Christoph Andree

Patents for specialized therapy

• Serial number 08/076,550 “Improved wound healing using genetic constructs encoding polypeptides using in vivo gene transfer technology”
• Patent E19990816: “Resorbable, self-sealing matrix-mediated transfection system

Scientific activity

Since 2013, scientific director of the International Mammology Symposium Düsseldorf (IBSD)

Member of communities:

• Chairman of the German Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Breast Surgery (DGPRÄC)
• Chairman of the German Society of Mammology (DGS)
• Chairman of the German Society of Aesthetic Surgery in Germany (GÄCD)
• International Society of Breast Surgery (BSI)
• International Society of Surgeons (ISS)
• German Society of Gene Therapy
• International Society for Wound Management
• European Society for Reconstructive Soft Tissue Therapy

Author of more than 150 publications and scientific reports

Professional achievements:

• Research project of the University Hospital of Freiburg “Induction of neoangiogenesis in bone structures using a gene-activated matrix”
• Baxter Research Project "Fibrin-Mediated Gene Transfer from Human Keratinocytes"
• Müller-Fahnenberg Foundation Fellowship, Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany. Topic: “Transformation of keratinocytes with growth factor genes (EGF/TGF-ß) via particle-mediated gene transfer for accelerated wound healing.”
• Research Fellowship in Breast Reconstructive Surgery, European School of Oncology, Milan, Spain
• German Research Society Fellowship, Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany. Topic: “The influence of non-viral gene transfer of growth factors in keratinocyte suspensions on epithelization and wound healing.”
• Fritz Thyssen Foundation Fellowship, Department of Plastic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. Topic: “in vivo transduction of epidermal growth factor (EGF) in wounds with split skin in pigs and its role in wound healing.”
• Research grant from the Plastic Surgeon Educational Foundation, Arlington Heights, USA. Topic: “The influence of keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) on their transplantation in full-thickness wounds.”
• Ferdinand Sauerbruch Research Fellowship, Berlin Society of Surgeons and Association of Surgeons of Berlin and Brandenburg. Topic: “in vivo transfer and expression of the EGF gene for accelerated wound repair.”