International plastic surgery for developing countries

Dr. Volker Wedler is vice president of Interplast Switzerland (www.interplast-switzerland.ch). In their free time, he and his colleagues travel to conflict zones and provide surgery and treatment to people in need free of charge. Predominantly children get the chance to lead a life under humane conditions, which they could not do but for the involvement of these physicians.

www.interplast-switzerland.ch

 

National and international research cooperation

  • IsoTis S.A., Bilthoven, The Netherlands Institute for Biomedical Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands (Unitectra Research Agreement between University of Zurich and IsoTis, The Netherlands)
  • Dr. J.P. Hellermann, Department for Cardiology, Epidemiology, USZ, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Prof. Dr. Th. Bächi, Centre for Electron Microscopy, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Klaus Marquard, Centre for Electron Microscopy, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Dr. B. Bode, Department for Clinical Pathology, USZ, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Prof. Dr. B. von Rechenberg, Veterinary Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Dr. J. Roos, Department for Radiology, USZ, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Dr. P. Neuenschwander, ETH Hönggerberg, Biomaterials, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Dr. M. Sen, Dep. of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA
  • Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Galenic Pharmaceutics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

 

Deployment reconstructive surgery

  1. (Care International)
    Ruanda Goma/Bukavu (Konflikt Hutus + Tutsis): 9/1994
  2. Khan Younis Hospital (PCRF)
    Palästina – Gaza Streifen: 5/2007
  3. Gaza Hospital (PCRF)
    Palästina – Gaza Streifen: 7/2008
  4. Jimma Campus Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Äthiopien/Jimma: 12/2012
  5. Persis Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Burkina Faso/Ouahigouya: 10/2014
  6. Persis Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Burkina Faso/Ouahigouya: 1/2015
  7. Persis Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Burkina Faso/Ouahigouya: 7/2015
  8. Arush + Zanzibar (Interplast Switzerland)
    Tanzania: 12/2015
  9. Persis Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Burkina Faso/Ouahigouya: 2/2016
  10. Persis Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Burkina Faso/Ouahigouya: 11/2016
  11. Persis Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Burkina Faso/Ouahigouya: 12/2016
  12. Red Crescent Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Amman/Jordanien: 3/2017
  13. Persis Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Burkina Faso/Ouahigouya: 11/2017
  14. Red Crescent Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Amman/Jordanien: 11/2017
  15. Red Crescent Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Amman/Jordanien: 3/2018
  16. Bafoussam Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Kamerun/Bafoussam 16.6.-21.6.2018
  17. Hospital/Palestina (Interplast Switzerland):
    20-27-7-2018
  18. Persis Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Burkina Faso/Ouahigouya: 11/2018
  19. Bafoussam Hospital (Interplast Switzerland)
    Kamerun/Bafoussam 18.3.-17.3.2019
  20. Golden Life American Hospital, NOMA-Zentrum
    Mali/Bamako: 8/2019
  21. Jenin General Hospital, (Interplast Switzerland)
    Palestine: 2/2020
  22. ASPSC Hospital Bafousam, (Interplast Switzerland)
    Cameroun: 3/2020
  23. Golden Life American Hospital Bamako, Breast Reconstruction + NOMA
    Mali: 12/2020
  24. Centre Medico-Chirurgical Sédago in Léo, (Interplast Switzerland)
    Burkina Faso: 11/2021
  25. Golden Life American Hospital Bamako, Breast Reconstruction + NOMA
    Mali: 12/2022
  26. Centre Medico-Chirurgical Sédago in Léo, (Interplast Switzerland)
    Burkina Faso: 4/2022
  27. Evaluation Hospital Mutolere, (Interplast-Switzerland)
    Uganda: 12/2022
  28. Golden Life American Hospital Bamako, Breast Reconstruction + NOMA
    Mali: 2/2023
  29. St. Francis Hospital Mutolere
    Kisoro, Uganda 7/2023.