Petri Sillanpää

Olen koulutukseltani ortopedian ja traumatologian erikoislääkäri. Toimin Pihlajalinna Koskisairaalan ylilääkärinä. Hoidan erityisesti polvivaivoja ja polven/alaraajan akuutteja vammoja. Polvilumpion sijoiltaanmeno on erityisosaamisalueena. Tein aiheesta väitöskirjan 2009. Sen jälkeen perehdyin polviortopediaan 2010-12 fellowship’n myötä mm. USA:ssa. Olen Suomen Artroskopiayhdistyksen puheenjohtaja ja kansainvälisten polviortopediajärjestöjen komiteajäsenen (ESSKA ja ISAKOS). Toimin kouluttajana ja luennoitsijana kotimaisissa ja ulkomaisissa kongresseissa. Hoidan sekä lasten että aikuisten polvivaivoja ja teen leikkauksia niin tapaturmiin ja urheiluvammoihin kuin pitkittyneisiin kulumaoireisiin.

Petri Sillanpää MD, PhD, is working at Pihlajalinna Koskisairaala Hospital Tampere Finland as a chief knee surgeon. He is an expert in knee and sports medicine, especially patellofemoral joint and pediatric knee disorders. He also does research at the University of Tampere and has published many patellofemoral studies. His academic dissertation took place in Tampere University in 2009, titled: ”Traumatic Patellar Dislocation and Clinical Significance of Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Injury”.

Petri Sillanpää is current president of Finnish Arthroscopy Association and board member of Finnish Knee Association. He is a member of ISAKOS Knee: Sports & Preservation Committee and member of ESSKA Education Committee (ISAKOS is the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. ESSKA is the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy). Petri Sillanpää was selected for ISAKOS patellofemoral traveling fellowship in 2010, and visited many high-level centers in USA. He was also selected for ESSKA-APKASS travelling fellowship in 2012, and visited many hospitals in Asian countries. He is a member of IPSG (International Patellofemoral Study Group).