Birg – Bone Implant Research Group e.V.

the mission of birg is the „formation of the future in hand surgery“ birg (bone implant research group) is a non-profit medical organisation led by international surgeons. the purpose is to improve established hand surgical treatment options as well as new treatment approaches; however, the focus is on the added value and the benefit for the patients. the goals of birg are: recognizing, evaluating, and setting trends for hand surgery, encouragement of teaching & education through a target-group-specific training concept, development and testing of new hand surgical treatments, funding of research. division science is responsible for practice-oriented hand surgical research projects. established methods are therefore considered to guarantee the on-going and innovative improvement for hand surgical procedures. in order to achieve the defined goals, birg consists of two independent divisions. division teaching & education designs and carries out target-group-specific training conce