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11.02.2025Bayer 04

Bayer 04 team doctor Ehrenstein is Sports Physician of the Year 2024

A special honour after a special year: Dr Philipp Ehrenstein, the Werkself team doctor, has been named Sports Physician of the Year 2024 by the Hessen Sports Physicians Association.
Dr. med. Philipp Ehrenstein

Ehrenstein received the award at the winter training course in St. Anton in Austria, held for the 64th time this year. Around 200 doctors attend this renowned course each year to extend their knowledge of the latest developments in the theory and practice of sports medicine.

"conformation of our day-to-day work"

According to the organisers, the key element in the choice of Ehrenstein was not only the success on the pitch with winning the double but also especially the outstanding injury management achieved by the medical team at Bayer 04.

"This award is a great honour and is down to the team made up of my colleague Stefan Porten, our medical director Karl-Heinrich Dittmar and all the physiotherapists. It is confirmation of our day-to-day work," said Ehrenstein at the awards ceremony. "Our target is to look after the sportsmen and women to the optimum and also to enable them to make a fast, but above all, safe return to competitive sport."

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The Bayer 04 team doctors Dr. Philipp Ehrenstein (right) and Dr. Stefan Porten (left) with medical director Dr. Karl-Heinrich Dittmar

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