Hand- und Plastische
Chirurgie

Berufliche Erfahrung

seit 03/2015
Assistenzarzt
Klinik für Plastische, Ästhetische, Rekonstruktive und Handchirurgie
Universitätsspital Basel (Prof. Dr . D. J. Schaefer)

03/2015 – 07/2016
Research Fellowship, Group Cell and Gene Therapy,
Institute for Surgical Research and Hospital Management,
Universitätsspital Basel (Andrea Banfi)

08/2012 – 02/2015
Assistenzarzt
Klinik für Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie (Dr . med . A. R. Jandali)
Kantonsspital Winterthur

08/2010 – 07/2012
Assistenzarzt
Departement Chirurgie (Prof. Dr . med . M. Müller)
Kantonsspital Frauenfeld

Aus-/ Weiterbildung

03/2018
Bergamo Open Rhinoplasty Course, IT

03/2016
Short Term Educational Program Plastic Surgery, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

04/2015
European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons – EBOPRAS Step 2, Brüssel, BE

04/2015
LTK Module 1: Introductory Course in Laboratory Animal Science

03/2015
GCP (Good Clinical Practice Course) for Sponsor – Investigator, Swiss Medics akkreditiert, Basel
GCP Basis Kurs, Basel

10/2014
European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons – EBOPRAS Step 1, Helsinki, FI

03/2014
MUNICH MICRO Grundkurs Mikrochirurgie

11/2011
Schweizerisches Basisexamen Chirurgie, Bern

02/2010
Italienisches Staatsexamen, Bologna IT

05/2009
Promotion Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, AT

2003 – 2009
Studium für Humanmedizin, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, AT

1998 – 2003
Humanistisches Gymnasium Vinzentinum, Brixen, IT

Grants

10/2016
Reconstruction of a large maxillary defect using a custom-shaped, engineered and prevascularized bone substitute material: a case study
Pro-Patienten Stiftung Universitätsspital Basel 48’000 CHF

Publikationen

04/2017
lt Takes Two to Tango: Coupling of Angiogenesis and Osteogenesis for Bane Regeneration
Andrea Grosso, Maximilian G. Burger, Alexander Lunger. Dirk J. Schaefer, Andrea Banfi and Nunzia Di Maggio
Front Bioeng Biotechnol.

06/2017
Capturing Plastic Surgery on Film – Making reconstruction visible
Alexander Lunger, Tarek Ismail, Namita Sarraf, Christian Epple, Schaefer Kristin M. Schaefer, Dirk J. Schaefer
PRS Global Open

09/2017
Early active motion management of volar plate disruption of the proximal interphalangeal Joint after finger hyperextension injury: extension block splinting versus buddy taping
Lunger A, Lunger L, Bach A, Frey C, Jandali AR, Sproedt J
Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir.

11 /2017
Metastasis of Menin gioma: A Rare Differential Diagnosis in Subcutaneous Masses of the Scalp
Lunger A, Ismail T, Dalbert A, Mertz K, Weikert T, Schaefer DJ, Fulco I
Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale)

Buchkapitel und Illustrationen

04/2017
Tissue Engineering and Regeneration: Vascularizationfor Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
„From Autologous Flaps to Engineered Vascularized Grafts for Bane Regeneration“
Alexander Haumer, Tarek Ismail, Alexander Lunger. Rik Osinga, Arnaud Scherberich, Dir k.J. Schaefer, Ivan Martin
doi: 10 .10 07 / 978 -3-319 -21056-8_16 -1
Book chapter, Springer Publishing Company, TERMIS

Vorträge

11/2013
Swiss annual congress of Hand Surgery, Biel: Extension block splint versus buddy tapes for proximal interphalangeal joint volar plate injury

09/2014
Swiss annual congress of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Genf: Two years of reconstructive facial repair in noma patients at Bissau’s Children Noma Hospital, West Africa

09/2015
Swiss annual congress of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Thun: VEGF and Semaphorin 3A signaling for vascularized hone grafts

06/2016
TERMIS-EU 2016 Conference, Uppsala SE: A therapeutic window of VEGF doses ensures both effective vascularization and efficient bone formation in osteogenic grafts

09/2016
Swiss annual congress of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lausanne: Capturing „Swiss Plastic Surgery“ on Film

09/2017
Swiss annual congress of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Moritz: Improved cell viability in autologous fat grafting with ascorbic acid supplemented tumescent solution