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