Frederik Ammitzboell

Frederik Ammitzboell M.D.
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

General Information/Philosophy of Care

Dr. Ammitzboell joined the Shepton Mallet Treatment Centre in January 2006. 

Dr Ammitzboell has a broad education in most orthopaedic fields.  He has experience of hand surgery, arthroscopic surgery, foot and ankle surgery as well as all kinds of acute surgery.

Prior to joining SMTC he spent six years working as Head of the Department of Trauma at the Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital and was also Head of the Emergency Room.  He joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aalborg, University Hospital, Denmark, in 1992 and was responsible for putting in place an Emergency Plan.  Together with a consultant in Anaesthesiology and Neurosurgery, he built up the first level 1 Trauma centre in Denmark, producing a Trauma Manual with detailed instructions on how to treat severely damaged patients.  This included action-cards for every participant and they made an Emergency Plan in the same detailed way instead of the telephone list that existed prior to this.

His surgical fields are:
• Arthroplasties carried out  more than 1500 hip and knee prostheses
• Fractures including fixation with ring fixators, using the llizarov frame.
• Foot and Ankle a-tendon lengthening, ankle and subtalo-fusions, hallux disorders
• Shoulder, Arm open shoulder surgery of most kinds, no experience with shoulder arthroscopy, but with most hand surgery

He has worked as assistant professor at Rigshospitalet and taught both students and doctors in his position at Aalborg University Hospital. At the Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital he specialised in trauma surgery and arthroplasties, with 2 trauma lists per week, 2 all day lists with arthroplasties and 3 outpatient clinics per week.

Professional Experience

• 2004 – 2007: Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital, Reading.
• 1992 – 2004: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aalborg, Denmark.
• 1990 – 1992: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Mermaid Clinic, Ebeltoft, Denmark.
• 1989 – 1999: Junior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
• 1985 – 1989: SpR, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gentofte, County Hospital, Denmark.
• 1983 – 1984: SHOO, Department of Heart and Thorax Surgery, Gentofte, County Hospital, Denmark
• 1982 – 1983: HO/SHO, Department of Hand Surgery, Gentofte, County Hospital, Denmark
• 1981 – 1982: SHO, Department of Classical Orthopaedic, Gentofte, County Hospital, Denmark
•  1980: SHO, Department of Gastrosurgery Diakonisses Classical Orthopaedic, Gentofte, County Hospital, Denmark
• 1979: SHO, Department of General Surgery, Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark
• 1977 – 1979: SHO, Department of Orthopaedic and Vascular Surgery, Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark
• 1975 – 1977: HO, Department of General Surgery, Sundby Hospital, Denmark
• 1975: Department of Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet, Denmark