Co-chair

Dr. Wimmer is The Jorge O. Galante, MD, DMSc Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, USA. He served as Associate Chairman for Research and directs the Human Motion Analysis and Tribology Laboratories in the Department of Orthopedics. He further holds conjoint appointments in the Departments of Rheumatology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, as well as Biomedical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Wimmer received his diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. After a post-graduate year in Chicago, Dr. Wimmer continued his education and earned a doctorate degree in Biomechanics at the Hamburg University of Technology, Germany. Before joining the faculty of Rush in 2001, he spent four years as a group leader at the AO Research Institute in Davos, Switzerland, where he laid the foundation for his tribological work. He is currently the President of the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty and involved in organizing the Biotribology track of the World Tribology Conference 2026 in Brazil.

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