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Your specialists

Schulthess Klinik in Zurich is one of Europe’s leading orthopaedic clinics. We treat patients with joint, spine, hand or foot conditions. The core areas of our clinic are orthopaedic surgery, neurology, rheumatology and sports medicine.

Shoulder and Elbow Surgery specialists

Prof. Dr. med. Markus Scheibel

Prof. Dr. med. Markus Scheibel

Head of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Dr. med. Fabrizio Moro Spezialist Schulter- und Ellbogenchirurgie

Dr. med. Fabrizio Moro

Co-Head of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Dr. med. Michael Glanzmann

Dr. med. Michael C. Glanzmann

Senior Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Dr. med. Hans-Kaspar Schwyzer Spezialist Schulter und Ellbogenchirurgie

Dr. med. Hans-Kaspar Schwyzer

Senior Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Dr. med. Christian Jung Spezialist Schulter- und Ellbogenchirurgie

Dr. med. Christian Jung

Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Florian Freislederer Spezialist Schulterchirurgie Ellbogenchirurgie

Florian Freislederer

Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Dr. med. Christina Koller Spezialistin Hand

Dr. med. Christina Koller

Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Dr. med. Barbara Wirth Spezialistin Schulter und Ellbogen

Dr. med. Barbara Wirth

Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Hand Surgery specialists

Dr. med. Daniel Herren

Dr. med. Daniel Herren MHA

Head of Hand Surgery

Dr. med. Stephan Schindele Spezialist Handchirurgie

Dr. med. Stephan Schindele

Co-Head of Hand Surgery

Laurence Grüber

Consultant Hand Surgery

Dr. med. Sylvia Kündig Spezialistin Handchirurgie

Dr. med. Sylvia Kündig

Consultant Hand Surgery

Dr. med. univ. Vanessa Reischenböck Spezialistin Handchirurgie

Dr. med. univ. Vanessa Reischenböck

Consultant Hand Surgery

Hip Surgery specialists

Prof. Dr. med. Michael Leunig

Prof. Dr. med. Michael Leunig

Head of Hip Surgery, CMO

PD Dr. med. Hannes A. Rüdiger

Prof. Dr. med. Hannes A. Rüdiger

Co-Head of Hip Surgery

Prof. Dr. med. Claudio Dora Spezialist Hüftchirurgie

Prof. Dr. med. Claudio Dora

Senior Consultant Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Thomas Guggi Spezialist Kniechirurgie und Hüftchirurgie

Dr. med. Thomas Guggi

Senior Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Karolin Rönn Spezialistin Knie und Hüfte

Dr. med. Karolin Rönn

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Martin Aepli Spezialist Hüftchirurgie

Dr. med. Martin Aepli

Consultant Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Tim Briem Spezialist Knie und Hüfte

Dr. med. Tim Briem

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Valentino Bruhin

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Gabriel Hatzung Spezialist Hüfchirurgie Kniechirurgie

Dr. med. Gabriel Hatzung

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Helena Pozgainer Spezialistin Hüft- und Kniechirurgie

Dr. med. univ. Helena Pozgainer

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Reena Viegas

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Knee Surgery specialists

Dr. med. Stefan Preiss

Dr. med. Stefan Preiss

Head of Knee Surgery

Dr. med. Laurent Harder Spezialist Kniechirurgie

Dr. med. Laurent Harder

Co-Head of Knee Surgery

Dr. med. Gregor Baumann Spezialist Knie

Dr. med. Gregor Baumann

Senior Consultant Knee Surgery

Dr. med. Thomas Guggi Spezialist Kniechirurgie und Hüftchirurgie

Dr. med. Thomas Guggi

Senior Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Tomas Drobny

Dr. med. Tomas Drobny

Senior Consultant Knee Surgery and Head of Golf Medical Center

Prof. Dr. med. Gian Salzmann

Prof. Dr. med. Gian Salzmann

Consultant Knee Surgery and cartilage specialist

Dr. med. Karolin Rönn Spezialistin Knie und Hüfte

Dr. med. Karolin Rönn

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Tim Briem Spezialist Knie und Hüfte

Dr. med. Tim Briem

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Valentino Bruhin

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. univ. Matthias Erschbamer Spezialist Knie

