is an orthopedic surgeon and works as a senior consultant and a chief of Dept. for Joint Preservation Surgery at Orthopedic Clinic Ljubljana
and as an associate professor at Dept. of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana.
After finishing post-graduate medical training, he focused his attention on arthroscopic and reconstructive orthopedic surgery and treatment of sports injuries. He acquired knowledge of special surgical techniques at Artro Clinic in Stockholm (Sweden), Aarhus University Hospital (Denmark), Southern California Orthopedic Institute in Los Angeles (USA), the University Health Service in Michigan (USA) and in several Canadian centers for orthopedic surgery: Montreal General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, QEII Health Service Centre in Halifax and St. Joseph’s Health Care Centre in London (Ontario).
He subspecialized primarily in the field of hip arthroscopy and open surgical treatment of hip joint deformities. He is one of few surgeons who perform complex periacetabular osteotomy in patients with hip dysplasia by using minimal invasive trans-sartorial approach. He has also acquired surgical skills for complex arthroscopic and open reconstructive surgery of the knee joint and the shoulder. He has been actively involved in various research projects in the field of prevention, rehabilitation and arthroscopic treatment of sports injuries and in treatment of human cartilage lesions. Currently, he is very active in a group of researchers who are intensely dedicated in development of surgical computer navigation.
He is an author and co-author of more than 200 publications together with 26 SCI articles. As an instructor he has participated at several surgical workshops on yearly basis. He is a frequent guest lecturer and instructor at international surgical workshops.
In years 2015 - 2019, Klemen Stražar was a president of Slovenian Orthopaedic Association. Currently, he is an actual president of Slovenian Society for Arthoscopic Surgery and Sports Traumatology (official slovenian national arthroscopic society). He has been a long-time member of the following international orthopedic societies: EFORT, ESSKA and ISHA.
He has been involved in treatment of several high level national and international athletes. At 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi (Russia) and at 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang (South Korea), he was the official physician responsible for Slovenian hockey team.
