Area of Expertise and Specialization
Knee Specialist since 2002
FMH Specialist
FMH Specialist for Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System
Sports Medicine SGSM
Focus until 2015: Knee joint preservation Surgery
Cartilage Repair, Meniscus Treatment, Ligament Surgery, Leg Alignment Correction, Fracture Treatment, Treatment and Correction due to Long-Term Damage.
Focus since 2015 Joint Replacement Surgery, Knee Prosthesis
Mini-Implants, Partial Knees, Total Knee Replacements, Personalised 3D Printer Implants, Total Knee Revisions
Career Path
- Medical Degree from the Universitiy of Basel
- Orthopaedic Residency at Kantonsspital Bruderholz (Prof. W. Müller)
- Knee Specialisation:
- Fellowship University of Nijmegen NL (Prof. A. Van Kampen)
- Senior Physician Kantonsspital Bruderholz (Prof. N. Friederich)
- Senior Physician Knee Surgery University Clinic Groningen NL (Prof. S. Bulstra)
- Senior Physician Knee Surgery Kantonsspital Bruderholz (Prof. N. Friederich)
- Numerous Study Visits to Internationally Recognised Colleagues in Europe, Japan, Korea and the USA
- Dissertation and Medical Doctor’s Degree at the University of Basel, 1989
- PhD at the University of Nijmegen NL, 2004
- Post-Doctorate at the University of Basel, 2009
- Professorship at the University of Basel, 2015
- Initiator and Founding Member of Praxis LEONARDO at Hirslanden Klinik Birshof, start 2014
- Gründung der Praxis MEIN KNIE, Start 2022
Memberships and Activities in Expert Groups
- Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Basel
- Swiss Orthopaedics Knee Expert Group (EGK)
- European ESSKA Knee Expert Group (EKA)
- Personalized Arthroplasty Society
- Attune Early User: Accreditation as one of the first surgeons in Europe to be able to work with the then new “classic” J&J Implant
- Consultant ConforMIS 2017 - 2022
- Consultant Symbios ORIGIN since 2019
Languages
- Deutsch
- English
- Nederlands
- Un peu de Français
- Un po d’italiano