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2.5 Million for Transatlantic Capacity Building in Orthopedic Sports Medicine
The Claudine and Hans-Heiner Zaeslin-Bustany Foundation supports transatlantic capacity building in orthopedic sports medicine between the DBE/USB and Duke University’s School of Medicine as well as between DBE/USB and University of…
Dr. Ferda Canbaz on Turkish News Channel tv100
Head of the Center for Intelligent Optics (CIO) Dr. Ferda Canbaz was interviewed by Esra Öz for the Istanbul based channel tv100. In the feature with the title "A new era in knee surgery will begin", Canbaz introduces the MIRACLE II System…
RetinAward for Dr. Philippe Valmaggia
Dr. phil. Dr. med. Philippe Valmaggia, researcher at the Center for Medical Image Analysis & Navigation (CIAN) has won the 20’000 SFR RetinAward 2024 for his project «Cardiovascular health assessment with electrocardiogram-coupled…