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Ville Mattila
Professor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Antti Launonen
Assoc professor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Aleksi Reito
Assoc professor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Bakir Sumrein
PhD student
Orthopaedic surgeon

Teemu Hevonkorpi
PhD student
Resident

Toni Luokkala
Assoc professor
Hand and elbow surgeon

Minna Laitinen
Assoc professor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Helle Ostergaard
Senior Researcher, PhD
Physiotherapist

I work as a senior researcher and physiotherapist in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Viborg Regional Hospital, Denmark. My primary research focus is improving the management of upper limb fractures, particularly shoulder and wrist fractures. In my PhD, I investigated perspectives on rehabilitation in the non-surgical management of proximal humerus fractures. I am active in both clinical and register-based research and engaged in national and international research collaborations in orthopaedics. I have been a part of several NITEP studies, most recently the DeltaCon trial.

Karl Jöhnk
Orthopaedic surgeon

I work as a senior consultant in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Viborg Regional Hospital, Denmark. My research activities focus on improving treatment strategies for patients with shoulder and elbow fractures. I am actively engaged in national and international research collaborations. In the NITEP-collaboration, I take part in the DeltaCon trial.

Ingen Mechlenburg
Professor
Physiotherapist

Lisa Urup Tønning
MSc in Health Science, PhD
Physiotherapist

Olof Wolf
Assoc prof
Orthopaedic surgeon

Li Felländer-Tsai
Professor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Hans Berg
Professor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Kaspar Tootsi
Assoc professor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Dr Tootsi Kaspar is an orthopedic surgeon at Tartu University Hospital and an Associate Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Tartu. His clinical expertise spans a broad range of orthopedic procedures, with a particular focus on hip, knee, and shoulder arthroplasty, as well as tumor surgery. Dr. Tootsi is dedicated to high-quality clinical research and has actively contributed to several NITEP collaboration projects. He leads the clinical research group at the University of Tartu. His scientific interests include the systemic effects of osteoarthritis, cardiovascular and metabolomic changes associated with arthroplasty, and periprosthetic joint infections.

Alexander Nilsskog Fraser
MD, PhD, Postdoc-researcher
Orthopaedic surgeon

Tone Wagle
Research physiotherapist

Tore Fjalestad
MD, PhD
Orthopaedic surgeon