Gunther O. Hofmann
Encyclopedia
Professor Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Gunther O. Hofmann (*22.05.1957 in Landshut/ Bavaria) is a german surgeon
, physicist
and university teacher
.
, 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
.
and joint replacement
, bone and joint grafting
, biomaterials, biomechanics
, computer-assisted surgery, infections of bones
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
, physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
and university teacher
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
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Education and Career
Prof. Dr. Dr. Gunther O. Hofmann was born in 1957 in LandshutLandshut
Landshut is a city in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany, belonging to both Eastern and Southern Bavaria. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also the seat of the...
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. After his Medical education
Medical education
Medical education is education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, either the initial training to become a doctor or additional training thereafter ....
, his Staatsexamen
Staatsexamen
The ' is a German government licensing examination that future doctors, teachers, pharmacists, food chemists and jurists have to pass to be allowed to work in their profession. The examination is generally organized by government examination agencies which are under the authority of the...
and his doctorate (Dr. med
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
.) 1982 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
he moved to the Technical University Munich. In 1984 there he graduated in physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
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
Research fellow
The title of research fellow is used to denote a research position at a university or similar institution, usually for academic staff or faculty members. A research fellow may act either as an independent investigator or under the supervision of a principal investigator...
at the Klinikum of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
Klinikum Großhadern
The Klinikum Großhadern of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich in the Großhadern district of Hadern is the largest hospital complex in Munich, owing to its affiliated institutions and 1,418 beds...
until his Habilitation
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...
in 1992. Then followed a research stay at the Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and he started to work in the surgical hospital and clinic
Clinic
A clinic is a health care facility that is primarily devoted to the care of outpatients...
of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in the same year (1992). In 1995 he moved to the Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik (BG Trauma Hospital) Murnau
Murnau
Murnau may refer to:Place names:* Murnau am Staffelsee, a town in Bavaria, Germany** Oflag VII-A Murnau, A German WW 2 POW camp located in the Bavarian town "Murnau am Staffelsee"- Other :...
.
Since 2004 Prof. Dr. Dr. Gunther O. Hofmann Medical Director of Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost
Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost Halle
The Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost Halle is the teaching hospital facility of University of Halle-Wittenberg, located in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt .-History:...
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
and Director of Hospital for Trauma-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
Jena
Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
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Research
His major research fields are Development of implants for osteosynthesisOsteosynthesis
Osteosynthesis is the reduction and fixation of a bone fracture with implantable devices that are usually made of metal. It is a surgical procedure with an open or percutaneous approach to the fractured bone. Osteosynthesis aims to bring the fractured bone ends together and immobilize the fracture...
and joint replacement
Joint replacement
Replacement arthroplasty [from Greek arthron, joint, limb, articulate, + -plassein, to form, mould, forge, feign, make an image of], or joint replacement surgery, is a procedure of orthopedic surgery in which the arthritic or dysfunctional joint surface is replaced with an orthopaedic prosthesis...
, bone and joint grafting
Bone grafting
Bone grafting is a surgical procedure that replaces missing bone in order to repair bone fractures that are extremely complex, pose a significant health risk to the patient, or fail to heal properly....
, biomaterials, biomechanics
Biomechanics
Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to biological systems, such as humans, animals, plants, organs, and cells. Perhaps one of the best definitions was provided by Herbert Hatze in 1974: "Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems by means of...
, computer-assisted surgery, infections of bones
- Example (2010): Development of a prosthetic hand with microsensors
Publications (selection)
- 1988 Quantitative Elektromyographie in der Biomechanik (Quantitative electromyographyElectromyographyElectromyography is a technique for evaluating and recording the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles. EMG is performed using an instrument called an electromyograph, to produce a record called an electromyogram. An electromyograph detects the electrical potential generated by muscle...
in biomechanicsBiomechanicsBiomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to biological systems, such as humans, animals, plants, organs, and cells. Perhaps one of the best definitions was provided by Herbert Hatze in 1974: "Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems by means of...
) 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 WissenschaftScientific AmericanScientific American is a popular science magazine. It is notable for its long history of presenting science monthly to an educated but not necessarily scientific public, through its careful attention to the clarity of its text as well as the quality of its specially commissioned color graphics...
2/1997 - 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
- 2003 Therapeutische Optionen bei persistierendem Kniegelenkinfekt in: Trauma und Berufskrankheit Volume 5, Supplement 2, p.221-224 Springer-VerlagSpringer Science+Business Media- Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...
Heidelberg - 2004 Infektionen der Knochen und Gelenke (Infections of bones and joints) in: Traumatologie und Orthopädie, Verlag Urban & FischerUllstein-VerlagThe Ullstein Verlag was founded by Leopold Ullstein in 1877 at Berlin and is one of the largest publishing companies of Germany. It published newspapers like B.Z. and Berliner Morgenpost and books through its subsidiaries Ullstein Buchverlage and Propyläen.The newspaper publishing branch was taken...
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) in: Transplantationsmedizin. Ein Leitfaden für den Praktiker p. 241-252 Walter de Gruyter Verlag BerlinWalter de GruyterWalter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG is a scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. Its origins date back to 1749 when it was given the right to print books by King Frederick II of Prussia. -De Gruyter Mouton:...
- 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 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 osteoarthritisOsteoarthritisOsteoarthritis also known as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease, is a group of mechanical abnormalities involving degradation of joints, including articular cartilage and subchondral bone. Symptoms may include joint pain, tenderness, stiffness, locking, and sometimes an effusion...
(Team arthrospec AG)
External links
- biography Dr. Dr. Hofmann at the official website on the BG-Kliniken Bergmannstrost HalleBerufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost HalleThe Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost Halle is the teaching hospital facility of University of Halle-Wittenberg, located in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt .-History:...
- Profile of Gunther O. Hofmann at BiomedExpertsBiomedExpertsBiomedExperts is a publication-based scientific social network that allows researchers to collaborate virtually, in order to increase biomedical research. It involves more than 3,500 institutions in more than 190 countries.-External links:*...