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KD Dr. med. Stephan Wirth

Stephan Wirth
Clinical position
Head of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Senior Consultant
Team
Foot & Ankle
Academic position
Clinical Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich
Specialisation

Foot and Ankle Joint Surgery

Expert in 3D computer-supported analysis of bone malpositions

Operation planning and manufacture of individualised intra-operatively usable targeting devices for drilling and sawing

Treating fractures in the lower leg, ankle joint and foot

Treatment with Ilizarov apparatus

Languages
German, English

Graduate

  • 2012 FMH Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System
  • 1999 2nd State Examination in Human Medicine
  • 1996 1st State Examination in Human Medicine March
  • 1995 Pre-medical Examination March
  • 1993 Degree in Human Medicine at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Technical University of Munich

Postgraduate

  • Since January 2015 Team Leader Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • October 2013 - December 2014 Deputy Team Leader, Foot and Ankle Joint surgery
  • January 2012 - September 2013 Consultant, Orthopaedics
  • January 2008 - December 2011 Locum Consultant, Orthopaedics
  • August 2007 - December 2007 Junior doctor, Orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
  • August 2006 - July 2007 Junior doctor, Trauma Surgery University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
  • May 2005 - July 2006 Junior doctor, Orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
  • January 2002 - April 2005 Junior doctor, Orthopaedics/Traumatology, Oberengadin Hospital, Samedan, Switzerland

Memberships

  • Swiss Foot and Ankle Society (SFAS)
  • SGOT (Swiss Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology)
  • VSAO (Swiss Association of Junior Doctors and Consultants)
  • Federatio Medicorum Helveticorum (FMH) (Swiss Medical Federation)

Scientific projects

  • CARD (Computer assisted research and development)
  • Biomechanics of the ankle joint and foot

Other activities

  • Director of the 3D / Video Department
  • Member of Apple Developer Connection since 1994

Publications

Publications / Citations

Appointments

We are happy to arrange appointments on site or virtually for Tuesday and Thursday.

+41 44 386 12 82
+41 44 386 12 99
EMail

You can reach us as follows:
Monday – Friday
8.30 a.m. – 12 noon
1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Balgrist Orthopädie

Foot and ankle surgery

KD Dr Stephan Wirth and his team specialise in diseases and injuries of the foot and ankle. These include sporting injuries and the complications that may follow. Thanks to intensive research work, surgical techniques at Balgrist University Hospital are constantly being developed, and their success reflected by the continuing improvement in results.

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