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German surgeon, biophysicist, and professor

Gunther Olaf Hofmann
Gunther O. Hofmann, 2009
Born (1957-05-22) 22 May 1957 (age 68)Landshut Bavaria Germany
Alma mater Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich,Technical University Munich
Known for First transplantation of a human knee joint
Scientific career
Fields medicine, physics
Institutions Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost Halle (Saale)Hospital of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität JenaFriedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

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

Early life and education

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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.

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.

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

  1. ^ prosthetic hand with microsensors Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine 15.04.2011
  2. ^ spektrumverlag.de Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine 13.04.2011
  3. ^ Hofmann, Gunther O. (2000). "Clinical experience in allogeneic vascularized bone and joint allografting". Microsurgery. 20 (8): 375–383. doi:10.1002/1098-2752(2000)20:8<375::AID-MICR6>3.0.CO;2-0. PMID 11150987.
  4. ^ Bone and joint transplantation[_permanent dead link_] 16.04.2011
  5. ^ herbert-stiller-award Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ science4life The Winner of the Science4Life Venture Cup 2008 Archived 2009-03-23 at the Wayback Machine 14.04.2011