Curriculum Vitae
| Name: | Dr. med. Anja Cornelia Helmers |
| Akademischer Grad: | Dr. med. |
| Anschrift: | Leitende Ärztin des Zentrums für Kinder- und Jugendorthopädie Stadtrandstr. 555 13589 Berlin |
| Medical Doctor/Doctor Grade | |
| 27.02.2004 | Charité / Prof. Dr. med. E. Köttgen Association of the β-Myosin-Heavy-Chain-Mutations with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy |
| Professional Training | |
| 12.10.1998 – 05.11.1999 | Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Berlin, Priv. Doz. Dr. R. Letsch |
| 08.11.1999 – 16.01.2005 | Department of Orthopaedic and Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Berlin, Prof. Dr. P. Engelhardt |
| 17.01.2005 – 31.03.2012 | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Trauma and Paediaric Orthopaedic Surgery, Berlin, Prof. Dr. W. Noack |
| 01.04.2012 – until now | Head of Section of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, EWK Berlin |
| 30.01.2007 | Degree of Orthopaedic Surgery |
| 30.03.2009 | Degree of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Stays Abroad | |
| 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013 & 2015 | Interplast: India – Chalsa / Westbengal Ponseti-Method Teaching of local Physiotherapists and Surgery of Neglected Clubfoot |
| 2008 | DfD-I: Mali – Bamako: Ponseti-Method Teaching of local Physiotherapists, Orthopaedic Technicians and Surgery of Neglected Clubfoot |
| June & November 2013 | DfD-I: South Sudan – Juba: Ponseti-Method Teaching of local Physiotherapists and Orthopaedic Technicians |
| 2017, 2018, 2022 | DfD-I & KBH: India – Meerut, Chennai & Srinagar: Ponseti-Method Teaching of local Orthopaedic Technicians and Medical Docotors. Surgery of Neglected Clubfoot and Severe Foot Deformities |
| 2018, 2019, 2020 | DfD-I: India – Mylaudy: Ponseti-Method Teaching of local Orthopaedic Technicians and Nurses and Surgery of Neglected Clubfoot and Severe Foot Deformities |
| 2019 | DfD-I: Togo – Lomé: Ponseti-Method Teaching of local Physiotherapists and Orthopaedic Technicians |
| Lectures - Posters | |
| March 2007, 13, 16, 17 & 18 |
VKO Congress Lectures Augsburg: Clubfoot Relapses Treated using the Ponseti-Method Munich: Relaps with the Ponseti Method - Night-Cast versus TATT St. Gallen: Measurement Options in Cases with Flat Top Talus Dresden: Risk of Flat Top Talus in a Relapse-Ponseti-Cast |
| October 2007, 08, 09 | International Ponseti-Method Workshop EWK Spandau / Berlin ( V. Mosca, S. Pirani & J. Herzenberg) |
| March 2009, 10, 16 & 19 |
VKO Congress Poster Ulm, Hamburg: 2 x Complex Clubfoot Düsseldorf: Lambrinudi – Arthrodesis as a Treatment Option in Cases of Neglected Clubfoot Munich: AMC – Extremity Reconstruction with an External Fixateur |
| June 2010, 11, 13 & 15 | NOUV Hamburg Ponseti Workshop |
| October/November 2010, 12, 14, 16, 18 & 21 | GFFC – Expert Hands on Workshop in Paediatric Orthopaedic Foot Surgery and Clubfoot Treatment with the Ponseti-Method. Surgical Preparation & Lectures on Treatment of Clubfoot and Foot Deformities & Ponseti-Method Teaching |
| October 2011, 16, 17, 19, 21 |
DKOU Ponseti – Treatment Options in Relapsed Cases and Clubfoot Treatment in Westbengal / India DKOU Head of the AGOUE Session DKOU/AGOUE 10 Years Experiance with the Ponseti-Method in Westbengal / India DKOU Treatment of Complex Clubfoot DKOU Minimize Rebound after Epiphysiodesis |
| June 2012 | EWK Spandau: Lectures on Extremity Reconstruction |
| October 2012 | USA – Iowa: International Ponseti-Congress: Borderline Cases of Surgical Treated Clubfoot Relapses Treated using the Ponseti-Method |
| October 2012 & 19 | DKOU Ponseti-Workshop |
| November 2012 | Berlin Orthopaedic Society: Surgical Treatment Options of Severe Foot Deformities in Childhood |
| March 2013 | D.A.F. The Atypical Clubfoot |
| June 2013 & 15 |
GFFC Summer Meeting Italy – Mailand: Pirani Classification 10. Years Experiance with the Ponseti-Method in Germany Ponseti-Workshop |
| Nov. 2013, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 22 | D.A.F.: Ponseti-Workshop, Surgical Treatment of Scew-Foot Deformity and Neglected Clubfoot Deformities & Orthotic Lectures |
| June 2014 | Barcelona: Poster International Ponseti-Congress |
| September 2015 | DGKJ Munich Paediatric Orthopaedic Foot Deformities |
| December 2011, 13, 18, 20 |
GFFC International Symposium for Foot Surgery Munich Treatment of Hallux valgus in Childhood Surgical Clubfoot Therapy – still necessary? Neurological Foot Deformities India Experiance with the Lambrinudi Procedure in Cases with Neglected Clubfoot MIS in Paediatric Orthopaedic Foot Deformities |
| November 2018, 19, 20, 21 & 22 | VKO – Intensiv Lectures in Paediatric Orthopaedics for Residents: Ponseti Treatment of Clubfoot |
| May 2019, 20 & 22 |
VSOU Baden Baden Ponseti - Clubfoot Relaps Treatment: TAT Treatment of Flatfoot Deformities in Children |
| November 2019 & 22 | VKO – Workshop Paediatric Orthopaedic Foot Deformities |
| September 2020, 21 & 22 | MIS Workshop in Augsburg and Innsbruck |
| Leadership December 2021 |
Head of GFFC Paediatric Orthopaedic Foot Deformities |
| Publications | |
| August 2019 | Book Publisher De Gruyter Anja Helmers: The Foot of the Child ISBN 978-3-11-046424-5 |
| November 2020 | Book Publisher Springer; Engelhardt/Raschke, Anja Helmers: Investigation of the Foot in Paediatric Orthopaedics – Epub 2022 Doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-54673-0_138-1 |
| December 2021 | The Treatment of Neglected Clubfoot. Helmers AC. Foot Ankle Clin. 2021 Dec;26(4):705-725. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2021.07.004. Epub 2021 Oct 6.PMID: 34752235 |
| June 2023 | MIS in Childhood GFFC/My Medibook https://www.my-medibook.de |