"I've seen you on television!" Prof Dr Stefan Budde often hears this sentence from patients at the Evangelical hospital Bethel (EvKB). There, the specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery heads the Department of Endoprosthetics and Special Orthopaedic Surgery. He is known to a wide (television) audience as the team doctor for DSC Arminia Bielefeld.
Stefan Budde can be seen on screen treating injured Arminia players on the stadium pitch. The 42-year-old has been doing the job since 2015 and loves it as much as the first day. As he says, the Bielefeld native was "crazy about Arminia as a boy" and is still a passionate supporter of the Blue and White. "That's why," he says, "it's something special for me to be part of the team." Being close to the players also creates the trust that is important for good medical treatment.