Dr. med. univ. Matthias Erschbamer, PhD

Consultant Knee Surgery

Dr. med. Gabriel Hatzung Spezialist Hüfchirurgie Kniechirurgie

Dr. med. Gabriel Hatzung

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Helena Pozgainer Spezialistin Hüft- und Kniechirurgie

Dr. med. univ. Helena Pozgainer

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Reena Viegas

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Foot Surgery specialists

Dr. med. Pascal Rippstein

Dr. med. Pascal Rippstein

Head of Foot Surgery

Dr. med. Anette Lanz

Dr. med. Anette Lanz

Senior Consultant Foot Surgery

Dr. med. Thomas Rutishauser

Dr. med. Thomas Rutishauser

Senior Consultant Foot Surgery

Dr. med. Petra Binzer Spezialistin Fusschirurgie

Dr. med. Petra Binzer

Consultant Foot Surgery

Dr. med. Christine Otte Spezialistin Fusschirurgie

Dr. med. Christine Otte

Consultant Foot Surgery

Dr. med. Robert Vachenauer Spezialist Fusschirurgie

Dr. med. Robert Vachenauer

Consultant Foot Surgery

Dr. Eva-Leena Zenk Spezialistin Sportmedizin

Dr. med. Eva-Leena Zenk

Consultant Sports Medicine

Dr. med. Simone Zwicky Spezialistin Fusschirurgie

Dr. med. Simone Zwicky

Consultant Foot Surgery

Philipp Friederichsen

Resident Foot Surgery

Valentina Longhino Spezialistin Fusschirurgie

Dr. med. Valentina Longhino

Junior Consultant Foot Surgery

Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery specialists

Dr. med. Dezsö J. Jeszenszky

Prof. Dr. med. Dezsö J. Jeszenszky

Head of Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

PD Dr. med. François Porchet

PD Dr. med. François Porchet

Head of Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Dr. med. Frank Kleinstück

Dr. med. Frank Kleinstück

Co-Head of Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Dr. med. Tamas Fekete Spezialist Wirbelsäulenchirurgie

Dr. med. Tamás Fekete

Senior Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

PD Dr. med. Daniel Haschtmann

PD Dr. med. Daniel Haschtmann

Senior Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Dr. med. Albrecht Wackerhagen

Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Dr. med. Corinna Kunz Spezialistin Wirbelsäule

Dr. med. Corinna Kunz

Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Dr. med. Markus Loibl Spezialist Wirbelsäule

PD Dr. med. Markus Loibl

Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Dr. med. univ. Raluca Reitmeir Spezialistin Wirbelsäule

Dr. med. univ. Raluca Reitmeir

Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Dr. med. Franz Hilber Spezialist Wirbelsäule

Dr. med. Franz Hilber

Junior Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Alina Jacob

Resident Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Dr. med. Fahim Mozaffari

Fahim Mozaffari

Resident Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Jani Puhakka

Resident Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Dr. med. Mario Ropelato

Resident Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Neurology specialists

Dr. med. Christian Lanz Spezialist Neurologie

Dr. med. univ. Christian Lanz

Senior Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Andreas Eggspühler von Orelli Spezialist Anästhesie

Dr. med. Andreas Eggspühler-von Orelli

Senior Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Georg Egli

Dr. med. Georg Egli

Senior Consultant Neurology and Head of Medico-Legal Affairs

Dr. med. Oliver Häussler

Dr. med. Oliver Häussler

Senior Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Martin A. Sutter Spezialist Neurologie

Dr. med. Martin A. Sutter

Senior Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Alfred Müller

Dr. med. Alfred E. Müller

Senior Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Ute Kretzschmar Spezialistin Neurologie

Dr. med. Ute Kretzschmar

Consultant Neurology

Meret Branscheidt Spezialistin Neurologie

Dr. med. Meret Branscheidt

Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Bettina Jerosch Spezialistin Neurologie

Dr. med. Bettina Jerosch

Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Zina-Mary Manjaly Spezialistin Neurologie

Dr. med. Zina-Mary Manjaly

Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Ewa Siekierka Spezialistin Neurologie

