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Dr. Jesper Fritz – MD, PhD

Specialized knee surgeon in Abu Dhabi

Dr. Jesper Fritz is an orthopaedic knee surgeon based in Abu Dhabi who specializes in diagnosing and treating complex knee injuries and previously failed surgeries.

After completing international programs in South Africa and Australia, finishing his sports and knee surgery education in Sweden, he has been closely trained by world-renowned knee surgeons from the United States and the United Kingdom and is now covering all three main areas of medicine: Clinical expertise, research and education.

Dr. Fritz clinical practice is exclusively focused on knee injuries and previously failed surgeries, primarily in professional and recreational athletes. His expertise lies in:

Ligament reconstructions – ACL, PCL, collateral ligaments
Knee dislocations and multiligament reconstructions
Meniscal tears, deficiencies and transplants
Cartilage restoration procedures and cartilage transplants
Patellofemoral instabilities
Osteotomies
Failed previous surgeries
Complex combinations of these procedures

Individualize the treatment!

This is the mantra of Dr. Fritz, which revolves around giving each patient the best possible treatment, including evaluation, treatment options, surgical solutions and rehabilitation. In the clinical setting he works with a team of medical professionals to make sure the patient reaches his/her full recovery, starting with postoperative care and objective testing of strength, mobility and stability and finishing with specialized physiotherapy to get the patient fully ready to go back to sports.

Teaching and Awards

As an educator, Dr. Fritz is giving professional presentations, symposia and instructional course lectures as well as teaching clinical courses for surgical techniques and decision making for fellow surgeons. He has received several awards, including “best thesis” and “best presentation” by Swedish Orthopaedic Association and American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.
Dr. Fritz is a member of several international knee societies including International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) and American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and is board certified in Sweden and United Arab Emirates.

Dr. Fritz educating international surgeons in how to perform ACL and PCL reconstructions in Istanbul, Turkey

Meniscus lecture, focusing on repair techniques for more complex meniscus tears. Individualize the treatment and save the meniscus is the message of the lecture

Sports and Research

In his early days he competed in pole vault and has merits from both world championships and Olympic Games (2008, Beijing) and after earning his PhD doing research to evaluate the effect of physical activity in children and adolescents, the research is now solely focused on techniques and outcomes for knee surgery.

Dr. Fritz clearing the bar in the Olympic Games in Beijing, 2008

Specialized knee surgeon in Abu Dhabi

Individualize the treatment!

Teaching and Awards

Sports and Research

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