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Dr. Tobias Hirsch

Dept. of Hand- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Trauma Center
BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University of Ludwigshafen
 

Brief Biography:


Title: Head of the Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory, Dept. of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Trauma Center, BG-Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Dept. of Plastic Surgery University of Heidelberg
Resident in Plastic Surgery, Dept. of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Trauma Center, BG-Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Dept. of Plastic Surgery University of Heidelberg.
SCIENTIFIC CAREER:
* Since 2010 Head of Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory, Dept. of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Trauma Center, BG-Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Dept. of Plastic Surgery University of Heidelberg
* 2007 to 2010 Postdoctoral Resarch Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Wound Healing, Dept. of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Trauma Center, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
* 2005 to 2007 Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Member of Faculty, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, E. Eriksson, MD, PhD Brigham and Women`s Hospital and Member of Faculty der Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
* 2006 Doctoral Thesis „Opportunities and Optimization of Transient Cutaneous Adenoviral Gene Transfer to Burn Wounds“ Medical School Ruhr University Bochum, Germany 2006
* 2004 Associate Research Fellow, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women`s Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
* 2001 to 2005 Associate Research Fellow Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Wound Healing, Dept. of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Trauma Center, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
CLINICAL TRAINING:
* Since 2010 Resident in Plastic Surgery,  Dept. of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Trauma Center, BG-Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Dept. of Plastic Surgery University of Heidelberg
* 2008 to 2010 Resident Dept. of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Trauma Center, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
* 2007 to 2008 Resident in General Surgery Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke, Germany
* 2007 Resident Dept of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Trauma Center, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
EDUCATION:
2005: M.D. Degree and Medical License University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany
1998 bis 2005: Medical School University of Witten/Herdeke, Germany
1997: University Entrance Diploma, Freie Waldorfschule Esslingen a. N., Germany.

 

Academic positions:


Principal Scientist

Head of Laboratory of Experimental Surgery BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg

Head of Study Group Tissue Regeneration and Inflammation, 

BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg

 

Research interests:


Inflammation

Wound Healing

Burn Trauma

Host Defense Peptides

Sepsis

Antimicrobial Agents

 

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