Bernd Kladny is the new Secretary General of the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU)

20.01.2015 12:13

Professor Dr. Bernd Kladny (54) from Erlangen took over the office of Secretary General of the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU) and the German Society for Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery (DGOOC) on January 1, 2015. Kladny is replacing his DGOU predecessor and long-standing DGOOC General Secretary Professor Fritz Uwe Niethard, who will continue to take care of the continuation of projects that have already begun. Kladny works full-time as head physician in the orthopedics and trauma surgery department at the m&i specialist clinic in Herzogenaurach.

Kladny is supported in managing day-to-day business by the deputy DGOU general secretary and general secretary of the German Society for Trauma Surgery (DGU) Professor Reinhard Hoffmann as well as by the full-time DGOU managing director Ulrich Biermann.

The entire DGOU board with a term of office from January 1st to December 31st, 2015 is composed as follows:

• President: Prof. Dr. Michael Nerlich, Clinic and Polyclinic for Trauma Surgery, Regensburg University Hospital
• Deputy President: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Krauspe, Orthopedic Clinic and Polyclinic, University Hospital Düsseldorf
• Secretary General: Prof. Dr. Bernd Kladny, orthopedics and trauma surgery, m&i specialist clinic Herzogenaurach
• Deputy Secretary General: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Hoffmann, Accident Clinic Frankfurt
• Treasurer: Prof. Dr. Joachim Windolf, Clinic for Accident and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf
• 2nd Vice President DGU: Prof. Dr. Florian Gebhard, Clinic for Trauma Surgery, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ulm University Hospital
• 2nd Vice President DGOOC: Prof. Dr. Heiko Reichel, Orthopedic University Clinic at RKU
• A representative of the three non-independent doctors from the temporary advisory board
• Head of the Supply, Quality and Safety Committee: Dr. Daniel Frank, Clinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Kaiserswerther Diakonie
• Head of the Education and Young Talent Committee: Prof. hc Dr. Almut Tempka, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin
• Head of the Science and Research Committee: Prof. Dr. Joachim Grifka, Clinic and Polyclinic for Orthopedics, Asklepios – Bad Abbach Hospital
• Representative of the professional association for orthopedics and trauma surgery (BVOU), Dr. Johannes Lichtenmacher, President of the Professional Association for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (BVOU)
• Representative of the Professional Association of German Surgeons (BDC): Dr. Jörg-A. Rüggeberg, Professional Association of German Surgeons (BDC)
• Speaker Young Forum: Dr. Matthias Münzberg, Clinic for Trauma Surgery and Orthopedics, Accident Clinic Ludwigshafen