Elbow Arthroscopy and Minimal Invasive Surgery

Andreas B. Imhoff , MD, served as Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director of the Department of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at the Technical University Munich, Germany until April 2022. He assumed this role in 1996, following his tenure at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Balgrist Hospital, University of Zurich. Throughout his career, Dr. Imhoff held several key positions in professional societies. He notably served as Founder, President and General Secretary of the German Society of Arthroscopic Surgery (AGA), held a position on the Executive Board of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and served as a Board member and Chairman of various committees for ISAKOS (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine).

Since 1999, Dr. Imhoff has been honored with numerous awards from various countries around the world. These accolades include becoming an honorary member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) in 2004, being granted the title of Miembro Honorario Sociedad Argentina de Cirugía de Hombro y Codo in 2006, receiving the Malaysian Federal Honorary Award in 2010 (including the title "DATUK," an Honorary Award given by His Majesty Tuanku Mizan, limited to 200 living recipients at any one time), becoming an honorary member of the German Society of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (AGA) in 2013, being granted honorary membership in the Indian Arthroscopic Society (IAS) in 2014, receiving the OTIF Award 2019 of Orthopaedic Legends in Naples, and being named an honorary member with the MEM Lecture lifetime in Orthopaedics by the Swiss Society for Orthopaedics (SGO) in 2021. Honorary member of DKG (German Knee Society) 2023 and GOTS (Society of Orthopaedic and Trauma Sports Medicine) 2024.

Dr. Imhoff serves as an editor of journals like Arthroscopy, Operative Orthopaedics and Traumatology (OOT), Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES), Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (KSSTA), American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM) and Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine (OAJSM) and HIVE the Musculoskeletal Open Access Journal as an editor in chief. He is the author or editor of 41 books in the field and has authored more than 588 papers in peer-reviewed journals from 1979 until 2024.

Andreas Lenich is a Consultant Professor and Head of the Department for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at the Josephinum Klinikum - Munich Bavaria/ Germany. Dr. Lenich is a trauma surgeon and specializes in disorders of the shoulder and elbow as well as all sports-related injuries. He uses advanced open and arthroscopic surgical techniques to restore damaged joints, ligaments, and bones. He particularly focuses on preserving joints with arthrosis as long as possible before using arthroplasty techniques. He performs advanced elbow and shoulder arthroscopy, and is a leading expert on complex and revision elbow and surgery. His clinical practice in Munich was based at the well-known Klinikum University of Augsburg and the University of Regensburg and the Sport Orthopaedic Department of the Tech. University Munich. He has authored over 70 peer-reviewed scientific articles, and 4 books on orthopaedic and sports medicine.