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