Farah Selman
Dr. Selman studied medicine at the University of Basel. While still a student, she became involved as a tutor in orthopedics and trauma surgery—the beginning of her ongoing commitment to medical education.
She deepened her international specialization through two fellowships: first with Prof. Pascal Boileau in Nice, France, and then at the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA, under the direction of Prof. Joaquin…
Dr. Selman studied medicine at the University of Basel. While still a student, she became involved as a tutor in orthopedics and trauma surgery—the beginning of her ongoing commitment to medical education.
She deepened her international specialization through two fellowships: first with Prof. Pascal Boileau in Nice, France, and then at the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA, under the direction of Prof. Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo.
Dr. Farah Selman is currently a rotating senior physician at the Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich. She completed her further training as a specialist in orthopedics and traumatology mainly at Balgrist University Hospital, with a particular focus on shoulder and elbow surgery. At the same time, she successfully completed the Foundations of Clinical Research training program at Harvard University in Boston, which supported her scientific work.
Specialisation
Shoulder and elbow surgery
Honors and awards
| 2023 | Best Clinical Poster Award, Swiss Orthopedics Annual Congress 2023: "Greater Tuberosity Fractures after RTSA: A Matched Group Analysis" |
| 2022 | Best Clinical Paper Award, Swiss Orthopedics Annual Congress 2022: "Diabetic and non-diabetic Charcot neuroosteoarthropathy demonstrate similar clinical courses" |
Academic career
| 2024 | Specialist examinations in surgical orthopedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system |
| 2023–2024 | Foundation of Clinical Research Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA |
| 2021 | Dissertation, “Trochlear lengthening plasty for patellofemoral instability,” Prof. Pagenstert, University Hospital Basel |
| 2012–2018 | Studied human medicine, University of Basel |
Fellowships
| 2024–2025 | Fellowship Schulter- und Ellbogenchirurgie, Mayo Clinic, Dr. Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, Rochester, MN, USA |
| 2024 | Fellowship Schulterchirurgie, ICR, Prof. Dr. Pascal Boileau, Nizza, Frankreich |
Memberships
- Swiss Orthopaedics
- AGA - Gesellschaft für Arthroskopie und Gelenkchirurgie
- DVSE D-A-CH Vereinigung für Schulter- und Ellbogenchirurgie
- SECEC-ESSSE European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow