Gunther O. Hofmann
Professor Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Gunther O. Hofmann (*22.05.1957 in Landshut/ Bavaria) is a german surgeon, physicist and university teacher.
Education and Career
Prof. Dr. Dr. Gunther O. Hofmann was born in 1957 in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany. After his Medical education, his Staatsexamen and his doctorate (Dr. med.) 1982 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich he moved to the Technical University Munich. In 1984 there he graduated in physics and obtained his Dr. rer. nat. (Doctor rerum naturalium, literally "Doctor of the things of nature") 1987.
1987 Hofmann started to work as Research fellow at the Klinikum of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich until his Habilitation in 1992. Then followed a research stay at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and he started to work in the surgical hospital and clinic of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in the same year (1992). In 1995 he moved to the Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik (BG Trauma Hospital) Murnau.
Since 2004 Prof. Dr. Dr. Gunther O. Hofmann Medical Director of Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost Halle, Saxony-Anhalt and Director of Hospital for Trauma-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Thuringia.
Research
His major research fields are Development of implants for osteosynthesis and joint replacement, bone and joint grafting, biomaterials, biomechanics, computer-assisted surgery, infections of bones
- Example (2010): Development of a prosthetic hand with microsensors[1]
Publications (selection)[2][3]
- 1988 Quantitative Elektromyographie in der Biomechanik (Quantitative electromyography in biomechanics) in: Physik in unserer Zeit (Physics in our time) Volume 19, Issue 5, pages 132–136,
- 1997 Biologisch abbaubare Knochenimplantate (Biodegradable bone implants) in: Spektrum der Wissenschaft 2/1997[4]
- 2001 Clinical experience in allogeneic vascularized bone and joint allografting in: Microsurgery Volume 20 Issue 8 p.375–383, 2000 Microsurgery Special Issue: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Composite Tissue Allotransplantation, Louisville, Kentucky[5]
- 2003 Therapeutische Optionen bei persistierendem Kniegelenkinfekt in: Trauma und Berufskrankheit Volume 5, Supplement 2, p.221-224 Springer-Verlag Heidelberg
- 2004 Infektionen der Knochen und Gelenke (Infections of bones and joints) in: Traumatologie und Orthopädie, Verlag Urban & Fischer München/Jena
- 2005 Modular Uncemented Tricompartmental Total Knee Arthroplasty in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2005/2
- 2006 Knochen- und Gelenktransplantation (Bone and joint transplantation)[6] in: Transplantationsmedizin. Ein Leitfaden für den Praktiker p. 241-252 Walter de Gruyter Verlag Berlin
- 2009 Radiation- and reference base-free navigation procedure for placement of instruments and implants: Application to retrograde drilling of osteochondral lesions of the knee joint in: Computer Aided Surgery 2009 Volume 14 No. 4-6 p.109-116 (Hofmann a.o.)
Awards
- 1986 Otto-Götze-Award of the Association of Bavarian Surgeons (in german: Vereinigung der Bayerischen Chirurgen)
- 1997 Herbert-Stiller-Award[7] of the Physicians Against Animal Experiments (in german: Ärzte gegen Tierversuche)
- 2008: Science4Life Venture Cup for the development of an optical system for detection of osteoarthritis (Team arthrospec AG)[8]
External links
References
- ^ prosthetic hand with microsensors 15.04.2011
- ^ list of publications at springerlink 12.04.2011
- ^ [1] list of publications at onlinelibrary 16.04.2011
- ^ spektrumverlag.de 13.04.2011
- ^ Microsurgery at onlinelibrary 13.04.2011
- ^ Bone and joint transplantation 16.04.2011
- ^ herbert-stiller-award
- ^ science4life The Winner of the Science4Life Venture Cup 2008 14.04.2011
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Hofmann, Gunther O. |
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german surgeon, physicist and Professor |
| Date of birth |
22.05.1957 |
| Place of birth |
Landshut, Bavaria, Germany |
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