Nils Hailer

Nils P Hailer works at the Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University. Nils does research in Orthopedic Surgery, both clinical, epidemiological and experimental. His main research interest is in joint replacement together with its complications, periprosthetic joint infection and dislocation. With collaborators from large Swedish registers, he is running register-nested, randomized controlled trials. Experimentally, Nils' research interests are on coatings of orthopaedic implants.

1. Higher education degree

1995 ”Ärztliche Prüfung“, Medical Faculty, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1996 “In vitro-Untersuchungen zum Einfluß verschiedener Kalziumantagonisten auf den Infiltrationsprozeß humaner Lymphozyten durch allogene Endothelzellschichten“,Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1996-1997 Post-doc at the Institute of Cell and Neurobiology, Charité, Berlin, professor Robert Nitsch, with grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

2003 ”Habilitation” and ”Privatdozent”, Medical Faculty, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main

2005 Associate professor in Orthopaedics, Uppsala University

2002 Specialist in Orthopaedics (German “Facharzt für Orthopädie“)

2003 Specialist in Orthopaedics (Swedish ”Specialistbevis i ortopedi”)

2005 Subspecialist exam in Operative Orthopaedic Surgery (German “Spezielle Orthopädische Chirurgie”)

2016- Professor of Orthopaedics, Uppsala University

1995-1997 ”Arzt im Praktikum” equivalent with junior house officer, Charité, Berlin

1997 “Assistenzarzt” equivalent with resident at Department of Surgery, Charité, Berlin

1997-2002 ”Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (C1)” equivalent with resident at University Hospital for Orthopaedic Surgery Friedrichsheim, Frankfurt am Main

2002-2003 ”Stationsarzt” equivalent with senior registrar at University Hospital for Orthopaedic Surgery Friedrichsheim, Frankfurt am Main

2003-2005 ”Avdelningsläkare” equivalent with senior registrar at Department of Orthopaedics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm

2005-2006 ”Avdelningsläkare” equivalent with senior registrar at Department of Orthopaedics, Akademiska University Hospital, Uppsala

2006-2013 ”Överläkare” equivalent with consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Department of Orthopaedics, Akademiska University Hospital, Uppsala

2013-2016 Section head and Research position (“Gullstrand-tjänst”)
(50% research, 50% consultant orthopaedic surgeon and Chief of arthroplasty section)

Main supervisor:

1. Angelika Kohl, Dr. med., Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University (2006)
2. Ariane Conrad, Dr. med., Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University (2007)
3. Gunnar Hischebeth, Dr. med., Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University (2008)
4. Stavros Stavridis, Dr. med., Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University (2008)
5. Tilman Oest, Dr. med., Johann Wolfgang Goethe- University (2010)
6. Stergios Lazarinis, Ph.D., Uppsala University (2013)
7. Nicos Schizas, Ph.D., Uppsala University (2015)
8. Anne Garland, Ph.D., Uppsala University (2017)
9. Anders Brüggemann, Ph.D., Uppsala University (2020)

Co-supervisor:

1. Frank Heppner, Dr. med., Humboldt-University Berlin (1999)
2. Ingo Bechmann, Dr. med., Humboldt-University Berlin (1999)
3. Bernd Glomsda, Dr. med., Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University (2003)
4. Johan Zelano, Ph.D., Karolinska Institute (2009)
5. Henrik Dahlstrand, Ph.D., Karolinska Institute (2017)
6. Carl-Johan Molin, Ph.D., Uppsala University (2018)
7. Erik Bülow, Ph.D., Sahlgrenska Academy (2020)

15 PhD-students, all at Uppsala University.

Clinical proficiency:

Subspecialty in adult reconstructive surgery, with a main focus on complex hip and knee revision surgery including treatment of periprosthetic fractures, periprosthetic joint infections, and congenital deformities.

Publications:

see:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nils-Hailer-2/research

Editorial activities:

Co-Editor for Acta Orthopaedica

Ad hoc Manuscript reviewing (only major journals):

British Medical Journal, Journal of Neuroinflammation, Neurobiology of Disease, European Journal of Neuroscience, Experimental Neurology, Journal of Neuroinflammation, Cell and Tissue Research, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Bone & Joint Journal

Major grants:

• Swedish Research Council (“Vetenskapsrådet”)
• Stiftelsen Promobilia
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (“DFG”)

Faculty opponent:

Anton Rasch (Karolinska Institute 2009), Aksel Paulsen (Syddansk Universitet Odense 2014), Thomas Deleuran (Aarhus Universitet 2015), Marie Askenberger (Karolinska Institute 2017), Michael Carmont (Sahlgrenska Akademy 2017), Bernhard Flatøy (Oslo University 2018), Adrian Sayers (University of Bristol 2020), Peter Wildemann (Örebro Universitet 2021)

Professional activities:

• Scientific advisor to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare
• Board member of Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register
• Chairman of Nordic Association of Arthroplasty Registers (NARA)
• Past Scientific secretary of Swedish Orthopaedic Federation
• Past-president of Swedish Hip and Knee Society

Select honours and awards:

• “Pedagogiska rosen” awarded by Uppsala Medicine Studenter for excellent teaching (2009)
• European Best National Paper Award, EFORT congress (2020)