Prof. Dr. med. Christian Hendrich

Prof. Dr. Christian Hendrich is Chief Physician and Medical Director of the Orthopaedic Hospital Schloss Werneck since 2005. Performing more than 800 operations per year, he is one of the high-volume surgeons for endoprosthetics both nationally and internationally. Being the first surgeon to implant the large-diameter Ceramic-on-Ceramic prosthesis Maxera in 2012, in 2013 Prof. Hendrich introduced the MAKOplasty^® to Germany.

In 2017 the first total knee using MAKOplasty^® outside the U.S. was performed in Werneck. Beside adult reconstruction his main interest lies in Sports medicine and Orthobiology. Being a pioneer in MSC-treament for orthopaedic conditions with more than 1.000 procedures performed in his hospital. Recently Prof. Hendrich obtained a manufacturing license for MSC from bone marrow.

With his motto « Hightech and high-care in the Castle », Prof. Hendrich has developed a treatment concept that has been receiving top reviews for years, such as awards from Focus magazine or, most recently, the FAZ, Stern-magazine and Newsweek.