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. 

PRO-IMPLANT Foundation supports projects by the translational research group at Charité, investigating innovative approaches for microbial biofilms and implant infections.

Members of the group.

The largest congress on hip and knee arthroplasty (Endoprothetikkongress) in Europe will take place on February 18-20, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.

Honorable chairman of Board of Trustees of PRO-IMPLANT Foundation – Prof. Carsten Perka is one of the main coordinators of this event.

The 35th Annual Meeting of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS) will take place on 1-3 September 2016. The conference will be held in the historic Examination Schools in the centre of Oxford. It is one of the most important events in the field of bone and joint infections.