Dr Ulrike Muschaweck
MD Ph.D. FACS
Areas of Expertise
Our consultant groin and hip specialists offer expert diagnosis and tailored care for complex groin pain, sports hernias, and lower limb injuries. From advanced imaging and targeted therapies to minimally invasive procedures and rehabilitation, they focus on treating the underlying cause, relieving pain, and helping you return to full activity.
Dr. Ulrike Muschaweck - Professional Bio
Dr. Ulrike Muschaweck’s extraordinary career as a surgeon started in 1989, when entering new territory in the field of Hernia Surgery at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar in Munich / Germany. Under the project “Day Surgery” she visited the Shouldice Clinic in Toronto / Canada where she took over the method of suture repair under local anaesthesia from Dr. Earle Byrnes Shouldice enabling the patients to come to the clinic in the morning and return home in the evening after surgery.
In 1993 she then opened up her own private practice in Munich and developed two new surgical methods over the next 10 years, one: the “Munich Repair” treating umbilical hernias and two: the “Minimal Repair” especially developed for sportsman’s groin of athletes. Optimising her skills she meanwhile calls an endless number of top athletes from all over the world her patients, all successfully treated within short time and permitting them to take up their training again within a few days.
In total, more than 27.000 patients were successfully operated from 1993 until today at a yearly rate of more than 1.000 surgeries.
- Founder and Owner of UM Hernia Centre, Munich, Germany (since 1993)
- Consultant Hernia Surgeon, Wellington Hospital / Platinum Medical Centre PMC, St. John’s Wood, London (since 2012)
- Consultant Hernia Surgeon, Spire Little Aston Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (since 2014)
- Regular invited lectures at European Hernia Society, European and American Orthopedic, Sports Medicine Societies
- Published articles on the "Minimal Repair" or "Muschaweck Repair" procedure, etiology, differential diagnosis and surgical therapy of Sportsmen's Groin, locating neuroma in chronic groin pain patients by INR (intra-operative nerve response), benefit and risk of mesh implantation in open and endoscopic surgery
- Book chapters on the etiology of Groin Pain, "Minimal Repair" technique for Sportsmen's Groin, recurrent inguinal hernia, mesh prostheses and socio-economic aspects in hernia surgery
- Reviewer of “Hernia” Journal
- Founding Member of the German Hernia Society DHG
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Viszeralchirurgie e.V. DGVC
- International Advisory Board of the European Hernia Society GREPA
- American Hernia Society AHS
- Appointed Fellow (F.A.C.S.) of the American College of Surgeon
Consultation & Outpatient Clinics
Fortius Clinic City
Our City Clinic is conveniently located between Bank and Monument stations, within the historic and financial heart of London. At our modern, two-floor facility we have nine consulting rooms, spacious waiting areas, well equipped treatment rooms and an imaging centre.
Explore our City Clinic with our virtual tour.
If you are travelling by Tube, our closest underground stations are Bank and Monument, exit 6 for King William Street.
Should you be travelling by car, the closest parking is a three minute drive away at NCP Car Park London Vintry Thames Exchange. If you are attending clinic on a weekday, please be aware that we are based in the congestion charge zone.
- 75 King William Street EC4N 7BE
- 0203 195 2442
- Outpatient times are Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 8.00pm.
- Snow Injuries Clinic
- Tendon Clinic
- Sports & Exercise Medicine
- MRI Scan
- Ultrasound
- X-Ray
- Physician services
- Rheumatology
Fortius Clinic Marylebone
Our Marylebone Clinic is conveniently located in the historic area between Baker Street and Marylebone High Street, just off Manchester Square, home to the iconic Wallace Collection. We have seven consulting rooms, private waiting areas on each floor, well equipped treatment rooms and diagnostic imaging.
- 17 Fitzhardinge StreetW1H 6EQ
- 020 3195 2442
- Outpatient times are Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 8.00pm.
- MRI Scan
- Ultrasound
- X-Ray
- Physician services
- Rheumatology
Fortius Clinic London
Our 79,000 sq ft, seven-story, private hospital on Wigmore Street has 39 en-suite inpatient rooms, consultation and treatment rooms, and a physiotherapy suite.
The hospital has a high-spec imaging suite fully equipped with an MRI, CT scanner and X-ray machine. There are three state-of-the-art operating theatres, two anaesthetic rooms and a recovery bay.
Fortius Clinic London has two Mako robots for hip and knee joint replacements.
- 66 Wigmore Street W1U 2SB
- 0203 195 2442
- Outpatient times are Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 8.00pm.
- Sports & Exercise Medicine
- Snow Injuries Clinic
- Tendon Clinic
- MRI Scan
- Ultrasound
- X-Ray
- Physician services
- Rheumatology
- CT Scan
- Image guided injections
- Physiotherapy
- MAKO Robotic Joint Replacement
- Knee replacement revision clinic
Fortius Clinic Wimbledon
Our Wimbledon clinic houses a state-of-the-art imaging centre with a 3T MRI and X-ray scanners, Ultrasound, seven consulting rooms, two spacious waiting areas and well equipped treatment rooms all located on one level, ensuring easy accessibility for all patients.
Our partnership with Spire St Anthony’s Hospital allows us to provide orthopaedic surgery closer to our clinic. We treat a full range of conditions and perform joint replacement surgery using the latest Mako robotic assisted technology.
The building at 22 Worple Road has steps leading up to the front entrance. If you require assistance please inform us before your arrival by calling ahead on 020 3195 2442
- 22 Worple Road SW19 4DD
- 0203 195 2442
- Outpatient times are Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 8.00pm.
- Snow Injuries Clinic
- MRI Scan
- Ultrasound
- X-Ray
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