Karin Büttner-Janz, MD, PhD, Germany
Past President 2008-20091967 - 1972
Competitive Sports in Gymnastics: 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze Olympic Medals; 1 Gold, 2 Silver World Championship Medals; 4 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze European Championship Medals 1982
Medical Doctorate 1987-1990
Assistant Medical Director at the Orthopaedic Clinic and Polyclinic of the Charité Hospital, Medical Faculty of the Humboldt University, Berlin 1987
Fellowship in USA (ESKA/AOSSM) 1989
PhD with the ff. subject "The functional intervertebral disc prosthetics SB Charité - development of the implant, biomechanics, patient analysis, perspectives" Since 1992
Permission to teach the field of Orthopaedics at the Charité Hospital, Humboldt University, Berlin Since 1993
Permission to do post-graduate training for the specialty of Orthopaedics issued by the Chamber of Physicians, Berlin 1990 - 2004
Director of the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Hellersdorf Hospital, Berlin Since 2004
Director of the Vivantes Orthopaedic Clinic im Friedrichshain, Berlin Since 2005
Professor of Orthopaedics at the Charité Hospital, Medical Faculty of the Humboldt University and of the Free University, Berlin Since 2008
Director of the Vivantes Orthopaedic Clinic im Friedrichshain and Director of the Vivantes Traumatologic and Orthopaedic Clinic Am Urban, Berlin Since 2008
Permission to do post-graduate training for the specialty of the new medical specialization Orthopaedics and Traumatology International membership:
Immediate Past President of ISASS
Honorary member of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine Publications:
Approximately 270 scientific publications, oral presentations, posters; patents (as author or co-author) Awards: 1986
National Award for science and technology for the development of the Charité Artificial Disc 1987
Award of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for outstanding sporting and academic achievement 2003
Induction into the “International Gymnastics Hall of Fame” | 
