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Prof. Dr med.
Dipl. Medical Physics ETHZ Dominik Meyer

Name	Dominik Meyer
Academic Position	Prof. Dr med. Dipl. Medical Physics ETHZ
Academic position	Professor at the University of Zurich
Clinical Position	Chief Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Address	University of Zurich, Balgrist Hospital Forchstr. 340 CH-8008 Zurich
Telephone	+41 44 386 30 12
Fax	+41 44 386 30 09
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Languages
German English French Spanish

Awards
Best paper prize: "Basic science", 9th. ICSS (International Conference on Surgery of the Shoulder) Washington DC, 2004. "Fatty Muscular Changes After Tendon Tears are not Degenerative but Caused by Altered Muscle Architecture". Meyer DC, Hoppeler H, von Rechenberg B, Gerber C Harold Vasey-Award SGOT-SSOT for the best FMH-examination, 2004 Best paper prize, SECEC meeting Rome, September 2005, "Tendon retracts more than muscle after experimental rotator cuff tear". Meyer DC, Lajtai G, von Rechenberg B, Schneeberger AG, Hoppeler H, Gerber C Neer Award, Basic Science 2007, "Reversion of Structural Muscular Changes Caused by Chronic Rotator Cuff Tendon Tearing Using Continuous Musculotendinous Traction: An Experimental Study in the Sheep". Gerber C, Zumstein MA, Frey E, von Rechenberg B, Hoppeler H, Frigg R, Jost B, Meyer DC

Awards

Best paper prize: "Basic science", 9th. ICSS (International Conference on Surgery of the Shoulder) Washington DC, 2004. "Fatty Muscular Changes After Tendon Tears are not Degenerative but Caused by Altered Muscle Architecture". Meyer DC, Hoppeler H, von Rechenberg B, Gerber C
Harold Vasey-Award SGOT-SSOT for the best FMH-examination, 2004
Best paper prize, SECEC meeting Rome, September 2005, "Tendon retracts more than muscle after experimental rotator cuff tear". Meyer DC, Lajtai G, von Rechenberg B, Schneeberger AG, Hoppeler H, Gerber C
Neer Award, Basic Science 2007, "Reversion of Structural Muscular Changes Caused by Chronic Rotator Cuff Tendon Tearing Using Continuous Musculotendinous Traction: An Experimental Study in the Sheep". Gerber C, Zumstein MA, Frey E, von Rechenberg B, Hoppeler H, Frigg R, Jost B, Meyer DC

Graduate
1991 - 1997 University of Zürich (Swiss Board Certificate, University of Zürich) Thesis on "Die Schrittmacherbehandlung mit DDD-Systemen (1980-1994) under Prof. T.F. Lüscher 1998 - 2000 Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Physics, ETH Zürich 2000 American Board Certificate ECFMG

Postgraduate
1998 Regionalspital Lachen, Surgery (PD Dr. K. Brülhart) 1998 - 1999 Institut für biokomp. Werkstoffe und Bauweisen ETHZ, scientific staff member (Prof. E. Wintermantel), tissue engineering, degradable implants 1999 - 2000 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zürich, Balgrist, scientific project on fatty muscle degeneration for the Swiss National Research Foundation (Prof. C. Gerber) 2000 - 2002 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zürich 2003 Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Inselspital Bern (Prof. R. Ganz) 2004 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zürich 2004 - 2007 Staff member, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zürich, Balgrist 2005 FMH "Orthopädische Chirurgie und Traumatologie des Bewegungsapparates" 2005 Venia Legendi in Orthopaedics 2007 Staff member / Deputy Team Leader Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Zürich (Prof. Trentz) 2008 - 2011 Deputy Head of Knee Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Züirch, Balgrist 2011 Head of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zürich, Balgrist

Postgraduate

1998 Regionalspital Lachen, Surgery (PD Dr. K. Brülhart)
1998 - 1999 Institut für biokomp. Werkstoffe und Bauweisen ETHZ, scientific staff member (Prof. E. Wintermantel), tissue engineering, degradable implants
1999 - 2000 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zürich, Balgrist, scientific project on fatty muscle degeneration for the Swiss National Research Foundation (Prof. C. Gerber)
2000 - 2002 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zürich
2003 Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Inselspital Bern (Prof. R. Ganz)
2004 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zürich
2004 - 2007 Staff member, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zürich, Balgrist
2005 FMH "Orthopädische Chirurgie und Traumatologie des Bewegungsapparates"
2005 Venia Legendi in Orthopaedics
2007 Staff member / Deputy Team Leader Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Zürich (Prof. Trentz)
2008 - 2011 Deputy Head of Knee Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Züirch, Balgrist
2011 Head of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zürich, Balgrist

Memberships
SGO VSAO FMH SECEC-ESSE

Reviewer
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR) American Journal of Sports Medicine Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES) Journal of Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy

Publications
National Library of Medicine

Books & Chapters
In "Shoulder Arthroscopy and MRI-Techniques", Springer Verlag "Suture anchors", Meyer DC, Lajtai G, Gerber C "Positioning of the patient", Lajtai G, Aitzetmüller G, Meyer DC, Gerber C "Surgical approaches", Lajtai G, Meyer DC, Aitzetmüller G, Gerber C "Anatomy", Unger F, Lajtai G, Meyer DC, Gerber C "Arthroscopy knot tying techniques", Unger F, Meyer DC, Lajtai G "Arthroscopic subacromial decompression", Aitzetmüller G, Meyer DC, Lajtai G, Gerber C In "Orthopaedic Knowledge Update" "Cuff tear arthropathy", Gerber C, Jost B, Meyer DC

Books & Chapters

In "Shoulder Arthroscopy and MRI-Techniques", Springer Verlag

"Suture anchors", Meyer DC, Lajtai G, Gerber C
"Positioning of the patient", Lajtai G, Aitzetmüller G, Meyer DC, Gerber C
"Surgical approaches", Lajtai G, Meyer DC, Aitzetmüller G, Gerber C
"Anatomy", Unger F, Lajtai G, Meyer DC, Gerber C
"Arthroscopy knot tying techniques", Unger F, Meyer DC, Lajtai G
"Arthroscopic subacromial decompression", Aitzetmüller G, Meyer DC, Lajtai G, Gerber C

In "Orthopaedic Knowledge Update"