The development from an orthopedic ward at the Surgical Department to the Department of Orthopedic Surgery:
Prof. Dr. Eduard Albert (1841-1900)
since 1881 Professor at the I. Department of Surgery of the University of Vienna Description of the arthrodeses of plegic limbs
Prof. Dr. Adolf Lorenz (1854-1946)
1889-1924 Head of the orthopedic ward of the I. Surgical Department
Anatomical studies of the flat foot, interested in scoliosis
Prof. Dr. Julius Hass (1884-1959)
-1939 Head of the orthopedic ward of the I. Surgical Department,
described the preparation of the joint for arthroplsty
Dr. Gerhard v. Haberler
1939-1945 Head of the orthopedic ward of the I. Surgical Department
interested in dysplastic hips
Doz. Dr. Albert Lorenz (1885-1970)
1945-1951 Head of the orthopedic ward of the I. Surgical Department,
interested in amputation, rehabilitation of amputies, deformities of the hip
Prof. Dr. Karl Chiari (1912-1982)
1951-1962 Head of the orthopedic ward of the I. Surgical Department
1962-1982 Full Professor of the new Department of Orthopedics,
described the pelvic osteotomy
Prof. Dr. Rainer Kotz
1984-2009 Head of the Univeristy Clinic of Orthopaedic Surgery