[1] In particular, his research on polytrauma, pelvic fractures and severe joint injuries (articular) helped him to achieve a high international profile.
From 2009 to 2016, he was head of the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen.
Pape studied human medicine at Hannover Medical School from 1981 to 1988[2] and subsequently trained there as a specialist surgeon from 1989 to 1995.
Since 2009, he has been Clinic Director of the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at RWTH Aachen University Hospital.
[8] In 2002, he established a then new course concept for the treatment of multiply injured patients, named Polytrauma Course in cooperation with Peter Giannoudis of the University of Leeds, which achieved recognition at international specialists’ conventions.