Hans-Christoph Pape

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Hans-Christoph Pape is a German surgeon and trauma surgeon and was appointed full professor of traumatology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich on 31 October 2016, effective 1 February 2017. He heads the Department of Traumatology at the University Hospital Zurich. [1] In particular, his research on polytrauma, pelvic fractures and severe joint injuries (articular) helped him to achieve a high international profile. From 2005 to 2009, he was head of the trauma surgery department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, USA. From 2009 to 2016, he was head of the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen. Since March 2018, he has also once again been an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh.

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Education

Pape studied human medicine at Hannover Medical School from 1981 to 1988 [2] and subsequently trained there as a specialist surgeon from 1989 to 1995. In 1989, he received his doctorate in Hanover with the dissertation titled: Wirkungen von Iloprost auf die lysosomale Membran des Katzenhirns promoviert (Effects of Iloprost on the Lysosomal Membrane of the Cat Brain). [3] This was followed by the overlapping specialist qualification in orthopaedics and trauma surgery (2010). This was followed by the overarching specialist qualification in orthopaedics and trauma surgery (2010). He received his additional training in trauma surgery from Harald Tscherne (1996). [4] During this time he devoted himself to polytrauma (injuries to several regions of the body), pelvic fractures and severe joint injuries and habilitated in this field (1996).

Career

In 2000, he was appointed Professor of Trauma Surgery at the Hannover Medical School. From 2003 to 2005 he was a visiting professor at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, the University of Leeds, McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, the University of Colorado Denver, the University of Alabama in Birmingham, the University of Texas in El Paso, Ganga Medical Center & Hospitals, Coimbatore (India), the University of New York at Buffalo, the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, Horten General Hospital, Banbury, Oxford, among others. From 2005 to 2009, Pape was head of the Department of Trauma Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center UPMC, Pittsburgh, USA. Since 2009, he has been Clinic Director of the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at RWTH Aachen University Hospital. In November 2016, he was elected to succeed Hans-Peter Simmen as Director of the Clinic for Trauma Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich and as Full Professor of Traumatology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich. [5] He took up the post on 1 February 2017. [6]

Academic societies

Hans-Christoph Pape is a fellow of several societies as follows: Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS) and Fellow of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (FAAOS). He also has a qualification in emergency medicine and physical therapy (July 2014).  

Hans-Christoph Pape is the lead author of more than 90 and co-author of more than 400 scientific articles. [7] His h-index stands at 83, his current ResearchGate score at 50.43. He is the editor and co-editor of several textbooks. [8]

Books

Awards and honours

Committees and positions

In 2002, he established a then new course concept for the treatment of multiply injured patiens, named Polytrauma Course in cooperation with Peter Giannoudis of the University of Leeds, which achieved recognition at international specialists’ conventions. [10] He also directed the trauma group of the Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT)] between 2015 and 2020. [11] He is likewise a member of the founding committee of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA).

Pape has chaired the International Committee of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association since 2019. [12] He is also Polytrauma Section of the European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES), [13] He was President of the European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) from 2015 to 2016. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Antrittsvorlesung von Prof. H.-C. Pape, FACS". News (in German). Universitätsspital Zürich. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. ↑ Textbook of Polytrauma Management A Multidisciplinary Approach, About the editors. Springer Link. Springer. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Pape, Hans-Christoph. Data Set of Dissertion catalogue. DNB (Thesis) (in German). Leipzig, Frankfurt: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Brand, Richard A.; Pape, Hans-Christoph (September 2013). "Biographical Sketch: Harald Tscherne, MD (1933-Present)". Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research. 471 (9): 2753–2754. doi:10.1007/s11999-013-3011-x. PMC   3734397 . PMID   23625576.
  5. ↑ Pape, Hans-Christoph (July 2018). Curriculum Vitea (PDF). Zurich. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Hans-Christoph Pape wird neuer Direktor der Klinik für Unfallchirurgie am UniversitätsSpital Zürich". Newsroom - Hans-Christoph Pape (in German). Zurich: Universitätsspital Zürich. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "ORCID".
  8. ↑ "Hans PAPE | Professor and Chairman | University of Zurich, Zürich | UZH | Department of Trauma".
  9. ↑ Hayashi, Annie (1 March 2008). "Pape wins OREF Clinical Research Award". American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Rosemont, Illonois. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Polytraumacourse History".
  11. ↑ "Search | SICOT".
  12. ↑ "Committee Listing".
  13. ↑ "Polytrauma section - Hans-Christoph Pape Chair". ESTES. European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  14. ↑ "ESTES Board of Past Terms - Directors 2015-2016". ESTES. European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
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