training

1984 Master's degree from University of Copenhagen

1996 Specialist in orthopedic surgery

Subsequently subspecialized in sports surgery and telescopic surgery (arthroscopy)

1999 - 2000 American trained sports and shoulder surgeon with training from The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Experience

2010 - Employed at Gildhøj Private Hospital

2006 - 2010 Head of Clinic at Hamlets Sports Clinic

2003 - 2006 Consultant at the Sports and Shoulder Section at Amager Hospital

Other information

Special competencies

Advanced telescopic knee, shoulder, ankle and elbow surgery

Surgical treatment of cruciate ligament and ligament injuries in the knee

Bone surgery for shoulder dislocations

Bone surgery for shoulder pain and tendon injuries

Sports injuries in general

Science

Taught at DIMS (Danish Society of Sports Medicine) step 1 and step 2 courses

Taught a course in basic telescopic surgery (SAKS)

Author of "Shoulder Instability" textbook chapter in American Textbook for Sports Surgeons

Author of "Sports Surgery" textbook chapter for physiotherapists

Lecturer at DBU's elite coach course for football coaches for elite teams

Professional memberships

2015 - Selected by the Danish Health Authority to develop a new national clinical guideline for meniscus injuries in the knee. Read about the studies

Member of the Danish Orthopaedic Society (DOS)

Danish Society of Sports Medicine (DIMS).

On the board from 2003 - 2009. Former chairman of the Education Committee with responsibility for the Diploma program and exams for Diplomlæger

Member of the Scandinavian foundation for Sports Medicine

Former chairman of the Society for Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Traumatology (SAKS)

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