Professor Robert Schmidhammer is the specialist in peripheral nerve surgery, brachial plexus, reconstructive surgery after injuries and hand surgery. Professional activity:

• 1980-1987 studied medicine at the University of Vienna

• 1987 Doctoral Specialization in Human Genetics

• 1987-1988 Military service at Heeresspital Vienna

• 1988 Secondary Injury Physician at Linz Hospital

• 1991 Training as a general practitioner at the Steyr State Hospital

• 1992-1997 Traumatology training at the Linz Emergency Hospital

• Graduated University of Neurosurgery (Professor Dr. Pendle's Advice)

• Ambulance Degree (Practicing Ambulance at NAW II Linz)

• Counter-subject surgery, Freistadt • Anesthesiology and intensive care medicine UKH-Linz

• since 1994, member of the team for hand surgery and microsurgery (replantation team)

• since 1997, sports healthcare, Competitive Sports, Linz

• 1997-1998 cooperation with Upper Austria, assistance in preparation for the Sydney 2000 Olympics

• 1997-1998 Counter-subject surgery, Elisabethinen Linz Hospital

• Since 1998, specialist in traumatology, diploma of the Medical Association of Upper Austria, diploma in sports medicine

• 1998 Sports outpatient clinic UKH-Linz

• Traumatologist at the Linz Emergency Hospital

• 2002 Experimental Traumatology, Vienna - Research Center

• Staying at graduate school

• Department of Hand Surgery, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

• Institute of Clinical and Experimental Traumatology named after Ludwig Boltzmann, Vienna

Membership in organizations:

• Austrian Society of Traumatology

• Austrian Society for Hand Surgery

• German Society for Hand Surgery

• American Society for Peripheral Nerve Damage

Research:

• Surgical improvement, peripheral nerve regeneration

• The effect of movement on the regeneration of peripheral nerves

• Tubular segmental neural splint

• The effect of improved nerve regeneration on the muscular terminal organ

• Dense polyurethane-based nerve substitutes, AO-Davos Research Center, Switzerland

• The effect of bioabsorbable substances (polyurethanes, polycryptones ..)

• AO-Davos Switzerland Research Center and University of Minho-Portugal Collaborate

• Virtual sensitivity

Main specialization:

• Brachial plexus

• Nerves of the upper limb

• Lumbosacral plexus

• Nerves of the lower extremities

• The consequences of a nerve after injuries

• Neurolysis

• Recovery of nerve continuity by nerve transplantation

• Nervous transmission

• Recovery of function by muscle transfer

• Muscle recovery

• Arthrolysis (solution of articular adhesions)

• Tenolysis (loosening of tendons)

• Reconstruction by skin grafting and tissue transfer (sliding tissue flaps)

• Pain syndromes caused by nerve irritation: spontaneously or after surgery / injury • Reconstructive surgery of the skin and sliding tissue

• Nerve tumor