1983 – 1989
Medical studies, University of Basel

1970 – 1982
Grossbasel-West primary school and Basel grammar school

since 2011
Head of Orthopaedics, University Children's Hospital Basel
Associate Professor of Paediatric Orthopaedics, University of Basel

2010 – 2011
Chief Physician Orthopaedics

until 2010
Quality standard officer 'Medical information at UKBB'

2008 – 2010
Head Physician Spinal Surgery Orthopaedics, UKBB

2009
Visiting Spine Professor Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

2004
Travelling Fellow of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society

2002 – 2009
Head of Traumatology at UKBB

2001
Visiting Trauma Professor Cajuru University Hospital, Curitiba, Brazil

1998 – 2007
Senior Physician, Orthopaedic Department, UKBB

1997 – 1998
Senior Physician Children's Hospital Adelaide, Australia

1997
Specialist FMH for orthopaedic surgery and traumatology

1990 – 1997
Resident Orthopaedic University Clinic and Paediatric Orthopaedic University Clinic Basel, Regional Hospital Surselva Ilanz, Regional Hospital Unterengadin Scuol

• Faculty of Medicine of the University of Basel
• Institute of Sport and Sport Sciences ISSW at the University of Basel

• Pre- and intraoperative in-vivo determination of the biomechanical properties of spinal segments in adolescents with scoliosis
• Finite element modelling of scolioses
• Statistical shape modelling of scolioses
• Development of novel methods and motorised implants for the treatment of early childhood spinal deformities
• Clinical quality studies after treatment of early childhood scoliosis with VEPTR rods

• Conservative and surgical treatment of paediatric spinal deformities
• Post-traumatic deformities of the extremities, post-traumatic joint contractures

• European Spine Journal
• Journal Children's Orthopaedics

Swiss Orthopaedics
Board member
President of the Professional Ethics Committee
President of the Paediatric Orthopaedics Expert Group

SGPO
President of the Swiss Group for Paediatric Orthopaedics

Member of the spine expert group
Swiss Orthopaedics

VKO
Vice-President of the German-speaking Association for Paediatric Orthopaedics

IPOTT
European representative and member of the International Pediatric Orthopaedic Think Tank

SRS
Representative of Switzerland and full member of the Scoliosis Research Society

EPOS
Member of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society
Board member of the EPOS foundation

Swiss Spine Group
member

AO Spine
member

German Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive care medicine
member

SGSM
Member of the Swiss Society for Sports Medicine

Loddenkemper Foundation
Board of Trustees