Hannover Medical school (MHH)
Hannover, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Nils-Claudius Gellrich
Department of Oral, Maxillofacial, and Plastic Surgery
Department of Oral, Maxillofacial, and Plastic Surgery at Hannover Medical school provides care for the full spectrum of diseases in this field. The department focuses on the treatment of injuries, tumors, and inflammation of the face and jaw.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. med. dent. Nils-Claudius Gellrich, the department treats more than 1,750 inpatients a year of which over 200 patients need procedures to augment jaw bone and correct the deformities of facial and palate defects.
Because of the state-of-the-art surgical equipment and the highly-experienced doctors, patients with head and neck malignant tumors seek the treatment at this department. The department is the world leader in reconstructive surgery for the orbital bones. Injuries and fractures to the orbital bones around the eyes are treated before it progresses to the displacement of the eye and vision impairment.
Department of Oral, Maxillofacial, and Plastic Surgery at Hannover Medical school is specialized in:
• Diagnosis and treatment of skin tumors of the face and neck
• Dental implants
• Diagnosis and treatment of skull injuries
• Surgery for orbital bones
• Surgical correction of bone deformities
• Diagnosis and treatment of face injuries
• Robot-assisted surgeries
• Diagnosis and treatment of teeth and oral cavity diseases
- Since 1982 Studies in Dentistry and Medicine at Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany.
- 1983 - 1989 Scholarship of the German National Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes).
- 1988 Admission to the dental practice.
- 1991 Admission to medical practice.
Work Experience Abroad
- Clinical training in Bangor, North Wales, Great Britain.
- Clinical training in Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
- Clinical training in Zurich, Switzerland.
Professional Career
- 1990 - 1993 Specialist training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
- 01.1994 Board certification in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
- 01.1996 - 03.1997 Senior Physician in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
- 07.1996 Qualification in Regional Plastic Surgery.
- 04.1997 - 09.2004 Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany.
- 2001 Qualification as Oral Surgeon.
- Since 10.2004 Chairman of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Oral, Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Scientific Career
- 1991 Degree in Medicine.
- 1992 Degree in Dentistry.
- 1994 - 1995 Research Grant in the Department of Neurophysiology at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
- 1995 - 1998 DFG Research Project 820-2/1, Applicant & Principal Investigator, in the research field of neuroprotection using the model of traumatic optic nerve lesions.
- 06.1996 Habilitation in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
- 07.2001 Appointment as Associate Professor at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany.
- 2003 - 2005 DFG Project GE 820/6-1, Applicant & Principal Investigator.
- 01.2004 Appointment for the Chairman Position at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
- 2005 Research grant by "Volkswagen-Stiftung" (Volkswagen Fund).
- 2005 DFG Project Ru 1224-1/1, Co-Applicant in the research field of Tissue Engineering.
- 2007 AO Research Grant F-07-58K, Co-Applicant.
Department of Oral, Maxillofacial, and Plastic Surgery
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