Žiga Volgemut, a 5^th year medical student from Medical Faculty Maribor, Slovenia, performed an ESCMID Observership at our Center for Septic Surgery at Charité in Berlin.

The Workshop on Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) in March 2016 in Berlin was again a great success!

Take a look at interesting and valuable feedbacks from participants:

Workshop on Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) was a great success. Active involvement of participants provided highly interactive sessions with exchange of experience and strategies regarding PJI. All participants received valuable and useful material, including the newest version of the Pocket Guide to PJI.

On February 22-23, 2016 a Roundtable on Prosthetic Joint Infection took place in FSBI »FCTOE« of the Russian Federation Health Ministry, Barnaul, Russian Federation. PRO-IMPLANT Foundation chairman Dr. Andrej Trampuz and Dr. Nora Renz were invited speakers at this meeting.

Mr. Cheng Li is a visiting scientist from Zhoukou city, Henan province, China, starting a 3-year clinical research fellowship at Charité - University Medicine Berlin.

Following clinical studies to improve diagnostic procedure of prosthetic joint infections were initiated in 2015 at the Charité-University Medicine hospital with support of the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) and the PRO-IMPLANT Foundation (PIF).

Medical students from Maribor, Slovenia have the opportunity to complete a 6-week clinical rotation at Charité in Berlin, supported by the PRO-IMPLANT Foundation.

At the recent visit of Dr. Andrej Trampuz in Maribor, invited by the Dean of the Medical Faculty, Prof. Ivan Krajnc, a collaboration program was discussed.

 Photo: University of Maribor

Medical microbiologists, Infectious Diseases physicians, medical students and researchers interested in biofilms and implant infections are invited to visit Charité – University Medicine Berlin as ESCMID Observers.

The annual report of activities of PRO-IMPLANT Foundation in 2015 is available now.

Annual Report 2015 (in German) here.

Annual Reports of previous years here.

Two-stage course on infections and usage of antibiotics will be held at Charité-University Medicine Berlin. First part: February 18-20, Second part: March 3-5.

In this article, the application of sonication is reviewed as a potential tool to improve the microbiological diagnosis of infections associated with foreign bodies.

Croatian Orthopedic Society organizes a symposium HIP À la carte on April 1- 3, 2016, in Pula, Croatia.