Dr. Catalin Stefan Dragulescu

Dr. Catalin Stefan Dragulescu is a German Board-certified orthopedic surgeon with more than 30 years of experience across orthopedic surgery, trauma care, sports medicine, and general surgery. He earned his medical degree in Bucharest and completed residency training in general surgery, orthopedic surgery, and trauma care in Germany, where he rotated through inpatient and outpatient services and developed broad expertise in trauma, sports injuries, and joint replacement.

Before joining American Hospital Dubai, he worked at a renowned sports clinic in Hellersen, Germany, and then served for more than 15 years as Head of the Orthopedic Department in hospitals in Soest, Germany, including leadership of a joint replacement center. In 2017, he moved to the GCC and worked in Bahrain at German Orthopedic Hospital and Royal Bahrain Hospital. His profile highlights major expertise in knee and hip joint replacement, including customized joint replacement based on preoperative 3D CT planning, and notes that he implemented customized hip and knee joint replacement in the GCC in Bahrain in 2018.

His clinical interests also include sports injuries, arthroscopic knee procedures such as meniscal repair, ACL repair, and patella realignment, shoulder surgery, foot and ankle surgery, chiropractic, and osteopathy. He is additionally listed as a certified medical golf coach. Professionally, he is associated with the German Medical Chamber, the German Association of Orthopedics and Trauma, the European Association of Arthroscopic Surgery, and the German Association of Chiropractic and Osteopathy. He speaks English, French, German, Italian, and Romanian, which can be especially helpful for international patients seeking orthopedic care in Dubai.

• Medical Degree – University of Bucharest, Romania (1990)
• Diploma – Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
• German Board Certification in Orthopedic Surgery

• Knee arthritis and degenerative joint diseases
• Hip joint disorders
• Sports injuries (ACL tears, ligament injuries)
• Meniscus injuries
• Patellar instability / malalignment
• Shoulder injuries (rotator cuff, impingement)
• Foot and ankle disorders
• Trauma and fracture-related injuries
• Non-union and complex fracture cases
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Limb length discrepancies

• Knee Replacement Surgery (Total & Customized)
• Hip Replacement Surgery (including customized implants)
• Arthroscopic Knee Surgery
• ACL Reconstruction
• Meniscus Repair Surgery
• Patella Realignment Surgery
• Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery
• Foot and Ankle Surgery
• Non-union Reconstruction Procedures
• Chiropractic and Osteopathy treatments

• Member of the German Medical Chamber
• Member of the German Association of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
• Member of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy (ESSKA) Member of the German Association of Chiropractic and Osteopathy