Hans-Christoph Pape, MD, FACS, FEBS, FAAOS
Professor and Chairman, Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Professor Hans-Christoph Pape is the Chairman of the Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Zurich. His previous positions were Chairman, Professor of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery W. Pauwels, University of Aachen Medical Center, Germany (2005-2017), and Division Chief and Associate Professor of Traumatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA (2005-2009). He graduated from Hannover Medical School.
He is the chair of the international relations committee OTA as well as the Swiss National Delegate of SICOT (International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology) and the General Secretary of the European Society for Trauma & Emergency Surgery (ESTES). He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, of the European Board of Surgery and the American Association of Orthopaedic surgeons.
He is a peer reviewer of several journals (Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Journal of Trauma, Infection and Critical Care, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American), Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British), Injury, Der Unfallchirurg, Der Chirurg).
Prof. Pape is author or co-author of more than 580 publications and peer-reviewed journals.
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He is also editor of several books “The Poly-Traumatized Patient with Fractures”, Second Edition, Springer (Pape, Sanders, Borelli), The Relevance of the Timing of Surgical Interventions, Part of the Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma (book series, HTACST), Textbook of Polytrauma Management. A Multidisciplinary Approach (Third Edition Springer, 2022), Damage Control Management in the Polytrauma Patient,
Springer, (Pape, Peitzman, Schwab, Giannoudis) TOP 20 in der Unfallchirurgie,
Elsevier (Pape, Hildebrand) Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery,
Cambridge (Pape, Giannoudis).
He has received more than 20 awards, among them:
2020 AO Foundation Innovation Prize, 2018 Publication of the Year:World J. Surg, 2017 Dieffenbach-Büste (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie), Berlin, 2015 British Medical Society Award: best book “Practical procedures in Ortho Trauma Surgery”, 2008 Kappa Delta Award, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons- Effects of changing strategies of fracture fixation on immunologic changes and systemic complications after multiple trauma, 2006 Swiss AO Foundation Annual Award, Berne, Switzerland- Early assessment of degree of hemorrhage in patients with blunt trauma, 2005 Novartis Prize.