Dr. med. Ewa Siekierka

Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Hans-Georg Wirsching

Consultant Neurology

Paediatric Orthopaedics specialists

Dr. med. Raphael Velasco

Dr. med. Rafael Velasco

Head of Paediatric Orthopaedics

Dr. med. univ. Hannes Manner

Dr. med. univ. Hannes Manner

Co-Head of Paediatric Orthopaedics

Dr. med. Matthias Tedeus Spezialist Kinderorthopädie

Dr. med. Matthias Peter Tedeus

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedics

Dr. med. Sylvia Willi-Dähn Spezialistin Kinderorthopädie

Dr. med. Sylvia Willi-Dähn

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedics

Dr. med. Marinette Bürgi Spezialistin Kinderorthopädie

Dr. med. Marinette Bürgi

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedics

Dr. med. Florian Schaub Spezialist Kinderorthopädie

Dr. med. Florian Schaub

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedics and Head of Paediatric Sports Medicine

Dr. med. Florian Schiebel Spezialist Kinderorthopädie

Dr. med. Florian Schiebel

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedics

Rheumatology and Rehabilitation specialists

Dr. med. Adrian Forster

Dr. med. Adrian Forster

Head of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Dr. med. Jürg Oswald Spezialist Ultraschall Schulthess Klinik

Dr. med. Jürg Oswald

Senior Consultant Ultrasound and Rheumatology

Dr. med. Ralph RInger

Dr. med. Ralph Ringer

Senior Consultant Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Dr. med. Katharina Schaub

Dr. med. Katharina Schaub

Senior Consultant Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Dr. med. Stefan Diermayr Spezialist Ultraschall

Dr. med. Stefan Diermayr

Consulting Physician Ultrasound Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Dr. med. Marco Etter Spezialist Rheumatologie

Dr. med. Marco Etter

Consultant Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Nabil Serrano

Resident Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Christine Wichmann

Resident Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Dr. med. Inès Kramers Spezialistin Rheumatologie

Dr. med. Inès Kramers de-Quervain

Senior Consultant Medico-Legal Affairs

Manual Medicine specialists

Dr. med. Gérard Hämmerle

Dr. med. Gérard Hämmerle

Head of Manual Medicine

Matthias Forrer Spezialist Osteopathie

Matthias Forrer, D.O.

Osteopath SVO-FSO GDK

Verena Seehusen Spezialistin Osteopathie

Verena Seehusen, M.Sc.Ost.

Osteopath OSD

Dr. med. Anders Vetsch

Consultant Manual Medicine

Dr. med. Christoph Boxler-Sdzuy

Resident Manual Medicine

Sports Medicine specialists

Dr. med. Gery Büsser

Dr. med. Gery Büsser

Head of Sports Medicine and Head of Swiss Olympic Medical Center

Dr. med. Stefan Sannwald

Dr. med. Stefan Sannwald

Co-Head of Sports Medicine and Co-Head of Swiss Olympic Medical Center

Dr. med. Quentin Felsch Spezialist Sportmedizin

Quinten T. M. Felsch

Consultant Sports Medicine

Dr. med. Daniela Meyer Spezialistin Sportmedizin

Dr. med. Daniela Meyer

Consultant Sports Medicine

Dr. med. univ. Philipp Sacherer Spezialist Sportmedizin

Dr. med. univ. Philipp Sacherer

Consultant Sports Medicine

Dr. Eva-Leena Zenk Spezialistin Sportmedizin

Dr. med. Eva-Leena Zenk

Consultant Sports Medicine

Anaesthesiology specialists

Christoph Hofer Spezialist Anästhesie

Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Hofer, DESA

Head of Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Christoph Diestelhorst Spezialist Anästhesie

Dr. med. Christoph Diestelhorst

Senior Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Daniel Hurschler Spezialist Anästhesie

Dr. med. Daniel Hurschler

Senior Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Peter König Spezialist Anästhesie

Dr. med. Peter König

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Madeleine Niederer

Dr. med. Madeleine Niederer

Senior Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Murat Yildirim

Dr. med. Murat Yildirim

Senior Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Herbert Acker

Dr. med. Herbert Acker

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Urs Nolte

Dr. med. Urs Adrian Nolte

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Istvan Bolok Spezialist Anästhesie

Istvan Bolok

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Imrich Greve Spezialist Anästhesie

Dr. med. Imrich Greve

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Mital Dave Spezialistin Anästhesie

Dr. med. Mital Hitendu Dave

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Maria Lutz Spezialistin Anästhesie

Dr. med. Maria Lutz Naef

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. univ. Anna Maria Pföstl Anästhesie

Dr. med. univ. Anna Maria Pföstl

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. David Schurter Spezialist Anästhesie

Dr. med. David Schurter

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med.

