Clinical Focus:

? Polytrauma care

? Fracture and post-traumatic arthroplasty

? Sports traumatology

? Pelvic and acetabular fractures

? Navigation and intraoperative 3D imaging

? Spine surgery

? Geriatric traumatology

Work Experience:

? Since 2003: Director of the Clinic for Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery at the University Clinic Münster (UKM)

? 1999-2003: Senior Consultant at the Clinic for Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at the Charité - University Medicine Berlin

? 1994-1999: Responsible Head of the Biomechanics and Histomorphological Bone Laboratory of the Department for Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery in the Biomedical Research Center at the Charité - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin

Awards:

? FOCUS List of TOP DOCTORS in “Traumatology”

? 2013: AO-Foundation: TK Innovation Prize, Davos

“Outstanding Contributions in the Development of the ProTect Nail”

? 2009: Karl Storz Innovation Award Telemedicine 2009
University Hospital Münster, Clinic and Polyclinic for Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Project TEAM TNNW - Telematic in Acute Medicine in Traumanetwork NorthWest

? 2000: Hans Liniger Prize of the DGU
Awarded at the 64th annual meeting, Hanover: Schmidmaier G, Wildemann B, Bail H, Lucke M, Stemberger A, Flyvbjerg A, Raschke M
“The local release from IGF-I and TGF-?1 a biodegradable poly (D, L-lactide) coating of implants accelerates fracture healing ”

Memberships:

? 2020: President of the German Society for Trauma Surgery (DGU)

? 2020: Deputy President of the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU)

? Since 2018: Chair of AOTK Trauma

? Since 2018: Member of AOTK Executive Board

? 2016-2018: Chair “Anti-Infection Task Force - AITF”

? 2013-2018: President of AOTrauma Germany 

? 2010-2016: Chair “Biomaterials Task Force - BMTF” - AO Technical Commission

? Since 2007: Spokesman for the TraumaNetzwerk-NordWest

? 2003-2010: Head of the working group "Old Age Traumatology " of the German Society for Trauma Surgery