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Lohmann, Christoph H. M.D.

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Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Department of Orthopaedics
(Mail Code 7774), 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
E-mail: lohmann@uthscsa.edu
Web-site: www.uthscsa.edu

Christoph H. Lohmann, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and member of the Department of Orthopaedics of the Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany. In 1997, he joined Drs. Barbara Boyan and Zvi Schwartz in San Antonio. Dr. Lohmann's areas of research interest focus on the regulation of osteogenic by implant materials and their wear products. This involves osteoblast response to particulate wear debris and the response of osteoblasts to changes in titanium surface roughness. Additionally, Dr. Lohmann works on bone graft substitutes, cartilage regeneration, the use of growth factors and biodegradable polymers.