Background

Klaue, Kaj was born January 24, 1952 in Überlingen. Son of Hermann Heinrich Klaue and Ursula Anna Kern.

Education

Federal diploma medicine, Lausanne, 1978; Federal specialist orthopaedic, 1992.

Career

Research fellow Laboratory for Experimental Surgery, Davos, 1978—1981, research fellow, 1983; resident general surgery and orthpaedics Hôpital de district, Sierre, 1981—1982; research fellow Laboratory for Surgery, Davos, 1982; resident department heart, thorax and vascular surgery University Bern, 1983, resident department orthopaedic surgery, 1984—1990, assistant department orthopaedic surgery, 1990—1996; attending orthopaedic surgeon ATOS Clinic, Heidelberg, Germany, 1997; chief of staff division orthopaedic surgery Regional General Hospital, Switzerland, since 1998; Lecturer foot and ankle surgery Faculty Medicine, Bern, 1992; presenter in field; fellow foot surgery department orthopedic surgery Harbor View Medical Center, Seattle, 1988—1989; fellow pediatrics orthopaedics Orthopédie et Chirurgie Réparatrice de l'enfant, Hôpital Trousseau University Paris VI, 1989; visiting fellow pediatrics orthopaedics department orthopaedic surgery Medical University Southern Africa, Medunsa, South Africa, 1993; visiting fellow microsurgery department orthopaedic surgery Milwaukee County. Medical Complex, 1994; visiting fellow traumatology Klinik for Unfall-und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Tech. University Dresden, Germany, 1997; Contributor articles to professional journals; guest editor: Fussprobleme, 1991, 3D Imaging in Orthopaedic Surgery, 1997.

Achievements

• patents for self compressing plates with variable slope

• patents for the dynamic compression unit

• patents for universal drill guide for compression plates

• patents for self locking medullary nail

• patents for osteosynthetic plate with trapezoidal cross section

• patents for low contact compression plate

• patents for self locking shaft prosthesis for hemi- or total arthroplasties

• patents for shaft prosthesis fixation with variable interface

• patents for strain washer for plate osteosynthesis

• patents for symmetrical bone plate

• patents for osteosynthetic bone plate and lock washer

• patents for lock washer for bone plate osteosynthesis

• Achievements include patents for self compressing plates with variable slope; patents for the dynamic compression unit; patents for universal drill guide for compression plates; patents for self locking medullary nail; patents for osteosynthetic plate with trapezoidal cross section; patents for low contact compression plate; patents for self locking shaft prosthesis for hemi- or total arthroplasties; patents for shaft prosthesis fixation with variable interface; patents for strain washer for plate osteosynthesis; patents for symmetrical bone plate; patents for osteosynthetic bone plate and lock washer; patents for lock washer for bone plate osteosynthesis

• Achievements include patents for self compressing plates with variable slope; patents for the dynamic compression unit; patents for universal drill guide for compression plates; patents for self locking medullary nail; patents for osteosynthetic plate with trapezoidal cross section; patents for low contact compression plate; patents for self locking shaft prosthesis for hemi- or total arthroplasties; patents for shaft prosthesis fixation with variable interface; patents for strain washer for plate osteosynthesis; patents for symmetrical bone plate; patents for osteosynthetic bone plate and lock washer; patents for lock washer for bone plate osteosynthesis

Membership

• American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeons

• European Society Foot and Ankle Surgeons (founding 1993, president 1994?Co95)

• Swiss Society Orthopaedic Surgery

• Swiss Foot and Ankle Society

• International Society Fracture Repair

• European Society Biomechanics

• Orthopaedic Trauma Association (correspondent)

Connections

Spouse Ariane Michele Cattin (divorce February 20, 1998).

Father:

Hermann

Mother:

Ursula