Portrait Maurizio Calcagni

Maurizio Calcagni
Prof. Dr. med.

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 11 11

Other competencies

  • Surgical fracture treatment of the hand and wrist
  • Peripheral nerve surgery including surgery of the brachial plexus
  • Reconstructive microsurgery of the extremities

Career

2014 Vice Director, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
2013 Habilitation
2007 Specialist in hand surgery FMH
Senior Attending Physician, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
2004 Senior Attending Physician, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital
1999 Senior Attending Physician, Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Milan
1997 Attending Physician, Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Turin
1996 Fellow Institut de la Main, Paris
1994 Specialist in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Turin
1991 Lieutenant, Italian Armée
1989 Promotion

Research focus

  • Skin Tissue Engineering
  • 3D movement analysis of the upper limb
  • Wrist Biomechanics
  • Tendon Adhesion and Healing
  • Fracture Biomechanics
  • Clinical Research

Publications

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Most important memberships

  • Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (1998)
    • Member of the Council (2010 – 2016)
    • Chairman of the European Board of Hand Surgery Examination (2010 – 2016)
    • Secretary General elected (2017-2020)
  • Swiss Society for Surgery of the Hand (2005)
    • Member of the Council since 2009
    • Vice-President 2018-2021
  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand (2015)
  • Italian Society for Surgery of the Hand (1998)
  • German Speaking Association for Hand Surgery DAH (2007)
  • German Speaking Association for Microsurgery DAM (2007)
  • European Wrist Arthroscopy Society (2015)
  • International Bone Research Association (2009)
  • International Society for Sport Traumatology of the Hand (2015)