Background
Dahmen, Günter Suitbert Hugo was born on July 20, 1928 in Düren, Rheinland, Germany. Son of Peter Friedrich Wilhelm and Caecilia Marta Josefine (Pinell) Dahmen.
Dahmen, Günter Suitbert Hugo was born on July 20, 1928 in Düren, Rheinland, Germany. Son of Peter Friedrich Wilhelm and Caecilia Marta Josefine (Pinell) Dahmen.
Doctor of Medicine, University Münster, Germany, 1955. Private dozent, University Münster, Germany, 1963.
Resident, Medical Clinical U. Münster, 1955-1956; physician orthopedic medicine, U. Clinical Münster, 1956-1957; physician, Clinic for Traumatology, Dortmund, Germany, 1957-1958; physician, senior physician, Orthpedic U. Clinic, Münster, 1958-1971; vice director, Orthpedic U. Clinic, Münster, 1967-1971; ordinarius and director, Orthopedic University Clinic, Hamburg, Germany, 1971-1996. President German North-West Orthopedic Association, 1970-1977, German Association for Orthopedics and Traumatology, 1990-1991.
Member Deutscher Ordn (vice comtur since 1981), German-Turkish Orthopedic Association (president since 1981), Association for Orthopedic Biomechanics (president since 1992), Association for Research and Therapy of Rheumatic Diseases (president since 1980), Orthopedic Association Ankara Turkey (honorary), Orthopedic Association Istanbul Turkey (honorary).
Married Mechthild Theresia Dora Happe, May 24, 1957. Children: Georg, Uta, Norbert, Angelika, Ursula.