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Dimitris Dimitriou
Dr. med.

Dimitris Dimitriou

Oberarzt Hüft- und Beckenchirurgie
Languages
Deutsch, Englisch, Griechisch
Honors and awards Graduate Academic career University degree Studies Professional career Fellowships Memberships Scientific projects Reviewer and editorial board activities Publications

Honors and awards

  • Nominierung (3 beste Posters) für den besten Posterpreis für den “Early Outcomes of Revision Surgery for Taper Corrosion of Dual Taper THA with Pseudotumours in 187 patients”, Dimitris D, Tsai TY, Li G, Rubash H, Kwon YM, EFORT 2016
  • Nominierung (3 beste Posters) für die beste Posterpreis für den “Is Ultrasound as Useful as MARS MRI in the Longitudinal Surveillance of Metal-on-Metal Hip Patients?”, Dimitris D, Tsai TY, Li G, Rubash H, Kwon YM, EFORT 2016
  • Beste Posterpreis (Co-Author) für “What Pre-Operative Risk Factors Are Associated with Poor Outcomes of Revision Surgery for Pseudotumours in Patients with Metal-on-Metal Hip Arthroplasty” MHL Liow, D. Dimitriou, TYTsai, YM Kwon. AAOS 2017
  • Maurice Müller Best Paper Award (Co-Autor) für “Clinical and Radiological Mid- to Longterm Results After Direct Fixation of Posterior Malleolar Fractures Through a Posterolateral Approach” L. Weigelt, J. Hasler, A, Flury, D. Dimitriou, N. Helmy. SGOT 2018
  • EFORT Spring Travelling Fellowship 2020
  • Venel-Preis 2020 (Award from von swiss orthopaedics for the best clinical research in Switzerland) for “The Femoral Footprint Position of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Might be a Predisposing Factor to a Non-contact ACL Rupture “. Am J Sports Med, D. Dimitriou, ZZ Wang, D Zou, T-Y Tsai, N. Helmy, SGOT 2020
  • Alwin Jäger, Bester Posterpreis (Co-Author) für Cementless, cemented and hybrid fixation techniques in patient-specific unicompartimental knee arthroplasty: is there a difference? M. Grabherr, D. Dimitriou, A. Flury N. Helmy. DKG 2021
  • Specific unicompartimental knee arthroplasty: is there a difference? M. Grabherr, D. Dimitriou, A. Flury N. Helmy. DKG 2021

Graduate

  • 2021 Facharzttitel FMH für Orthopädie und Traumatologie des Bewegungsapparates
  • 2019 Promotion zum Doktor der Medizin, Universität Zürich
  • 2006–2012 Medizinstudium, Nationale und Kapodistriale Universität in Athen, Griechenland
  • 2010–2014 US-Prüfungen: ECFMG-Zertifikat (USMLE 1,2 CK+CS) (Top 1 % in USMLE 1 und Top 1 % in USMLE 2)

Academic career

  • 2019 Promotion zum Doktor der Medizin, Universität Zürich

University degree

  • 2013 Nationale und Kapodistriale Universität in Athen, Griechenland

Studies

  • 2006–2013 Medizinstudium, Nationale und Kapodistriale Universität in Athen, Griechenland

Professional career

  • Seit Januar 2021 Oberarzt i.V. (Hip Fellow), Universitätsklinik Balgrist (Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad)
  • 2020–2021 Assistenzarzt Orthopädie und Traumatologie, Universitätsklinik Balgrist (Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad)
  • 2018–2020 Assistenzarzt Orthopädie und Traumatologie, Bürgerspital Solothurn (PD Dr. med. Naeder Helmy)
  • 2015–2017 Assistenzarzt allgemeine Chirurgie und Traumatologie, Kantonspital Glarus (Dr. med. André Rotzer)
  • 2013–2015 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow), Bioengineering Laboratory-Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School

Fellowships

  • 2013–2015 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow), Bioengineering Laboratory-Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School

Memberships

  • Verein Schweizerischer Assistenz- und Oberärzte (VSAO)
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Traumatologie (SGOT

Scientific projects

  • Effectiveness of Facet Joint Infiltration in Patients with Concurrent Facet Joint Degeneration and Increased Metabolic Activity of Vertebral Bodies.
  • The Effect of Lumbar Spinal Fusion on Native Acetabular Anteinclination and Early Dislocation Risk in Standing Position.
  • Lumbar Fusion Indication Score in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.
  • Effect of Femoral Anteversion Following Total Hip Arthroplasty on Lower Extremity Mechanical Axis: Implications for Total Knee Arthroplasty.
  • One-stage versus two-stage revision total hip arthroplasty for periprosthetic joint infection.
  • Hip abductor muscle contribution- an experimental approach.

Reviewer and editorial board activities

Reviewer für internationale orthopädische Journals:

  • Archive orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery (AOTS)
  • The Knee
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Injury
  • Orthopedics

Publications

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Appointments

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Hip and pelvis surgery

Illustration of the structures, muscles and tendons at the hip

The second largest joint in the human body is of key importance for pain-free unrestricted movement in everyday activities and sports. Prof. Dr. med. Patrick Zingg and his team are highly experienced orthopedic surgeons, who are there at your side if you need treatment or surgery of the hip and pelvis.

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