Clinical focus:
• Foot and Ankle Trauma
• Foot and ankle reconstruction surgery
Awards:
• Listed in the FOCUS List of Doctors for Foot Surgery
• Innovation Prize of the German Trauma Society (DGU) (2018)
• Zahradníček Memorial Award for the best paper of Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca (2015)
• 3rd Poster Price at the Combined AOFAS and IFFAS Meetings, Chicago, USA (2014)
Membership:
Since 2008:Vice President, German Foot and Ankle Association (DAF)
2015-2016:Chair, AG Fuß (Foot & Ankle Task Force), German Trauma Society (DGU)
2009-2015: Vice-Chair, AG Fuß (Foot & Ankle Task Force), German Trauma Society (DGU)
2013-2016:President, German Society of Biomaterials (DGBM)
2010-2013: Vice President, German Society of Biomaterials (DGBM)
Editorial Board:
• Editor-in-Chief: Fuß & Sprunggelenk (German Journal for Foot & Ankle Surgery)
• Section Editor Foot & Ankle: The Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
• Reviewer for multiple Journals and Grant applications worldwide
• Peer-reviewed grants by the DFG (German Research Society) the BMBF (German Ministry of Research) and EU as a project leader on bone-implant interactions, surface modifications of orthopedic implants and bone substitutes