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Stefan Nehrer

Stefan Nehrer MD, PhD

Orthopedic Surgery
Krems-Land, Niederosterreich, Austria

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Nehrer is an orthopaedic surgeon at Department for Orthopaedic Surgery at the hospital in Krems, Professor for Tissue Engineering at Center for Regenerative Medicine and since 2011 he is also Dean of Faculty Health and Medicine and since March 2013 he is Head of Department for Biomedicine and Health Sciences at Danube University Krems. He studied at the Medical University Vienna where he obtained his MD in 1984 and his PhD in 1999.

From 1995 to 1996 he was at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, at Prof. Myron Spector where he started his scientific work in cell-based therapies in cartilage regeneration. From 2000 to 2006 he was head of orthopedic research at the Medical University Vienna and leading surgeon in sports medicine and pediatric orthopedic. In 2007 he was appointed Professor for Tissue Engineering at Danube University Krems. Over the years he has continued his research on experimental and clinical applications of chondrocyte transplantation and formed a group for tissue engineering research.

Furthermore, his interests focused on mesenchymal cell differentiation and design/implementation of tissue culture bioreactors for automated and controlled manufacturing of cartilage, bone and osteochondral grafts, based on autologous cells and 3D porous scaffolds.
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