Background
Mennen, Ulrich was born on July 1, 1947 in Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Son of Erich and Frieda (Steinberg) Mennen.
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Mennen, Ulrich was born on July 1, 1947 in Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Son of Erich and Frieda (Steinberg) Mennen.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Pretoria University, South Africa, 1970. MMedOrth, Pretoria University, South Africa, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Orthopaedics, Pretoria University, South Africa, 1983.
Doctor of Science in Medicine, Pretoria University, South Africa, 2007.
Intern Krugersdorp (South Africa) Hospital, 1971. Medical officer Lahr Krankenhaus, Schwarzwald, Germany, 1972. Senior houseman Brook General Hospital, London, 1973-1974.
Registrar Kalafong Hospital, Pretoria, 1975-1977, Pretoria Academy Hospital, 1978-1979, senior surgeon, 1980. Principal surgeon Pretoria Academy Hospital, University Pretoria, 1981, associate professor, head hand surgery unit, 1983, honorary head, 1985—1995. Professor, head department hand and microsurgery University Limpopo/Medunsa Campus and Doctor George Mukhari Hospital, Pretoria, 1985—2007, professor, head orthopaedic surgery, 1990-1991.
Head, department orthopedic surgery Medical University Southern Africa, Ga-Rankuwa Hospital, 1990—1991. Private practice, head surgery Jakaranda Hospital, since 1992, founder, member, Pretoria Hand Institute, since 1997. Extra-ordinary professor, hand unit, department orthopedic surgery University Pretoria, 2001—2007.
Private practice in hand surgery, Pretoria, since 1992. Visiting professor hand surgery Los Angeles, 1994, Hong Kong, 1996, Australia, 1998, Vietnam, 1999, Republic of Korea, 1999, Iran, 1999, Botswana, 2000, Ethiopia, 2002, Uganda, 2003, Tanzania, 2004. Lecturer and presenter in field.
Fellow Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh and Glasgow, College Medicine South Africa (orthopedic surgery). Member South African Medical Association (Northern Gauteng branch council), South African Society Surgery of the Hand (chairman Northern Gauteng branch, national executive, historian, president), International Federation Societies Surgery of Hand (president-elect since 2007, secretary-general, treasurer 2004-2007, executive council, national delegate, chairman committee on treatment centers hand surgery, chairman committee arthrogrypisis mulliplex congenita, executive council member since 1998).
Married Johanna Margaretha Louw, January 15, 1971. Children: Albert Menno, Mathilda Christina, Abraham Faure.