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Obligation to wear masks in case of cold symptoms
We ask all persons with cold symptoms to protect others from infection. Thank you for wearing a hygiene mask throughout the hospital.
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Balgrist University Hospital and the AO Foundation are entering into a collaboration to create synergies in the areas of research, innovation, and education.
Founded in 2017, the University Spine Center Zurich has been certified a "Surgical Spine Center of Excellence" by the spine society EuroSpine.
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The Swiss Innovation Agency (Innosuisse) is supporting the PROFICIENCY project with 6 million Swiss francs. The project constitutes a paradigm shift in education and training for surgeons. Innovative, simulator-supported practical training will replace advanced training in the operating room.
From May 9 to 13, the FAROS Integration Week took place at Balgrist.
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Construction work starts today on the OR-X, the new Translational Center for Surgery at Balgrist University Hospital. The test phase for the OR-X will be launched in the first quarter of 2023.
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Obligation to wear masks in case of cold symptoms
We ask all persons with cold symptoms to protect others from infection. Thank you for wearing a hygiene mask throughout the hospital.
Read moreBalgrist University Hospital and the AO Foundation are entering into a collaboration to create synergies in the areas of research, innovation, and education.
Founded in 2017, the University Spine Center Zurich has been certified a "Surgical Spine Center of Excellence" by the spine society EuroSpine.
Read moreThe Swiss Innovation Agency (Innosuisse) is supporting the PROFICIENCY project with 6 million Swiss francs. The project constitutes a paradigm shift in education and training for surgeons. Innovative, simulator-supported practical training will replace advanced training in the operating room.
From May 9 to 13, the FAROS Integration Week took place at Balgrist.
Read moreConstruction work starts today on the OR-X, the new Translational Center for Surgery at Balgrist University Hospital. The test phase for the OR-X will be launched in the first quarter of 2023.
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Thanks to a cutting-edge new surgical technique, a patient with Dropped head syndrome was successfully treated without the necessity of me-tallic implants and fusion. The surgical technique was developed at the University Spine Center Zurich.
2020
![[Translate to Englisch:] Augmented Reality im Operationssaal](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/6/csm_Balgrist_Hololensstudie_5734420976.jpg "[Translate to Englisch:] Augmented Reality im Operationssaal")
A team at Balgrist University Hospital successfully completed the first holographically navigated spine surgery.
Read more![[Translate to Englisch:]](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/9/csm_Balgrist_Bild_Web_Schellenberg_Preis_860x580px_a9fbe2c39f.jpg "Balgrist researcher awarded with Schellenberg prize")
The IRP Schellenberg Research Prize 2020 is awarded to Professors Patrick Freund, Balgrist University Hospital, Switzerland, and Jonas Frisén, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. The award ceremony will take place on October 1st, 2020 in Basel.
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An interdisciplinary team is laying the foundations for a pioneering study with holographically navigated spine surgery.
A study with junior ski athletes has found that more than half of the junior skiers have "distal femoral cortical irregularity" (DFCI).
Die Universitätsklinik Balgrist hat Prof. Dr. med. Armin Curt, Chefarzt und Direktor Zentrum für Paraplegie, zum Stv. Medizinischen Spitaldirektor befördert.
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Die Universitätsklinik Balgrist hat zwei neue Stv. Direktoren Orthopädie: PD Dr. med. Patrick Zingg (Klinik) und Prof. Jess Snedeker (Forschung).
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Andreas Schweizer tritt die Nachfolge von Ladislav Nagy an und wird neuer Chefarzt der Handchirurgie.
Masken und Brillen zum Schutz vor dem neuen Coronavirus sind weltweit Mangelware. Das Forscherteam ROCS entwickelt zusammen mit dem Balgrist Campus und Balgrist Tec eine Art «face shield» für das Spitalpersonal.
Die Universitätsklinik Balgrist kann ihre Intensivstation und den Aufwachraum früher als geplant eröffnen und schafft so zusätzliche IPS-Kapazitäten.
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In view of the current position regarding the coronavirus, Balgrist University Hospital is offering virtual consultations as a supplementary service for outpatients.
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Die Universität Zürich hat Prof. Dr. Philipp Fürnstahl per 1. Februar 2020 zum Professor für «Orthopädische Forschung mit Schwerpunkt Computer Science» ernannt.
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