Dr Boris Poberaj specialises in the treatment of sports injuries and degenerative disorders of the shoulder, knee and elbow.
Before returning from abroad, he worked for 5 years in Qatar as a “Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon” at Aspetar, one of the world’s most elite sports hospitals for orthopaedic surgery and sports injuries, which is also a renowned FIFA centre.
There, he has treated injuries to top athletes from all over the world, where successful surgery and return to competition are crucial.
Previously, he worked at the Orthopaedic Hospital Valdoltra in the Department of Arthroscopy and Sports Injuries and at Bitenc Surgery.
At the same time, he was an invited surgeon in several orthopaedic centres in Europe.
In addition to his surgical work with patients, early in his career he began to improve and develop new surgical techniques and instrumentation, including the development of a completely new method of fixation of the long head of the biceps.
He is a co-founder of the European Shoulder Association (ESA) of ESSKA and its former President, and a member of several international and national professional associations (ESSKA, EFORT, AANA, SSAST).
A narrower field of specialisation:
- Atroscopic procedures on the shoulder
- Rotator cuff reconstruction and joint stabilisation
- Shoulder endoprosthetics
- Arthroscopic procedures on the elbow
- Knee athroscopic procedures, ligament reconstruction
We cooperate with health insurance companies Triglav, Vzajemna, Generali, Merkur, Sava and Prva.