Education & Experience 1980 Graduation from Medical School, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich 1980 – 1982 Institute for Pharmacology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich 1982 Doctorate 1982-1989 Residency, Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School (MHH) 1992/1996 Habilitation / Apl. Professor, Trauma Department, MHH 1997 Deputy Director of Trauma, Hannover Medical School 1999 Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) 1999 Professor / Director of Trauma, Monash University / The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia since 2000 Professor of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Director Division of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany Scholarships & Awards 1973-80 'Hundhammer'-Scholarship of the State Government of Bavaria 1980 'Karl-Forster'-Scholarship of the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich 1994 ‘Recognition Award’ of the AO/ASIF Technical Commis¬sion 1997 ‘SICOT Travelling Fellowship’ 1998 ‘Recognition Award’ of the AO/ASIF Technical Commis¬sion 1998 ‘Edgar-Ungeheuer-Prize’ of the German Society for General Surgery 2012 Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach Büste (DGU) Boards 1985 Member European Society of Biomechanics 1985 Member International Society of Biomechanics 1994 Int. member American Ortho¬p. Trauma Association (OTA) 1997 Member American Academy of Ortho¬p Surg (AAOS) 1997 Member 'Long Bone Expert Group of the AO/ASIF' (AO LBEG) 1997 Member 'Steering committee Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery of the AO/ASIF' 1999-2000 Board of Directors Victorian State Trauma Foundation, Melbourne, Australia 2000 Founding member International Society Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS International) 2002 Präsidiumsmitglied Deutsche Gesellschaft f Unfallchirurgie 2001 Trustee AO International 2001 Chairman of the 'Computer Assisted Surgery Expert Group of the AO/ASIF' (AO CSEG) and AGROP (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie (DGU)) 2003 Medical Board of Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht (DRF) 2005 Honorary Membership of the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology 2005 Honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh FRACSEd 2009 Honorary member of Serbian Trauma Association (STA) 2015 Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) John Border Memorial National & International Patents DE102011050240 (A1) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ... US2009041826 (A1) Tissue Implant and Process for Its Pr... WO2008071176 (A1) DRILLING MACHINE FOR SURGICAL PURPOSES DE202004007755 (U1) Power simulating and measuring device... US6039742 (A) Alignment device for locking the base... DE19748116 (A1) Arrangement for anchoring implant in ... DE29719293 (U1) Vorrichtung zur Verankerung eines Imp... DE29611296 (U1) Chirurgisches Handwerkszeug, insbeson... DE4244071 (A1) ultrasonic measurement system for leg...