Jörg Bahm

RWTH University Hospital

Jörg Bahm obtained an MD in 1987 and a Ph.D. from Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium in 2011. As a general, plastic, and hand surgeon, Dr. Bahm worked for five years at University Hospital Aachen, Germany. Since 1994, he has focused on brachial plexus surgery. He has been a chief surgeon in the Reconstructive Microsurgery Unit of the Franziskushospital, Aachen, Germany since 2000. In 2020, this unit was transferred into the Aachen University Hospital as the Division for Plexus Surgery within the Department for Plastic, Hand and Burn Surgery. Since 2003, Dr. Bahm has been a consultant for peripheral nerves in the Orthopaedic Department, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. He is an active member of the German (DGH) and Belgian (BHG) Hand Surgery Society and of the German Plastic Surgery Society (DGPRÄC). He is a member of the Narakas club for brachial plexus surgery and editor of the online Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury. He has written more than 50 scientific papers and presented at more than 200 congresses. Dr. Bahm was president of the BHG in 2012 and 2013 and congress president of the FESSH Hand Surgery congress 2012 in Antwerp, Belgium. His specific interests are peripheral nerve surgery and microsurgical reconstruction of the upper limb.

Jörg Bahm

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In this book, specialists from different countries and continents share their knowledge and experience in brachial plexus surgery. It discusses the different types of brachial plexus injury and advances in surgical treatments.

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