Chief Consultant PD Dr. med. Stefan Fröhlich
Position and faculty
Chief Consultant in Sports Medicine & Head of Swiss Olympic Medical Center
Specialty
Sports injuries and conservative sports traumatology
Sports physiotherapy and rehabilitation
Ultrasound diagnosis for the musculoskeletal system
Ultrasound-guided infiltration
Sports medicine advice; performance and proficiency testing
Contact
Medical specialisation
Orthopaedic surgery and musculoskeletal traumatology
Certificates of proficiency
Interdisciplinary Focus on Sports Medicine (SEMS)
Diploma in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (SGUM)
Curriculum
Since 10/2023
Chief Consultant in Sports Medicine, Schulthess Klinik
06/2016–09/2023
Consultant and Deputy Team Lead for Sports Medicine, University Centre for Prevention and Sports Medicine, Balgrist University Hospital
10.2012 – 05.2016
Resident in Orthopaedics, Basel Land Cantonal Hospital, Liestal and Bruderholz
06/2011–09/2012
Resident in Surgery/Orthopaedics, Davos Hospital
01/2011–05/2011
Resident in Orthopaedics, Basel Land Cantonal Hospital, Liestal
07/2009–12/2010
Resident in Surgery, Baden Cantonal Hospital
Key positions in sports medicine:
Since 2023: Team Doctor for FC Zürich
Since 2016: Lead Association Doctor for Swiss Snowboard
2023: Team Doctor for the Swiss Delegation for the Winter World University Games in Lake Placid (USA)
2022: Doctor for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing (China)
2018: Doctor for the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang (Korea)
2019: Team Doctor for the Swiss Delegation for the Winter World University Games in Krasnoyarsk (Russia)
2017–2023: Association Doctor for Swiss University Sports
2017–2023: Team Doctor for Grasshopper Club Zürich (football)
2017: Team Doctor for the Swiss Delegation for the Winter World University Games in Almaty (Kazakhstan)
Education and training
12/2023
Venia legendi granted by the University of Zurich
08/2012
Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Hamburg
10/2003–03/2010
Degree in Sports Science from the University of Würzburg
04/2002–11/2008
Degree in Human Medicine from the University of Würzburg
Memberships
Since 10/2021: Board Member of Sport & Exercise Medicine Switzerland (SEMS)