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. Michael Glanzmann

Dr. med. Michael C. Glanzmann

Senior Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Dr. med. Fabrizio Moro Spezialist Schulter- und Ellbogenchirurgie

Dr. med. Fabrizio Moro

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

Dr. med. Barbara Wirth Spezialistin Schulter und Ellbogen

Dr. med. Barbara Wirth

Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Dr. med. Christina Koller Spezialistin Hand

Dr. med. Christina Koller

Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Florian Freislederer

Junior 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

Dr. med. Michael Brodbeck Spezialist Handchirurgie

Dr. med. Michael Brodbeck

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

Junior Consultant Hand Surgery

Dr. med. Urs von Wartburg Spezialist Handchirurgie

Dr. med. Urs von Wartburg

Conservative Physician 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

PD 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. Gabriel Hatzung Spezialist Hüfchirurgie Kniechirurgie

Dr. med. Gabriel Hatzung

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Philipp Neidenbach Spezialist Knie und Hüfte

Dr. med. Philipp Neidenbach

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Reiner Härtel Spezialist Kinderorthopädie

Dr. med. Reiner Härtel

Junior Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Tilmann Kleppi Spezialist Knie und Hüfte

Dr. med. Tilmann Kleppi

Junior 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

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

Dr. med. Gregor Baumann Spezialist Knie

Dr. med. Gregor Baumann

Consultant Knee Surgery

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. univ. Matthias Erschbamer Spezialist Knie

Dr. med. univ. Matthias Erschbamer

Consultant Knee Surgery

Dr. med. Gabriel Hatzung Spezialist Hüfchirurgie Kniechirurgie

Dr. med. Gabriel Hatzung

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Philipp Neidenbach Spezialist Knie und Hüfte

Dr. med. Philipp Neidenbach

Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Reiner Härtel Spezialist Kinderorthopädie

Dr. med. Reiner Härtel

Junior Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery

Dr. med. Tilmann Kleppi Spezialist Knie und Hüfte

Dr. med. Tilmann Kleppi

Junior 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

Caroline Bachofer-Unverricht Spezialistin Fusschirurgie

Caroline Bachofer-Unverricht

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 Foot Surgery and Sports Medicine

Dr. med. Simone Zwicky Spezialistin Fusschirurgie

Dr. med. Simone Zwicky

Consultant Foot Surgery

Dr. med. (I) Valentina Longhino

Dr. med. (I) Valentina Longhino

Resident Foot Surgery

Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery specialists

Dr. med. Dezsö J. Jeszenszky

PD Dr. med. Dezsö J. Jeszenszky, PhD

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

Senior Consultant 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

Consultant Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

Dr. med. Ortwin Pröbstl Spezialist Wirbelsäule

Dr. med. Ortwin Pröbstl

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

Neurology specialists

Dr. med. Alfred Müller

Dr. med. Alfred E. Müller

Head of 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. Christian Lanz Spezialist Neurologie

Dr. med. univ. Christian Lanz

Senior Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Martin A. Sutter Spezialist Neurologie

Dr. med. Martin A. Sutter

Senior Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Ute Kretzschmar Spezialistin Neurologie

Dr. med. Ute Kretzschmar

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. Karin Haus Spezialistin Neurologie

Dr. med. Karin Haus

Junior Consultant Neurology

Dr. med. Andrea Wicki Spezialistin Neurologie

Dr. med. Andrea Wicki

Junior 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

Senior Consultant 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

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedics

Rheumatology and Rehabilitation specialists

Dr. med. Adrian Forster

Dr. med. Adrian Forster

Head of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Dr. med. Jürg Oswald

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. Inès Kramers Spezialistin Rheumatologie

Dr. med. Inès Anne Kramers-de Quervain

Senior Consultant Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Dr. med. Stefan Diermayr Spezialist Ultraschall

Dr. med. Stefan Diermayr

Consulting Physician Ultrasound Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

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

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. 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 Foot Surgery and Sports Medicine

