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Marburg, Germany

Fellowship Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Neff

Short time resident visit

Resident and scientific fellowship

Located in the western-central part of central Germany, approximatively one driving hour from Frankfurt international airport, Marburg University Hospital serves a rather rural area of the German federal state of Hesse. The medical faculty is part of Philipps University Marburg, which, founded in 1527 is the eldest Protestant University with continued teaching activity worldwide. Thus, Marburg, though pretty small, is proud of its ambience as a cosy students’ town rich in historical and university tradition.

Being responsible for the maxillofacial care of the region and as part of the regional trauma and head and neck tumour centres, the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery covers the range of oral and cranio-maxillofacial surgery, with special emphasis on:

traumatology including secondary correction of posttraumatic sequelae
oncology and tumour surgery
plastic reconstructive surgery, microsurgery
orthognathic surgery
TMJ surgery including TJR
endosopic surgery (TMJ, maxillary sinus, salivary glands)

The clinic is well known for its expertise in maxillofacial traumatology (with special expertise in condylar and orbital traumatology) and TMJ surgery (minimally invasive and open surgery) and thus receives supra-regional referrals.

The Department of OMFS also maintains a close relationship with the dental school of Marburg regarding dentoalveolar surgery, implantology, orthognathics and functional therapy of TMJ disorders.

The joint University Hospitals of Gießen and Marburg, UKGM GmbH, rank as the third largest among the German University Hospitals, with craniofacial surgery being a complementary focus of the neighbouring University Hospital of campus Gießen.

The Department of OMFS campus Marburg treats around 980 inpatients and 3.500 outpatients per year, with an average of around 1.000 surgical interventions performed under general anaesthesia and more than 1.000 in local anaesthesia.

The Department of OMFS offers various special consultations for cranio-maxillofacial outpatients with a focus on TMJ disorders, orthognathics and oncology, being part of the certified interdisciplinary centre for head & neck oncology

Being committed to provide the best level of patient care the team of the OMFS department closely cooperates with the medical specialties of the University Hospital Marburg and Gießen, especially trauma surgery, neurosurgery, ENT, ophthalmology, dermatology, paediatrics, anaesthesiology and pain therapy, pathology and the dental specialties of the dental school as partners of the local multidisciplinary cleft-palate team.

Main fields of research are:

traumatology and biomechnics
osteoradionecrosis and BRONJ
guideline projects (TMJ)
endoscopic techniques in OMFS
pain therapy with focus on craniomandibular disorders

For applicants with an approved IBRA grant both short and intermediate-term visits up to 6 months are possible. The visiting doctor will have the possibility to participate in the daily clinical routine as an observer, the daily program (inpatient care, outpatient care, minor or major surgeries, research work) will be individually allocated according to the visiting doctor’s focus of interest. A short term exchange to Marburg is especially suited for those applicants, who want to adjust special surgical techniques as performed by the Marburg CMFS team (e.g. ORIF of condylar head fractures, TMJ Surgery, endoscopic techniques). Applicants, therefore, should dispose of respective professional education in the areas of special interest to allow for a beneficial exchange of experience.

Please note that Marburg training centre at present can only offer observerships, which is due to the recently introduced German minimum wage law, which practically prohibits any active involvement in patient care unless being employed on an established post.

As a consequence, UKGM GmbH administration also restricts observerships to those visiting doctors, who will receive a regular salary by their home employers during their stay in Germany (written confirmation required).

None of the restrictions mentioned above, however, apply for scientific non-patient-side activities and research, for which the clinic offers well equipped laboratory facilities (joint ENT-OMFS lab) allowing also for funded long term scientific exchanges.

For further information please contact:

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Neff
Dept. of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
University Hospital Marburg
Baldingerstrasse
D-35043 Marburg, Germany
Phone: +49 6421 58 63239
Fax: +49 6421 58 68990
E-Mail: mkg@med.uni-marburg.de

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