Gunther O. Hofmann

Gunther O. Hofmann

Gunther O. Hofmann, 2009
Born (1957-05-22) May 22, 1957
Landshut Bavaria  Germany
Residence Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Jena
Fields medicine, physics
Institutions Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost Halle (Saale)
Hospital of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Alma mater Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich,
Technical University Munich
Known for First transplantation of a human knee joint

Gunther O. Hofmann (b. 22 May 1957 in Landshut, Bavaria) is a German surgeon, biophysicist, and professor.

Early life and education

Gunther O. Hofmann was born in 1957 in Landshut, Bavaria.

Hofmann attended medical school and earned a Staatsexamen and a doctorate (Dr. med.) from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Thereafter, he moved to the Technical University Munich, wherefrom he graduated in 1984 with a Dr. rer. nat. (Doctor rerum naturalium) in physics.

Career

In 1987, Hofmann commenced work as a research fellow at the Klinikum of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich until he started his Habilitation in 1992. During his Habilitation, Hofmann did research at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and started to work in the hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in the same year.

In 1995, he moved to the Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik (BG Trauma Hospital) Murnau.

Since 2004, Hofmann has been the Medical Director of Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost Halle, Saxony-Anhalt and Director of Hospital for Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Thuringia.

Research interests

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

Selected works

Awards

External links

References

  1. prosthetic hand with microsensors 15.04.2011
  2. spektrumverlag.de 13.04.2011
  3. Microsurgery at onlinelibrary 13.04.2011
  4. Bone and joint transplantation 16.04.2011
  5. herbert-stiller-award
  6. science4life The Winner of the Science4Life Venture Cup 2008 14.04.2011
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