Max Ettinger appointed

Prof. Dr. Max Ettinger is the new Professor of Orthopaedics at the Department of Human Medicine. He has also taken over as head of the Orthopaedics department at Pius-Hospital Oldenburg. Before joining the University of Oldenburg, Ettinger taught, researched and practised at the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH).

Ettinger studied and earned his doctorate at the MHH in 2011, after which he also worked there, mainly in the Orthopaedics department. After completing his specialist training three years ago he was appointed consultant. In 2017, he was made head of the Computer-Assisted Surgery section and also took over as director of the Tumour Surgery department the following year.

Ettinger is an expert in knee and hip endoprosthetics (surgical interventions designed to secure or restore joint function - either using the body's own materials or artificial joints). His research focuses on the use of digital technologies in orthopaedics and robot-assisted surgical methods.