Other competencies
- Chairman of the International Committee OTA (Orthopaedic Trauma Association)
- Secretary General of the European Society for Trauma & Emergency Surgery (ESTES)
- Delegate for Switzerland SICOT (International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology)
- Interdisciplinary focus for spine surgery (SIWF / FMH)
Career
| Since 2017 | Director of the Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich |
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| 02.2017 | Appointment as full professor of traumatology at the Medical Faculty of Zurich. (Full Professor of Traumatology) |
| 2009 – 2017 | Director, Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery RWTH Aachen University Hospital |
| 2005 – 2009 | Chief of Medicine University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pittsburgh |
| 2003 – 2005 | Deputy Director, Department of Trauma Surgery, Hanover Medical School |
| 1988 – 2001 | Education (Resident, Senior Physician, Research Fellow) Neurosurgery Ulm, Hannover Medical School – Trauma Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Clinic for Abdominal Surgery, Intensive Care Unit -, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, Harvard University, Boston |
Additional specialist designation
| 2008 | Fellow of the American College of Surgeons FACS |
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| 2007 | Specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery |
| 2005 | Unrestricted MD license, Pennsylvania |
| 2004 | Additional title physical therapy |
| 1995 | Additional title trauma surgery |
| 1994 | Specialist surgery |
| 1994 | Additional designation rescue medicine |
| 1995 | Habilitation thesis: Systemic effects of femoral medullary nailing in the severely injured patient. |
Exams
| 2000 | European Board of Surgery Qualification (European Specialty Board Examination – FEBS) |
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| 1989 | FMGEMS (U.S. State Examination) Part I and Part II. |
| 1988 | State Exam |
Most important memberships
- Swiss Society for General Surgery and Traumatology (SGACT)
- Swiss Society of Surgeons/Swiss College of Surgeons (SGC)
- Swiss Society of Spinal Surgery, Swiss Society of Spinal Surgery (SGS)
- Medical Association of the Canton of Zurich (AGZ)
- German Society for Trauma Surgery (DGU)
- European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES)
- Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA)
- International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT)
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
- AO Trauma
- Biomedical Education Programm (BMEP)
Further
Expert reviewer
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
Reviewer for the following medical journals
- Injury
- The trauma surgeon
- The surgeon
- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
- Journal of Trauma, Infection and Critical Care
- European Journal of Trauma
Editor
- Open Access Emergency Medicine (Senior editor)
- Injury (Section editor: Pelvis and Spine)