Vice Director
Department of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Professor Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Majeed is Vice Director of the Department of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. After his A-Level he decided to attend a career as medical officer in the German armed forces. After his duty and finishing his studies, he was trained in Aachen, Hannover and Hamburg.
Throughout his 14-year career in craniomaxillofacial (CMF) surgery, he has specialized in computer-assisted surgery (CAS), bringing a new level of predictability, quality control and excellence to the complex cases he treats. One key moment in his life was the surgery of a small boy with craniosynostosis. He and his colleagues used 3D computer assisted design and additive manufacturing to develop and use a patient individual implant made of lactose. With this process he realized what potential is within this combination of methods.
Currently he is the managing senior physician and deputy head of the department for Oral and Maxillofacial surgery at university hospital Düsseldorf. His main points of efforts in research are the computer assisted development of resorbable patient individual implants made of new alloys. Also, the quality of life of cancer patients and the implementation of workflows for intraoperative 3D mapping within midface and cranium base tumour surgeries are valuable research fields.
Rana currently is involved in clinical study funded by the German government for €2.5 million and aimed at facilitating a child-friendly craniosynostoses treatment using molybdenum as the base material for open cranial bone remodelling. This completely new material concept, due to the high mechanical strength of molybdenum and its resorbability, significantly reduces risk to the patient and represents a treatment that can be seamlessly integrated into existing treatment processes and clinic workflows.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Saturday, September 23, 2023
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM PDT