Annual Report 2009
Foundation
Behind the scenes at the AO Center
A day in the life of Davos staff
Communications and Events, Roman Kellenberger While he is currently completing graphic design work on the event brochure, flyers, invitation cards, and bags for the upcoming Trustees Meeting, Roman usually works on providing each of the Specialties with course programs, exhibition panels and banners for use at international and regional events worldwide.
Clinical Investigation and Documentation, Anja Tobien As one of two picture processing assistants in Davos, Anja prepares x-rays and CT and MRI scans for use in clinical studies conducted by her AOCID colleagues based at the AO office in Dübendorf. The ISO certified department is working on multiple concurrent studies for AOTrauma, AOSpine and AOCMF.
Human Resources, Birte Dobat Guaranteeing that each of the Service and Support Units is staffed by highly qualified and motivated professionals to support the surgeons’ clinical network is Birte’s mission. Full-service recruitment packages, target setting, and professional development programs are some of the tools she uses to deliver this.
Education, Priska Inauen Illustrating the proximal humerus for the trauma module of the AO Surgery Reference, Priska is contributing to a body of work that surgeons use as an online guide to fracture repair. This resource has received numerous international health and medical awards in recognition of its benefit to the surgical community.
Research—Muscoskeletal Regeneration, David Eglin Purifying materials for use in regenerative therapy is a small element of the process David is working on as Principal Investigator. His findings are used in multiple collaborative research programs (CRPs) for bone and cartilage-disc repair undertaken with researchers and surgeons around the world to the ultimate benefit of the patient.
Technical Commission, Nia Jenkins Organizing meetings around the globe for members of the TK System Expert and Working Groups across all four Specialties, taking minutes, and subsequently ensuring all technical information exchanged during these meetings is made available to group members is key to the work that TK Office assistants offer their Specialty partners.
IT Service Desk, Romeo Accola As part of a team of four, Romeo and his colleagues provide daily computer infrastructure support to all AO employees in Foundation offices from Dübendorf to Hong Kong while offering their expert support to faculty and surgeons working on courses, in expert groups and at events from Asia to South America.
Research—Preclinical Testing, Jennifer Lansdowne, Ludovic Bouré, Stephanie Nees These veterinarian surgeons, operating on a critical sized bone defect, play a key part in the research cycle whereby human problems are transferred into rigorous animal models to arrive at solutions for use in human surgery, supporting the work of both AO surgeons and commercial partners.
Finance and Administration, Nina Jacobs Working on the annual financial report and monthly and mid-term planning are some of the many ways that the financial controllers assist Service and Support Units and Specialty management in delivering the best value to their internal and external partners in terms of the ratio of resources to output and services provided.
Research—Biomedical Services, Dirk Wähnert Working as a scientific assistant, Research Fellow Dirk is engaged here in mechanical testing of wires as a potential aid to surgeon for fragment stabilization in fracture repair. The research fellowship program provides motivated surgeons with on-site research training in R&D projects focused on relevant clinical problems.