Career
Since 2008
Chief Physician Orthopaedics/Traumatology, St. Claraspital Basel
2001 – 2008
Chief Physician Orthopaedics, Bürgerspital Solothurn
1999
Orthopaedics, The Arthroplasty Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Prof. W.E. Badenhausen, Jr. D.L. Pomeroy, L.A. Schaper
1997 – 2001
Senior Physician Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Prof. P. Hoffmeyer
1997
FMH Orthopaedics
Since 1996
Lecturer and faculty member of the Swiss Association for Osteosynthesis (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen)
1996
EFORT Travelling Fellowship
1996
Senior Resident/Deputy Senior Physician Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Prof. P. Hoffmeyer
1995
Junior Resident Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Prof. P. Hoffmeyer
1994 – 1995
Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Bruderholz, Prof. W. Müller
1994
Basic examination in surgery
1992 – 1993
Orthopaedics, Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Prof. A. Schreiber
1991
General Surgery, Kantonsspital Bruderholz, Prof. A. Huber
Since 1990
Instructor for courses of the Swiss Association for Osteosynthesis
1990
Visceral Surgery, Inselspital Bern, Prof. A. Huber, Prof. L.H. Blumgart
1989
Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Clinique Beau-Site, Bern, PD Dr. M. Ledermann, PD Dr. P. Barbier
1988 – 1989
General Surgery, Hôpital de District, Meyriez, Dr. H. U. Weber
1987 – 1988
Aeromedical Institute, Dübendorf, Dr. A. Gubser
1986
State examination, University of Bern. Dissertation: «Comparison of autoradiographic and radiochemical estimation of DNA-synthesis in gastric mucosa.»
1980 – 1986
Study of medicine at the universities of Fribourg, Bern and Paris