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Katharina Toft

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. univ. Sara Tratter

Dr. med. univ. Sara Tratter

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Thomas Ursprung Spezialist Anästhesie

Dr. med. Thomas Ursprung

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Internal Medicine specialists

Dr. med. Margrith Knecht

Dr. med. Margrith Knecht

Head of Internal Medicine

Dr. med. Grozdana Bojanic

Dr. med. Grozdana Bojanic

Senior Consultant Internal Medicine

Dr. med. Peter Hrebenar Spezialist Innere Medizin

Dr. med. Peter Hrebenar

Consultant Internal Medicine

Clinical Nurse

Rahel Käufeler Klinische Fachspezialistin Schulthess Klinik

Rahel Käufeler

Clinical Nurse Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Michael Fuchs

Clinical Nurse Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery and Neurology

Lea Sombetzki

Clinical Nurse Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Alexander Titze

Clinical Nurse Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Physiotherapy specialists

Roger Wendelspiess Physiotherapie Schulthess Klinik

Roger Wendelspiess

Department Manager Physiotherapy and Ergotherapy

Raymond Denzler Spezialist Physiotherapie

Raymond Denzler

Team Leader Spinal Physiotherapy

Estelle Hofstetter Spezialistin Physiotherapie

Estelle Hofstetter

Team Leader Sports Physiotherapy

Seraina Schmid-Vital Physiotherapie Schulthess Klinik

Seraina Schmid-Vital

Team Leader Physiotherapy Shoulder and Elbow

Benjamin Thiesmeyer Spezialist Physiotherapie

Benjamin Thiesmeyer

Team Leader Physiotherapy Hip, Knee and Foot

Sébastian Garai

Sébastian Garai

Team Leader Students Physiotherapy

Schulthess Training specialists

Markus Dohm-Acker Schulthess Training

Markus Dohm-Acker

Department Manager Training and Sports Therapy

Anja Skolik-Seel Spezialistin Schulthess Training

Anja Skolik-Seel

Team Leader Training & Sports Therapy

Performance Diagnostics specialists

Ralf Seidel Leistungsdiagnostik Schulthess Klinik

Ralf Seidel

Specialist in Charge Performance Diagnostics

Tim Bartenstein Leistungsdiagnostik Schulthess Klinik

Tim Bartenstein

Performance Diagnostician

Vanessa Wellauer Leistungsdiagnostik Schulthess Klinik

Vanessa Wellauer

Performance Diagnostician

Research specialists

Dr. Vincent Stadelmann Spezialist Forschung

Vincent Stadelmann, PhD

Head of Research Group Lower Extremities

PD Dr. Anne Mannion Spezialistin Forschung

PD Dr. Anne Mannion, PhD

Scientific Consultant Spine Surgery and Neurosurgery

Dr. Laurent Audigé Spezialist Forschung

Prof. Dr. Laurent Audigé, DVM PhD

Head of Research Group Upper Extremities and Hand Surgery

Dr. Nicola Maffiuletti Spezialist Forschung

PD Dr. Nicola A. Maffiuletti, PhD

Head of Research Group Human Performance Lab

Prof. Jiri Dvorak

Prof. Dr. med. Jiří Dvořák

Consultant to the board / Neurology, Spine Unit

Dave O'Riordan Spezialist Forschung

Dave O’Riordan, BSc

Administrative Head of Research Group Spine Surgery and Neurosurgery

Dr. Mario Bizzini Spezialist Forschung

Dr. Mario Bizzini, PhD

Research Associate Human Performance Lab

Dr. sc. Renate List Spezialistin Forschung

Dr. sc. ETH Renate List

Research Associate Human Performance Lab

Dr. phil. Miriam Marks Spezialistin Forschung

Dr. phil. Miriam Marks, PhD

Research Associate Upper Extremities and Hand Surgery

Alex Marzel Spezialist Forschung

Dr. sc. nat. Alex Marzel

Research Associate Upper Extremities and Hand Surgery

Julia Item Spezialistin Forschung

Julia Item, MSc ETH

Department Head Research Management

