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MD Atul Sukthankar

Name	Atul Sukthankar
Academic Position	MD
Academic position	Clinical Instructor Faculty of Medicine University of Zurich
Clinical Position	Staff member Orthopaedics
Address	University of Zurich, Balgrist Hospital Forchstr. 340 CH-8008 Zurich
Telephone	+41 44 386 12 83
Fax	+41 44 386 12 79
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Languages
German English French Italian Indian

Honours and Awards
Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (since 2008) Price for poster presentation, Swiss Society of Orthopaedic Surgery (SGO), annual meeting 2001

Graduate
1993 -1999 Medical School, University of Zurich 2000 Doctor of Medicine (MD) at the University of Zurich (Thesis: "DegraPol btc/btgc: Evaluation of in vitro compatibility of tenocytes"), PD. Dr. G. Uhlschmid and Prof. O. Trentz

Postgraduate
2000 - 2001 Resident General Surgery and Trauma, Kantonsspital Luzern (Prof. R. Babst, Prof. M. von Flüe) 2002 - 2003 Resident Orthopaedics, Kantonsspital Winterthur (Dr. B. Isler) 2003 - 2004 Research in Orthopaedics/Biomechanics at Balgrist Hospital, University of Zurich (Prof. C. Gerber) 2004 - 2005 Resident Orthopaedics, Balgrist Hospital, University of Zurich (Prof. C. Gerber) 2006 Chief Resident Orthopaedic Surgeon, Balgrist Hospital, University of Zurich (Prof. C. Gerber) 2006 - 2007 Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon for Paediatric Orthopaedics, University Children’s Hospital of Zurich (Dr. S. Dierauer) 2007 - 2009 Fellow/Junior Consultant adult trauma/ reconstruction of pelvis and lower extremity, Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, Australia. (Prof. A. Pohl/Prof. D. Howie) since 2008 Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Australia since 2009 Staff member Orthopaedics, Balgrist Hospital, University of Zurich (Prof. C. Gerber)

Postgraduate

2000 - 2001 Resident General Surgery and Trauma, Kantonsspital Luzern (Prof. R. Babst, Prof. M. von Flüe)
2002 - 2003 Resident Orthopaedics, Kantonsspital Winterthur (Dr. B. Isler)
2003 - 2004 Research in Orthopaedics/Biomechanics at Balgrist Hospital, University of Zurich (Prof. C. Gerber)
2004 - 2005 Resident Orthopaedics, Balgrist Hospital, University of Zurich (Prof. C. Gerber)
2006 Chief Resident Orthopaedic Surgeon, Balgrist Hospital, University of Zurich (Prof. C. Gerber)
2006 - 2007 Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon for Paediatric Orthopaedics, University Children’s Hospital of Zurich (Dr. S. Dierauer)
2007 - 2009 Fellow/Junior Consultant adult trauma/ reconstruction of pelvis and lower extremity, Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, Australia. (Prof. A. Pohl/Prof. D. Howie)
since 2008 Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Australia
since 2009 Staff member Orthopaedics, Balgrist Hospital, University of Zurich (Prof. C. Gerber)

Membership
FMH AAOS SGOT OTA

Scientific interest/projects
Anatomy, biomechanics of the pelvis and hip, trauma of the pelvis (in collaboration with Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, Australia) Biomechanics and clinical research of the shoulder (rotator cuff, osteoarthritis, prosthetic replacement of the shoulder, tendon transfers)

Other activities
Development of fellowship/exchange program with Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Adelaide Hospital (University of Adelaide) for young orthopaedic surgeons

Publications
National Library of Medicine