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• 2012 Achievement Award of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• 2007 Charles S. Neer Award of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (Basic Research Category)
• 2007 Kappa Delta OREF Clinical Research Award
• 1998 Silver Medal of Merit of the State of Zurich for extraordinary achievements in science
• 1998 Charles S. Neer Award of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (Clinical Reserach Category 1998)
• 1998 Charles S. Neer Award of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons  (Basic Research Category 1998)
• 1996 Didier Patte Award (European Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery)
• 1990 Charles S. Neer Award of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (Basic Research Category 1990)

• University of Berne, CH (1971-1977); MD University of Berne (1977);
  Thesis on "Total Knee Arthroplasty" under Prof. M.E. Muller
  
• Clerkships: 
  - University of Oklahoma (Dr. O' Donoghue, 2 months, 1974)
  - Yale Medical School (Radiology, Internal Medicine, 6 months, 1977)
  - UCSD (Pathology, 2 months, 1977)
  

• Intern:
  Internal Medicine (9 months), City Hospital, Herzogenbuchsee, CH
  Neurology (7 months), Department of Neurology, University of Berne, CH
  
• Resident:  
  General Surgery and Traumatology (2 years, part of orthopaedic training), Davos Hospital, CH (Prof. P. Matter)
  Orthopaedic Surgery (3 years), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Berne, CH (Prof. R. Ganz)
  
• Fellow:   
  Shoulder Surgery, University of Texas, San Antonio (Prof. C.A. Rockwood, Jr) January - June 1984
  Tumor Surgery/Foot and Ankle, Hôpital Cochin, F-Paris (Prof. B. Tomeno) October 1984 - March 1985
  Paediatric Orthopaedics, Hôpital Trousseau, F-Paris (Prof. H. Carlioz) April - September 1985
  
• Staffmember:
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Berne, CH  (Prof. R. Ganz) October 1985 - December 1991
  
• Associate Professor (PD): 
  Orthopaedics, University of Berne, January 1988
  
• Professor:   
  Orthopaedics, University of Berne, December 1991
  
• Chairman:   
  Department of Orthopaedics, Hôpital Cantonal, 1708 Fribourg, CH, January 1992
  
• Professor and Chairman: 
  Department of Orthopaedics, University of Zurich, CH, October 1, 1995

• 2010: Deutsche Arthrose-Hilfe 65'412 EUR (1. Deltopectoraler versus superolateraler Zugang bei inverser Schulter-TEP / 2. Der WErt des zusätzlichen Latissimus Dorsi Transfers bei inversen Schulter-TEP's für Patienten mit schwerem, funktionellem Aussenrotationsdefizit)
• 2009: Swiss National Foundation SNF 234’000 CHF (Pharmacological Stimulation of Muscle Recovery after Changes induced by Tendon Tear and Muscle Retraction)
• 2006: Swiss National Foundation SNF 360’000 CHF (Experimental Rotator Cuff Repair through Continuous Traction)
• 2006: Swiss National Foundation SNF 377’000 CHF (Genetic Markers of pathological changes in rotator cuff muscles after tendon tear as a basis for the development of new treatment strategies)
• 2003: Vontobel Foundation 230’000 CHF (Rotator Cuff Degeneration and Repair)
• 2000: Synos Foundation 200’000 CHF (A new system for assessment of total joint component migration ( XIMIT)
• 1999: Swiss National Foundation SNF 280'000 CHF (Experimetal Rotator Cuff Repair)
• 1995: Sulzer Medica: 200'000 CHF (Outcomes research in total joint arthroplasty)
• 1991: AO-Research Commission 180'000 CHF (in vivo tests of rotator cuff repairs)
• 1984: Hans Neuenschwander Foundation 40'000 CHF
• 1984: M.E. Muller-Foundation 20'000 CHF
• 1984: EKSF (Sports Research Foundation) 16'000 CHF (all for project: Rehabilitation after ACL Reconstruction)
• 1984: ARC (French Cancer Research Fund) 72'000 French Francs (for clinical project: Diaphyseal Resection and Shoulder Tumors)
• 1983: Hans Neuenschwander Foundation: 54'000 CHF (for continued personal training)

• AAOS American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (international affiliate member)
• AO Switzerland
• Argentinian Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology (corresponding member)
• ASES American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (corresponding member)
• Australian Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (corresponding member)
• Balgrist Campus Board Member
• Cuban Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology (corresponding member)
• ESB European Society of Biomechanics
• Orthopaedic Research Society
• ResOrtho President of the Board
• SECEC/ESSSE European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (president 1995-1998)
• SGOT Swiss Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (President - Elect)
• SGSM Swiss Society of Sports Medicine (former board member)
• SICOT Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie)
• SNF National Research Programme Implants and Transplants (board)
• SYNOS Foundation for the Advancement or Orthopaedic Surgery (board)

• Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (2004)
• SOFCOT Société Française de Chirurgie Orthopédique et
  Traumatologique (2004)
• Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences 2003
• SECHC Spanish Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (1998)
• Western Orthopaedic Association 1993

Creation of the RESORTHO Foundation for research and education in orthopaedic surgery. Support of academic development of residents and junior staff, funding of Harvard - Balgrist shoulder fellowship.

• Corresponding Editor:  
  Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
  
• International Editor:
  J. Bone Joint Surg. American Volume (since 2012)
  
• Reviewer:  
  J. Bone Joint Surg. American Volume
  J. Bone Joint Surg. British Volume
  J. Orthop. Research
  J. Shoulder Elbow Surgery
  
• Board of Trustees
  Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

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