Prof. Dr. med. Michael Ruf，Head of Department at the Center for Spine Surgery, Orthopedics and Traumatology, SRH-Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach

Specialized in:

• Spine deformity

• Scoliosis

• Kyphosis

• Spondylosyndesis

• Disc prolapse

Professional Career:

• Since 2014：Head of Department at the Center for Spine Surgery, Orthopedics and Traumatology, SRH-Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Karlsbad, Germany

• 2006 - 2013：Head of Department at the Center for Orthopedics and Traumatology, Zentralklinikum Suhl, Suhl, Germany

• 1999 - 2006：Consultant Spinal Surgeon at the Centre for Spinal Surgery - Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Paraplegiology, Karlsbad - Langensteinbach, Germany (Head of Department: Prof. Jürgen Harms)

• 1991 – 1999：Registrar at the Centre for Spinal Surgery - Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Paraplegiology, Karlsbad - Langensteinbach, Germany

Membership:

• President of the German Spine Society (2012)

• Advisory Board of the German Spine Foundation

• German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery

• Scoliosis Research Society

• European Spine Society

Editorial:

•  Editorial Board des European Spine Journal