
Clinical position
Senior Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Team
Shoulder & Elbow
Academic position
Privatdozent, Lecturer of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich
Specialisation
Shoulder surgery
Arthroscopy
Sports medicine
Languages
German, English, French
Honors and awards
- 2017 ASG Travelling Fellowship
- 2011 Academic scholarship stipend from the Swiss Society of Orthopaedic Surgery
Graduate
- 2018 Certificate in systemic management in healthcare HSG
- 2015 Awarded the Venia legendi [highest teaching award] for Orthopaedics, University of Zurich
- 2010 Specialist (FMH) in Sports Medicine (SGSM)
- 2010 Federal qualification as Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal system (FMH)
- 2008 Certified Medical Expert (SIM)
- 2006 Certificate as Qualified Radiation Protection Officer (PSI, Villigen)
- 2004 Basic examination in Surgery
- 2004 Awarded degree as Doctor of Medicine (University of Zurich)
- 2003 State medical finals examinations (University of Zurich)
- 1997 Matura [matriculation for university entrance] Type C / Glarus
Postgraduate
- Since June 2018 Senior Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (Prof. M. Farshad)
- October 2015 - May 2018 Consultant Elbow and Shoulder end Elbow Surgery (Prof. C. Gerber)
- September 2012 - August 2015 Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Sports Traumatology, Department of Trauma Surgery, Zurich University Hospital (Prof. H.-P. Simmen)
- August 2011 - July 2012 Clinical Fellow, Arthroscopic Reconstructive Surgery and Athletic Injuries, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (W.D. Regan, MD)
- August 2010 - July 2011 Research Associate Department of Trauma Surgery, Zurich University Hospital (Prof. H.-P. Simmen/Prof. C.M.L. Werner)
- January 2009 - June 2010 Orthopaedic Resident Orthopédie Hôpital Cantonal Fribourg (Prof. E. Gautier)
- March 2006 - December 2008 Orthopaedic Resident University of Zurich, Balgrist (Prof. C. Gerber)
- September 2004 - February 2006 Resident General Orthopaedic Surgery Spital Interlaken (Dr. A. Kohler)
- February 2004 - June 2004 Army Physician Payerne and Fribourg
Memberships
- Member of the Board Sports & Exercise Medicine Switzerland
- Swiss Medical Association FMH
- Swiss Orthopaedics SGOT
- Medical Association of the Canton of Zurich AGZ
- Swiss Society of Sports Medicine SGSM
- Society of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery AGA
- AO Trauma Switzerland (Instructor)
- Swiss Association of Tactical Medicine SVTM
Scientific projects
- Influence of the scapular morphology on degenerative shoulder disease, frozen shoulder, arthroscopy simulation (ArthroBox)
Other activities
- Deputy Head of Elective Studies in Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zurich University Hospital
- Advice/Instruction of police and military staff in medical matters