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.

Certifications & Degrees Medical exam

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; graduated summa cum laude

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”)

Positions

Present position

2016- Professor of Orthopaedics, Uppsala University

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

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

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”)

Research activities

Publications

~ 155 original peer-reviewed original articles, reviews, case reports and editorials
h-index: 34[1] / 44[2]

Post-doctoral researchers: 5, PhD degrees: 23
Master degrees: ~25

On-going PhD-students: 15

Karolinska Institutet 2009 & 2017, Syddansk Universitet Odense 2014 & 2023, Aarhus Universitet 2015, Sahlgrenska Akademy 2017, Oslo University 2018, University of Bristol 2020, Örebro Universitet 2021

• Swedish Research Council (“Vetenskapsrådet”; running grant no‘s: 2019-00436, 2021-00980)
• Partner of the „Additive Manufacturing for the Life Sciences Competence Center (AM4Life)“ supported by VINNOVA (running grant no: 2019-00029)
• European Research Council (Project lead in EU-funded European Training Network [ETN] BioTrib)

• Scientific advisor to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare
• Board member of Swedish Arthroplasty Register
• Chairman of Nordic Association of Arthroplasty Registers (NARA)
• Chairman of Biobank Sweden (National infrastructure funded by Swedish Research Council)

Orthopaedic surgeon with broad background in arthroplasty, trauma, paediatric and spinal surgery. Long experience of being senior on-call at tertiary trauma and arthroplasty centres in Frankfurt, Stockholm, and Uppsala. Subspecialized in adult reconstructive surgery and former section head of hip and knee arthroplasty section at Uppsala University Hospital. Main current focus is on complex hip and knee revision surgery, including treatment of large bone defects, periprosthetic fractures, periprosthetic joint infections, and congenital deformities.

• “Forschungspreis der Charité” awarded by the Charité, Berlin (1997)
• “Wilhelm-Roux-Preis” awarded by the German Orthopaedic Society (1999)
• “Posterpreis” awarded by the German Orthopaedic Society for the best presentation in the basic sciences section (2002)
• “Pedagogiska rosen” awarded by Uppsala Medicine Studenter for excellent teaching (2009)
• European Best National Paper Award, EFORT congress (2020)
• European Best National Poster Award, EFORT congress (2021)
• Best Oral Presentation Award, Swedish Orthopaedic Federation (2023)