The University Hospital

Herr Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Wirth

Herr Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Wirth

Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgery/Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery; additional qualification in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Special Orthopaedic Surgery

Contact

Phone number: +49 7071 29-4091

Fax number: +49 7071 29-86685

E-mail address: thomas.wirth@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Clinic / Institute / Center

  • Childrens' Orthopaedics
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
  • paediatric foot surgery
  • joint preservation surgery, axial realignment surgery
  • Tumour Orthopaedics
  • spine deformities
  • osteogenesis imperfecta, skeletal dysplasia, diseases of the bone metabolism

  • Personal Information

    Born and raised in Stuttgart, Germany. Study of Medicine at Philipps-University Marburg.

  • 1987-1991
    specialist training in Orthopaedic Surgery, Dept Orthopaedics, Philipps University, Marburg
  • 1991-1992
    Clinical Research Fellow, Dept. Paediatr. Orthopaedics, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, AUS
  • 1992-1998
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Philipps University, Marburg (Consultant)
  • 1998-1999
    Locum Consultant, Dept. Orthopaedics, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
  • 1999-2004
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Philipps University, Marburg (Leading Consultant, last position: Acting Head of the Department))
  • 2005-2025
    Department of Orthopaedics, Olgahospital, Klinikum Stuttgart (Medical Director)
  • from 15.07.2025
    Orthopaedic Depatment of the University Hospital Tübingen (Senior Consultant)
  • Golden Badge of Honour of the German Society for Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery (DGOOC, 2014)
  • Hubert-Waldmann medaillion of the Berufsverband der Orthopäden und Unfallchirurgen (BVOU, 2021)
  • Medaillion of Honour of the German Association of Paediatric Orthopaedics (VKO, 2022)
  • > 100 original publications, > 20 Review Articles, > 25 Book Chapters
  • DGOU und DGOOC (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie)
  • VSOU (Vereinigung Süddeutscher Orthopäden und Unfallchirurgen)
  • VLOU (Verband Leitender Orthopäden und Unfallchirurgen
  • BVOU (Berufsverband Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie)
  • VKOU (Vereinigung Kinder- und Jugendorthopädie und -unfallchirurgie)
  • EPOS (European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society)
  • IPOTT (International Pediatric Orthopedic Think Tank)
  • POSNA (Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America)