The University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum – Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) – is a supraregional trauma center of Germany located in the midst of the metropolitan area of the Ruhr. The hospital was founded in 1972 and since signing the university contract between the hospital owner Bundesknappschaft and the state of North Rhine Westphalia on November 23rd 1977 the hospital belongs to the medical faculty of the RUB as a university medical center. Today the Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum has 485 beds and nine medical departments. Every year 20,000 stationed patients and 47,000 out-patient patients are treated. The high standard of patient care is guaranteed by 1,400 highly qualified and motivated staff members. Due to the efficient instrumental and technical equipment of these nine departments, modern and innovative diagnostic and treatment methods for patient care are established. The clinic of orthopedic surgery of Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum is a certified endoprosthesis center (EndoCert) for knee and hip replacement surgery in Germany and is highly experienced in this field. The clinical research group “Medical Biomaterials” belonging to Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum is led by Dr. Jochen Salber. The laboratories are located in the Center for Clinical Research (ZKF) on the campus of the RUB. Focus of the research of the Salber Lab are implant-host, biomaterial-cell interactions (cyto-, hemo- and immunocompatibility), development of in vitro 3D-cell culture-based assays, in vivo simulation and animal models.
Contact
Dr. Jochen Salber
Phone +49 234 32 21819
jochen.salber@kk-bochum.de
jochen.salber@hotmail.com
https://www.kk-bochum.de/
Dr. Siegfried Shah
siegfried.shah@rub.de