Dr. Melissa Wilhelmi Spezialistin Forschung

Dr. Melissa Wilhelmi, PhD

Research Associate Research Management

Medico-Legal Affairs specialists

Dr. med. Georg Egli

Dr. med. Georg Egli

Senior Consultant Neurology and Head of Medico-Legal Affairs

Dr. med. Inès Kramers Spezialistin Rheumatologie

Dr. med. Inès Kramers de-Quervain

Senior Consultant Medico-Legal Affairs

Prof. Dr. med. Bogdan Radanov Spezialist für medizinische Gutachten

Prof. Dr. med. Bogdan Radanov

Senior Consultant Medico-Legal Affairs

Ergotherapy specialists

Roger Wendelspiess Physiotherapie Schulthess Klinik

Roger Wendelspiess

Department Manager Physiotherapy and Ergotherapy

Charles Mayor Ergotherapie Schulthess Klinik

Charles Pierre Mayor

Team Leader Ergotherapy

Massage specialists

Stefan Zingg Medizinische Massagen Schulthess Klinik

Stefan Zingg

Medical Masseur EFA

Nicolle Dellenbach Medizinische Massage

Nicolle Dellenbach

Medical Masseur EFA

Philip Stiha

Medical Masseur EFA

Sarah Leemann Spezialistin Medizinische Massage

Sarah Leemann

Medical Masseur

Nursing specialists

Falko Küker Spezialist Pflegedienst Schulthess Klinik

Falko Küker

Unit Manager Nursing Services

Nicole Anderes Spezialistin Pflegedienst

Nicole Anderes

Head of Ward, Nursing Services

Pierre Leu Spezialist Pflegedienst

Pierre Leu

Head of Intermediate Care/Recovery, Nursing Services

Tobias Franzen

Head of S1 Department, Nursing Services

Verena Erlacher Spezialistin Pflegedienst

Verena Erlacher

Head of S2 Department, Nursing Services

Julia Reger Spezialistin Pflegedienst

Julia Reger

Head of S3 Department, Nursing Services

Claudia Hauth

Head of S5 Department, Nursing Services

Claudia Capezzuto

Claudia Capezzuto

Head of S6 Department, Nursing Services

Angela Limacher Pflegeexpertin

Angela Limacher

Nursing expert, Nursing Services

Specialists involved in operations

Patrick Gressbach OP-Manager

Patrick Gressbach, Executive MBA

OR-Manager

Ivica-Ivan Krizanac Spezialist OP-Bereich

Ivica-Ivan Krizanac

Head of Operating Theatre Nursing Services

Birgit Stiefler Spezialistin OP-Bereich

Birgit Stiefler

Department Manager Anaesthesiology

Michèle Keller Spezialistin Pflegedienst

Michèle Keller

Head of Treatment centre

Viola Lutz

OP-Koordination

Radiology specialists

Danijela Zivkovic Jurisic Spezialistin Radiologie

Danijela Zivkovic Jurisic

Department Manager Radiology

Specialists at the Golf Medical Center

Dr. med. Tomas Drobny

Dr. med. Tomas Drobny

Senior Consultant Knee Surgery and Head of Golf Medical Center

Dascha Drobny Spezialistin Golf

Dascha Drobny

Head Instructor Albatros Training

Gabi Tobler Schulthess Klinik

Gabi Tobler

Head Instructor Albatros Training

Management

Andrea Rytz

CEO

Martina Bürgi-Hawel

Martina Bürgi-Hawel

COO

Ursula Buchs

CHRO

Katja Sautter CFO Schulthess Klinik

Katja Sautter

CFO

Tobias Preßler CIO Schulthess Klinik

Tobias Preßler

CIO

Prof. Dr. med. Michael Leunig

Prof. Dr. med. Michael Leunig

Head of Hip Surgery, CMO

Hospitality

Ramona Urwyler Spezialistin Hotellerie

Ramona Urwyler

Head of Hospitality Unit

Claudia Iseli

Head of Reception / Switchboard Department

David Kreienbühl Spezialist Küche

David Kreienbühl

Head of Kitchen Department

Robert Tjalma Spezialist Room Service

Robert Tjalma

Head of Catering & Room Service Department

Nina Wagner

Head of Housekeeping Department

Pastoral care

Krisztina Michna Reformierte Seelsorgerin

Dr. theol. Krisztina Michna

Reformed hospital chaplain

Johannes Utters Katholischer Seelsorger

Dipl. theol. Johannes Utters

Catholic hospital chaplain