Anaesthesiology specialists

Dr. med. Christoph Diestelhorst Spezialist Anästhesie

Dr. med. Christoph Diestelhorst

Head of Anaesthesiology ad interim

Dr. med. Daniel Hurschler Spezialist Anästhesie

Dr. med. Daniel Hurschler

Senior Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Peter König Spezialist Anästhesie

Dr. med. Peter König

Senior 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. Silvio Bazzigher

Dr. med. Silvio Bazzigher

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. Heinz Bruppacher Spezialist Anästhesie

Dr. med. Heinz Bruppacher

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. Ulrich Pralat

Dr. med. Ulrich Pralat

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. Krisztina Slavei

Dr. med. Krisztina Slavei

Consultant Anaesthesiology

Dr. med. univ. Sara Tratter

Dr. med. univ. Sara Tratter

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

Consultant Internal Medicine

Dr. med. Peter Hrebenar Spezialist Innere Medizin

Dr. med. Peter Hrebenar

Consultant Internal Medicine

Physiotherapy specialists

Roger Wendelspiess

Roger Wendelspiess

Department Manager Physiotherapy and Ergotherapy

Raymond Denzler

Raymond Denzler

Team Leader Spinal Physiotherapy

Estelle Hofstetter

Estelle Hofstetter

Team Leader Sports Physiotherapy

Ulrich Ihle-Maroska

Ulrich Ihle-Maroska

Team Leader Physiotherapy Hip, Knee and Foot

Seraina Schmid-Vital

Seraina Schmid-Vital

Team Leader Physiotherapy Shoulder and Elbow

Schulthess Training specialists

Markus Dohm-Acker

Markus Dohm-Acker

Department Manager Training & Sports Therapy

Performance Diagnostics specialists

Ralf Seidel

Specialist in Charge Performance Diagnostics

Tim Bartenstein

Tim Bartenstein

Performance Diagnostician

Vanessa Wellauer

Vanessa Wellauer

Performance Diagnostician

Research specialists

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

Dr. Nicola A. Maffiuletti, PhD

Head of Research Group Human Performance Lab

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

Prof. Jiri Dvorak

Prof. Dr. med. Jiří Dvořák

Consultant to the board / Neurology, Spine Unit

Dr. Mario Bizzini Spezialist Forschung

Dr. Mario Bizzini, PhD

Research Associate Human Performance Lab

Dr. Nicola Casartelli Spezialist Forschung

Dr. Nicola Casartelli, PhD

Research Associate Human Performance Lab

Dr. Bernd Friesenbichler

Dr. Bernd Friesenbichler, 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

Dave O'Riordan Spezialist Forschung

Dave O’Riordan, BSc

Administrative Head of Research Group Spine Surgery and Neurosurgery

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

Prof. Dr. med. Bogdan Radanov

Prof. Dr. med. Bogdan Radanov

Senior Consultant Medico-Legal Affairs

Dr. med. Inès Kramers Spezialistin Rheumatologie

Dr. med. Inès Anne Kramers-de Quervain

Senior Consultant Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Ergotherapy specialists

Charles Pierre Mayor

Team Leader Ergotherapy

Massage specialists

Stefan Zingg

Specialist in Charge Massages EFA

Nicolle Affolter

Nicolle Affolter

Medical Masseur EFA

Philip Stiha

Medical Masseur EFA

Nursing specialists

Stefan Pott Spezialist Pflegedienst

Stefan Pott

Head of Nursing Services

Nicole Anderes Spezialistin Pflegedienst

Nicole Anderes

Head of Ward, Nursing Services

Susan Lüönd Spezialistin Pflegedienst

Susan Lüönd

Head of Ward, Nursing Services

Petra Sonderegger Spezialistin Pflegedienst

Petra Sonderegger

Head of Treatment Centre, 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

Ivica-Ivan Krizanac

Ivica-Ivan Krizanac

Head of Operating Theatre Nursing Services

Birgit Stiefler

Birgit Stiefler

Department Manager Anaesthesiology

Radiology specialists

Lothar Sakowski Spezialist Radiologie

Lothar Sakowski

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

Head Instructor Albatros Training

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

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