Orthopaedics at the Diakonisches Krankenhaus Annastift looks back on a tradition of over 100 years. It is one of the oldest and largest orthopaedic Clinical Departments in Germany. When Hannover Medical School opened in 1965, the Annastift Specialist Hospital initially became an academic teaching hospital of the Hannover Medical School and, from 1980, one third of this hospital became an orthopaedic chair. Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Refior was the first chair holder. The reorganization of the clinics into a departmental structure in 2009 merged the three clinics into a holistic orthopaedic clinic of the MHH in the Annastift. The Annastift and the MHH thus closely combine patient care, research and teaching.
This means that the Orthopaedic Department of the Hannover Medical School at the Annastift is involved in the training of students. We are happy to take on this task and look forward to being able to train students in orthopaedics during their studies at the MHH and the Annastift.

The Laboratory for Biomechanics and Biomaterials and the Orthopaedic Clinical Department of the Medical School, together with the Center for Biomedical Engineering (ZBM), are once again offering a series of lectures with practical exercises and an excursion for engineers and medical professionals in the summer semester of 2025.
The lecture and exercises "Orthopaedic Biomechanics and Implant Technology - Part 2" will be held by lecturers from the Laboratory for Biomechanics and Biomaterials and the Department of Orthopaedics at Hannover Medical School.

Contact: Dr. Bastian Welke

In the lecture for biologists, biochemists and life scientists, basic knowledge of the cell biological and molecular characteristics of stem cells is taught. Not only important properties of adult, but also of embryonic, induced pluripotent and tumor stem cells are explained. Fundamentals of biology as a whole are also included: e.g. epigenetics, signal transduction, reprogramming and mechanisms of cell differentiation. Important practical applications such as the development of cell and tissue transplants ("tissue engineering") and other possible applications in the field of regenerative medicine are demonstrated using selected organ systems (not just the musculoskeletal system) as examples.

The lecture takes place in the winter and summer semester according to the announcement by the corresponding study coordinators at the MHH. Further information can be found here.

Contact person: Prof. Andrea Hoffmann