Other competencies
- Motor replacement operations (nerve transfers, tendon transfers)
- General hand surgery incl. Wrist arthroscopy
- Ultrasonography of the musculoskeletal system
Career
| since 2022 | Attending Physician, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2019-2022 | PhD Program Neuroscience and Research Associate, Clinical Laboratory for Bionic Limb Reconstruction, Univ. Clinic for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2020 | Fellowship in Biology Lab, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Chicago, IL, USA |
| 2020 | Certificate on Laboratory Animal Science FELASA B, Center for Biomedical Research, Medical University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2020 | Certificate of competence in ultrasonography of the musculoskeletal system, hand module (Swiss Society for Ultrasound in Medicine, SGUM) |
| 2020 | Specialist in hand surgery, FMH |
| 2020 | Doctorate University of Zurich |
| 2019 | European Board of Hand Surgery (EBHS) |
| 2018-2019 | Assistant Physician, Clinic for Hand and Plastic Surgery, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital and Paraplegic Center Nottwil |
| 2016-2018 | Resident at the Clinic for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2017 | Diplôme interuniversitaire (DIU) chirurgie de la main et du membre supérieur, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France |
| 2016 | Diplôme d’Université, Techniques microchirurgicales, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France |
| 2014-2015 | Resident, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hôpital Riviera-Chablais (HRC) |
| 2012-2013 | Resident, Department of General Surgery, Hôpital du Valais |
Most important memberships
- Swiss Society for Hand Surgery
- Austrian Society for Hand Surgery
- Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- German-speaking working group for microsurgery
Research focus
- Surgical treatment of spasticity after stroke
- Treatment of neuropathic pain by means of targeted
- Muscle reinnervation
- Neurorehabilitation
- Basic research muscle regeneration
Publications
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Prizes and scholarships
Travel Fellowship Scholarship Claude Verdan/Swiss Society Hand Surgery 2023 for “Clinical Fellowship in Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Prof. Jayme Bertelli, Florianopolis, Brazil”
Foundation Hand Surgery/ FESSH Clinical Research Grant 2020 for project “Nerve transfers to spastic muscles in stroke patients”
FESSH Travel Award 2018: Fellowship at Division of Hand Surgery, University Hospital Southampton, UK