University Hospital Rechts der Isar
Munich, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Peter Biberthaler
Department of Traumatology
The University Hospital Rechts der Isar’s Department of Traumatology is fully equipped and high rated traumatology center in Germany and offers the complete range of expertise in this medicinal field. The specialists of the clinic offer treatment from simple bone fracture to complex trauma conditions. The clinic follows the present treatment rules of the German Society of Traumatology. The clinic has over 40 beds, operating rooms for treatment of trauma of the musculoskeletal system and other wounds. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Peter Biberthaler and with latest technologies and equipments the department of Traumatology guarantees an ideal outcome even in very complex clinical cases. There are more than 2,000 inpatient and 25,000 outpatient patients treated in the hospital annually. The essential objective of the clinic’s doctors is to help the patient regain the maximum amount of functionality even after severe injuries.
The Department of Traumatology at Rechts der Isar hospital specializes in:
- Complex trauma surgeries
- Complex shoulder injuries
- Complex hand injuries
- Limb lengthening surgery
- Complex bone fractures
- Surgical treatment of pelvic ring fracture
- Surgical treatment of hip fractures
- Reconstructive surgeries
- Prof. Biberthaler’s scientific activities are focused on the directions of his clinical activities, which include the treatment of severe injuries (polytrauma) and traumatic brain injuries. The second important clinical and research focus is shoulder surgery.
- In this field, Prof. Biberthaler became the first specialist who had managed to image blood flow in the tissue damage region with the use of intraoperative microscopic techniques.
- After studying medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, as well as in the US and Brazil, Prof. Biberthaler had his internship in the Department of Surgery at the Innenstadt Campus of the University of Munich (under the direction of Schweiberer).
- After becoming a Medical Specialist in Surgery (2003), the main specialization of Prof. Biberthaler was traumatology.
- In 2007 he became a Medical Specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology, while since 2011 he has been the Professor at the Technical University of Munich.
Awards
- 2006 Herbert Lauterbach Prize of the Association of Trade Union Clinics in Germany.
- 2005 Educational Award of the American Shock Society.
- 2004 Otto Goetze Prize, Association of Surgeons of Bavaria.
- 2002 Innovation Award, German Society of Traumatology.
Department of Traumatology
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