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Über Mitglieder des
RRK (2018)
Dr. Christopher Reitz |
Dr. Christopher Reitz
Dr. Christopher Reitz was born and raised in Germany.
Aus "http://www.stgeorgeorthopaedics.com"
(2018)
After completing
his medical training at Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University Frankfurt,
Germany, Chris began his Orthopaedic training at Frankfurt University Hospital.
During that time
he also gained specialist accreditation in Sports Medicine and Emergency
Medicine in Germany.
In 2006, Chris
came to Australia to gain further experience in General Surgery and began work
at Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, Sydney.
He then went on to
Orthopaedic training and completed the program conducted by the Royal Australian
College of Surgeons and the Australian Orthopaedic Association. Dr. Reitz is a
fully Australian trained and qualified Orthopaedic Surgeon.
Chris provides care for patients with:
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General
orthopaedic problems.
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People suffering from sports injuries.
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People of all age groups who might require upper limb or
lower limb surgery. And patients requiring surgery after trauma.
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Chris performs Shoulder, Hip and Knee arthroplasty
(replacement) surgery
‒ implementing the latest European treatment regimes.
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Chris does have extensive training and experience in
minimal invasive anterior and standard posterior hip replacement surgery.
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He performs computer and robotic assisted partial and total
knee replacement surgery.
Chris has also a special interest in:
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Non operative treatment modalities in osteoarthritis and
musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries, with training and experience in the
latest techniques of PRP and stem cell treatment currently used in the USA and
Europe.
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MIS ‒ Minimal invasive foot and Ankle surgery.
Chris currently holds VMO appointments at Bankstown-Lidcombe Public Hospital
and at St. George Private Hospital.
Dr. Reitz has
teaching and research experience and is currently a lecturer at the UNSW South
Western Sydney Clinical School.
Outside of medicine Chris has a great passion for sport. He was part of the
German National Field Hockey Team and is a Triple Olympian ‒
competing in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney. Chris is a
winner of the Gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992.
The couple soon after they met at the Sydney
2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony |
Catherine and Dr. Chris Reitz with kids
Matilda and Marcus at their Malabar property |
Mrs. Reitz (nee Barclay), who is a
former professional tennis player and was in the Olympic squad, met Dr.
Reitz, a former member of the German national field hockey team and a
triple Olympian, during the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
They had a
whirlwind romance, got married in Germany in 2003 and moved to Sydney in 2005,
choosing Malabar.
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