Gunther Olaf Hofmann | |
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 Gunther O. Hofmann, 2009 | |
| Born | May 22, 1957 |
| 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 Jena Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena |
Gunther O. Hofmann (born 22 May 1957 in Landshut, Bavaria) is a German surgeon, biophysicist, and professor.
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
