Dr. med. Anja Cornelia Helmers
Head of the Section Paediatric Orthopaedics, EWK Spandau

Professional training

• 12.10.1998 – 05.11.1999   
  House Officer in the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery in the Urban Krankenhaus, Berlin, Director Priv. Doz. Dr. R. Letsch
• 08.11.1999 – 16.01.2005   
  House Officer/Senior House Officer in the Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery in the St. Joseph Krankenhaus, Berlin,
  Director Prof. Dr. P. Engelhardt
• 17.01.2005    
  Specialist in Orthopaedics and Paediatric Orthopaedics in the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery with Management of Paediatric Orthopaedics in the Evangelischen Waldkrankenhaus Spandau, Berlin, Director Prof. Dr. W. Noack

Doctorate

• 27.02.2004   
  Prof. Dr. med. E. Köttgen
  Subject: Association of  b myosin heavy chain mutations with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Stays abroad

• 14.01.2006 – 28.01.2006   
  Interplast: India – Chalsa
  Club foot correction operations/Ponseti
• 28.06.2008 – 12.07.2008       
  DfDI: club foot treatment with the Ponseti method as well as correction operations on previously operated on and completely recurrent club feet
• 05.01.2009 – 18.01.2009   
  Interplast: India – Chalsa
  Club foot correction operations/Ponseti
• 08.01.2011-22.01.2011                                      
  Interplast: India – Chalsa
  Club foot correction operations/Ponseti

Lectures – Poster

• October 2006   
  Borderline cases in treatment according to Ponseti
• May 2007
  VKO (Association for Orthopaedics) Düsseldorf/club feet operated on and treatment with the Ponseti method
• March 2008
  Poster: treatment of complex club foot, Berlin
  Case presentation, Berlin
• June 2008
  NOV Ponseti course
• September 2008
  Case presentation Ponseti workshop ‘deformity day’,  Heidelberg
• March 2009
  Poster: treatment of complex club foot, Ulm
• March 2009
  Paediatric Orthopaedics Update, Berlin
• June 2009
  NOV Ponseti course
• September 2009
  Ponseti course, foot days, Cologne
• December 2009
  Ponseti course, University of Halle
• March 2010
  Poster: treatment of complex club foot, Hamburg
• April 2010
  Paediatric Orthopaedics Update, Berlin
• June 2010
  NOV Ponseti course
• November 2010
  GFFC (Society for Foot Surgery): child’s foot, lecture as well as course instruction in Berlin/Charité
• December 2010
  GFFC (Society for Foot Surgery): child’s foot, lecture: hallux valgus in Munich
• April 2011
  Lecture: Paediatric Orthopaedics Update, Berlin

Further training

• Hospitation neuro-orthopaedics/ICP, University Hospital Heidelberg
• Hospitation foot surgery Dr. W. Wenz, University Hospital Heidelberg
• Hospitation UKKB Basle/Prof. Hefti
• regular participation at the annual meeting of the  VKO (Association for Orthopaedics) in spring / in Basle/Prof. Hefti in September / DGOC (German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery)/DGU (German Society for Trauma Surgery) in Berlin in October / regular practical courses for extremity reconstruction as well as various other conferences