Volker Schoeffl, MD, PhD, MHBA, FAWM, is senior physician at the Department of Sports Medicine and Sports Orthopedics in Bamberg, Germany. He is adjunct professor of trauma and orthopedic surgery at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and adjoint assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is also a visiting professor to the Leeds Becket University in the UK. His scientific focus is on climbing and ski mountaineering injuries and biomechanics of the hand. He is the team doctor for the German Climbing Team, the German Ski Mountaineering Team, the German Paraclimbing Team and a member of MedCom UIAA and IFSC. He serves as a consultant doctor to the Adidas Terrex International Outdoor team. His book One Move Too Many is the most valued book on climbing medicine, already available in five languages with Chinese and Japanese translations currently in progress.
