Gunther Olaf Hofmann

Gunther O. Hofmann, 2009

Gunther Olaf Hofmann (born May 22, 1957 in Landshut , Bavaria ) is a German surgeon, physicist and university professor.

Life

Hofmann completed his studies in medicine and physics in 1982 at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich with a state examination and doctorate. med. from. At the Technical University of Munich he obtained a diploma in physics in 1984 and in 1987 he obtained his doctorate in physics on the biomechanics of artificial knee joints (Dr. rer. Nat.). From 1984 to 1992 Hofmann worked as a research assistant at the Surgical Clinic and Polyclinic of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Großhadern Clinic and as a freelancer at the laboratory for biomechanics and experimental orthopedics at the State Orthopedic Clinic in Munich. With his habilitation in surgery (biodegradable osteosynthesis implants) in 1992, he was awarded the license to teach (venia legendi) in surgery in accordance with the University Teachers Act (Bavaria).

This was followed by a research stay at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, a teaching hospital of the Medical Faculty of Harvard University, and in the same year 1992 he took up a position as senior physician at the Surgical Clinic and Polyclinic of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. As a surgeon and physicist, he coordinated an interdisciplinary group of employees from various institutes at the Ludwig Maximilians University and the University of Applied Sciences for Wood and Plastics Technology in Rosenheim. In 1995 he switched to the professional association accident clinic in Murnau .

Since 2004 Gunther O. Hofmann has been medical director of the professional association clinics Bergmannstrost Halle (Saale) and director of the clinic for trauma, hand and reconstructive surgery at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena .

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Research (selection)

Focus: Development of implants for osteosynthesis and endoprosthetics , bone and joint transplants, biomaterials, biomechanics, navigated surgical procedures ( Computer-Assisted Surgery CAS ) in trauma surgery and orthopedics, infections of bones and joints

• 1996: World's first transplant of a vascular-pedicled allogeneic knee joint in humans
• 1997: Preclinical development and clinical use of biodegradable (degradable) bone implants in trauma surgery
• 2000: Development and preclinical testing of a retrograde intramedullary nail technique on the lower leg
• 2000: Biomechanical investigations for the validation of a compressible intramedullary (located in the medullary canal of an organ) osteosynthesis system
• 2008: Development of an optical system for the detection of osteoarthritis in cooperation with the Research Center Bad Langensalza (fzmb GmbH)
• 2010: Development of a hand prosthesis with microsensors (joint project between pain researchers and trauma surgeons at the Jena University Hospital)

Publications (selection)

• Quantitative electromyography in biomechanics. In: Physics in Our Time . Volume 19, Issue 5, 1988, pp. 132-136.
• Biodegradable bone implants. In: Spectrum of Science . 2, 1997.
• Clinical experience in allogeneic vascularized bone and joint allografting. (Clinical experience with allogeneic vascularized bones and joints transplantation) In: Microsurgery. (Microsurgery) 2001, pp. 375-383.
• Therapeutic options for persistent knee joint infections. In: Trauma and Occupational Disease. Volume 5, Supplement 2, 2003, pp. 221-224.
• Infections of the bones and joints in traumatology and orthopedics. Verlag Urban & Fischer , Munich / Jena 2004, ISBN 3-437-23400-5 .
• Modular Uncemented Tricompartmental Total Knee Arthroplasty. In: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. (European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery), 2, 2005.
• Bone and joint transplant. In: Transplant Medicine. A guide for the practitioner. Verlag Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-11-018927-5 , pp. 241-252.
• 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. (Computer Assisted Surgery) Volume 14, No. 4-6, 2009, pp. 109-116. PMID 20121590

activities

• Head of the Septic Surgery Group of the German Society for Trauma Surgery
• Board of Trustees of the AFOR Foundation ASSOCIATION FOR ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH to promote the training and further education of orthopedic surgeons and trauma surgeons and to support research on the continuous improvement of the treatment of diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system
• Advisory board of the Hannelore Kohl Foundation for injured people with damage to the central nervous system

Memberships

• German Society for Surgery (DGCH) and

Bavarian Surgeons Association (regional association of the German Society for Surgery)

Central German Surgeons Association (regional association of the German Society for Surgery)

• German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU)
• Working group for osteosynthesis questions (AO) Germany, an association of surgeons, orthopedists, oral surgeons and doctors from other medical fields who are active in the field of surgery of the musculoskeletal system
• Association of Senior Orthopedists and Trauma Surgeons (VLOU)
• Gerhard-Küntscher- Kreis (GKK) Association for the promotion of procedures for bone fracture treatment eV

Honors

• 1986 Otto Götze Prize from the Association of Bavarian Surgeons
• 1997 Herbert Stiller Prize of Doctors Against Animal Experiments eV
• 2008: Science4Life Venture Cup for the development of an optical system for the detection of osteoarthritis (team of arthrospec AG)

Web links

• CV Dr. Dr. Hofmann ( Memento from March 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the BG Clinics Bergmannstrost Halle

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Research report 2000 of the University of Leipzig ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 15, 2011.  
2. ↑ Hand prosthesis project on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the archive.today web archive ) accessed on April 15, 2011.
3. ↑ Spektrumverlag.de ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 13, 2011.  
4. ↑ AG Septic Surgery of the DGU ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 15, 2011. 
5. ^ AFOR Board of Trustees ( Memento from August 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on April 16, 2011.
6. ^ AO Germany , accessed on April 17, 2011.
7. ↑ science4life: Prize Winner 2008 ( Memento from March 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 14, 2011.