Prof. Dr. med. Claus Carstens | Chairman

Specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery and specialist in physical and rehabilitation medicine, adjunct professor at the University of Heidelberg, works together with Dr. Franz Copf in a group practice, affiliated physician at the Galenus Clinic, a specialist clinic for spinal surgery in Stuttgart

Studied medicine at the Universities of Freiburg and Kiel, earned his doctorate at the Anatomical Institute of Kiel University and qualified as 
a professor at the Orthopedic University Clinic, Heidelberg

Up until 2008 Head of the Division of Pediatric Orthopedics and Spine
Surgery at the Orthopedic University Clinic, Heidelberg

Visiting professor at Huazhong University, Wuhan, China

Chairman of the Society for Continuing Education in Spine Surgery.
Chairman of the German Spine Foundation

Vorsitzender der Deutschen Wirbelsäulenstiftung

2002 – 2005 Chairman of the Society for Spine Research

2006 – 2007 President of the German Spine Society

Member of the advisory board for the journals »Der Orthopäde« and »Zeitschrift für operative Orthopädie und Traumatologie«

Together with Prof. Dr. Ch. Hopf, Kiel, established the regular continuing educational event »Spine Surgery Forum«

He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has written many book chapters

Prof. Dr. med. Kai-Michael Scheufler

Specialist in neurosurgery, Deputy Director of the University Clinic of Neurosurgery at the Medical University of Innsbruck, adjunct professor 
at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau

Studied medicine at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, and the John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore. Neurosurgical specialty training at the University Clinics of Essen, Bonn and Freiburg im Breisgau. Habilitation 
in the Department of Neurosurgery, University Clinic of Freiburg im Breisgau

Author of numerous works in international peer-reviewed journals and various book articles

Member of:
DWG (German Spine Society),
SSE (Spine Society of Europe),
DGNC (German Society of Neurosurgery),
CNS (Congress of Neurological Surgeons),
AANS (American Association of Neurological Surgeons),
SGN (Swiss Society of Neurosurgery)
Founding member of the Clinical Anatomy Association, Albert-Ludwig
University, Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Wilke

Deputy Director of the Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics at the University of Ulm, where he heads up the spine research group

Studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart, then earned his doctorate as a biomechanist and later habilitated in experimental surgery

Since 2009 scientific representative of the international Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS)

2009 - 2010 President of Eurospine - the Spine Society of Europe

2008 President of the German Spine Society

1996 - 2006 Secretary general of the German Society for Spine Surgery / German Spine Society

Since 2001 co-editor of the European Spine Journal, responsible for the field of basic research

In 1999 he initiated the GRAMMER European Spine Journal Award committee (the highest prize money in the world for spine research) and has chaired the committee ever since

He has published more than 170 peer-reviewed works, mainly in leading international journals, approx. 50 book chapters and has published 5 books

Prof. Dr. med. Michael Rauschmann

Specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery, Certificate of Added Qualification in sports medicine, physical therapy and special pain therapy, adjunct professor, works as head of the Department for Spine Orthopedics at the Orthopedic University Clinic Friedrichsheim gGmbH, Frankfurt a. M.

1986-1992 Studied human medicine at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main

1991 Spent time abroad at King Edward Hospital in Durban, South Africa

1992-1994 North-west Hospital in Frankfurt am Main, Department of Trauma Surgery (Prof. Dr. H. Schöttle)

1994 North-west Hospital in Frankfurt am Main. Department of General Surgery (Prof. Dr. H. Bockhorn)

Since 1994 Orthopedic University Clinic gGmbH in Frankfurt am Main

Member of the following scientific associations:
German Association of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery (DGOOC)
German Orthopedic History and Research Museum (Editor-in-chief since 1998, first chairman since 3.6.2005)
Hesse Association of Sports Physicians
European bone and joint infection society
German Spine Society
AO-Spine

Specialization in diseases of the spine of all entities, hip and knee replacements and foot surgery

He has published more than 58 peer-reviewed works, mainly in leading international journals, numerous book chapters and has published pertinent literature

Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Roger Blattert

Specialist in surgery and specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery (recognized focus on trauma surgery), adjunct professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig, has worked as chief physician at the Clinic for Spine Surgery and Traumatology in Schwarzach Orthopedic 
Clinic since September 2010

Studied at the Universities of Ulm and Boston/Harvard as well as at the LMU in Munich, the General Hospital in Merano, Italy, and the canton hospital of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Senior physician for trauma surgery at the Julius Maximilian University,
Würzburg up until March 2005

Deputy Director and managing senior physician at the Clinic for Trauma, Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery, Spine Center of Leipzig University up until August 2010

Numerous prizes such as the »Otto Goetze Award 2002« from the Assoc. of Bavarian Surgeons, »Hibbs Award Nominee 2002« for Spinal Research in Basic Science, »Scoliosis Research Society of North America« and »Best Poster Award 2010« of the Spine Society of Europe

Member of AO Germany and AO Spine International
2009-2012 Delegate of the German Council of AO Spine
2010-2012 Research Commissioner of the German Council of AO Spine

Member of the Spine Society of Europe, the German Society of Trauma Surgery and the Association of Bavarian Surgeons