Dr. med. Brit Schumann-Veith
Trauma surgeon and orthopedist, general surgeon
Work focus/qualifications:
- Minor outpatient surgical procedures, surgical trauma management
- Non-invasive cartilage/osteoarthritis therapy (ACP®, hyaluronic acid)
- Chirotherapy
- Sports medicine
- Acupuncture, ear acupuncture
- Diagnostic radiology (specialty-related to emergency diagnostics)
- MRI (specialty-related)
- Ultrasound of the locomotor system
- Primary psychosomatic care
- Acu-Taping, elastic therapeutic taping (kinesio taping)
- Neural therapy
- Extracorporeal shock wave
- Osteodensitometry
- Applied kinesiology
- Emergency medicine
- Advanced training authorization: surgery
- Expert assessments for pension insurance institutes, trade associations, accident insurers
- Diverse lectures on “Osteosynthesis International”
- Diverse articles, including in the “Journal of the American Society of Nephrology”
Professional career
| 1993 | German higher education entrance certification (Abitur) |
| 1993-1999 | Medical studies at the Free University Berlin/Humboldt University Berlin |
| 1996 | Visiting student at the Medical School G’mangia, Malta University |
| 1997 | Visiting physician in New York |
| 1999 | Visiting physician at Tygerberg Hospital, Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
| 2000 | Partial medical license |
| 2001 | Full medical license |
| 2000-2006 | Specialty medical training at the German Red Cross Hospital Berlin-Westend, including 3.5 years in orthopedics/trauma surgery (PD Dr. H. H. Schauwecker), 2 years in general surgery (Prof. H. Gögler), 0.5 years in the interdisciplinary intensive care unit (Dr. S. Kljucar) |
| May 28, 2004 | Doctor of Medicine |
| May 16, 2006 | Certification as surgeon |
| 2006-2009 | Specialty training at the orthopedics and trauma surgery ward of the Evangelisches Waldkrankenhaus Berlin-Spandau (Prof. W. Noack) |
| October 9, 2007 | Medical specialty examination orthopedics and trauma surgery |
| 2008-2012 | Consultant physician at MVZ practice for holistic orthopedics and trauma surgery in Berlin-Mitte (Friedrichstrasse) |
| 2012-present | Registered specialist working in the practice |
Memberships
- Berlin Medical Chamber
- Berufsverband der Fachärzte für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie e.V. (Professional association of orthopedics and trauma surgeons)
- Dt. Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und orthopädische Chirurgie e.V. (German society for orthopedics and orthopedic surgery)
- Forschungsgruppe Akupunktur FACM e.V. (Research association acupuncture)
Athletics
- Inline skating, including participation in numerous competitions
- Alpine skiing, snowboarding
Languages
- English
- Russian
Our Orthopedics Centre on Potsdamer Platz is located right in the heart of Berlin, easily accessible by car and public transportation.
Our generous practice hours and wide range of treatment methods allow us to deliver swift and precise diagnoses and set you on an effective treatment path right away.