Dr. med. Anja Cornelia Helmers

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
    • 05.01.2013 – 20.01.2013
      Interplast: India – Chalsa
      Club foot correction operations/Ponseti
    • 13.02.2013 – 24.02.2013
      Ponseti course/Club Foot Project South Sudan/Juba
    • 05.06.2013 – 09.06.2013
      Tenotomy/Club Foot Project South Sudan/Juba
  • 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
    • October 2012
      Lecture: USA/Iowa International Clubfoot Meeting
    • November 2012
      GFFC (Society for Foot Surgery): child’s foot, lecture and course instructor in Berlin/Charité
    • November 2012
      Lecture: Ulrichshusen/8th Foot Surgery Symposium
    • March 2013
      D.A.F. (German Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society) Club Foot Conference
    • March 2013
      VKO (Association of Orthopaedics) lecture: club foot
    • June 2013
      NOV Ponseti course
    • June 2013
      Summer meeting of GFFC (Society for Foot Surgery), Milan, Dr. De Pellegrin
      Lectures and course instructor
    • August 2013
      Lecture: Ulrichshusen/9th Foot Surgery Symposium
    • October 2013
      D.A.F. (German Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society) certification course: child’s foot deformities
      Lectures and course instructor
    • December 2013
      Lecture GFFC (Society for Foot Surgery) conference: child’s foot
  • 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