Portrait Till Berk

Till Berk
Dr. med.

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Department of Traumatology

Specialties

  • Polytrauma
  • Pelvis/hip
  • Lower extremity

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 11 11
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Other competencies

  • Specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery
  • FMH Specialist in Surgery
  • FMH General Practitioner / Specialist in General Medicine

Instructor for

  • ATLS
  • Terror and Disaster Surgical Care (TDSC) Instructor
  • AIOD Germany / OTC Germany (Osteosynthesis & Trauma Care) Trauma Course Instructor
  • Polytrauma management

Career

since 09.2021 Attending Physician at the Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich
02.2021 – 08.2021 Attending Physician, Department og Orthopaedics, Vincentius Orthopaedic Specialist Clinic, Constance, Germany
06.2019 – 01.2021 Attending Physician, Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich
07.2018 – 06.2019 Fellow, Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich
07.2017 – 06.2018 Resident at the Department of General Surgery, Frauenfeld Cantonal Hospital, Thurgau
07.2014 – 06.2017 Resident at the Department of Trauma Surgery (Traumatology), University Hospital Zurich
01.2014 – 06.2014 Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma Surgery, Traumatology, BG-Klinikum Köln-Merheim, NRW, Germany
06.2013 – 01.2014 Research assistant and doctorate at the Institute for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology (IMSIE) at the University of Cologne, Prof. Dr.med.R Mösges
06.2013 Completion of medical studies in human medicine in the minimum period of study and license to practice medicine

Most important memberships

  • Full member of the German Society for Surgery
  • Full member of the German Society for General Surgery and Visceral Surgery
  • Full member of the German Society for Trauma Surgery
  • Full member of the Working Group for Osteosynthesis (AO Trauma Foundation)
  • Full member of the Swiss Society of Surgery
  • Full member of the Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
  • Full member of the Association of Swiss Assistant and Senior Physicians (VSAO)

Research focus

  • Polytrauma
  • Geriatric trauma
  • Biomechanics

Publications

Publications

Further

Teaching activities

  • Clinical course in surgery, University of Zurich
  • Supervision of Master’s students, Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich
  • Examiner Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) of the Federal Examination in Human Medicine, University of Zurich
  • Examiner Clinical Skills Examination (CSE) of the Federal Examination in Human Medicine, University of Zurich