Your orthopaedics & spine surgery specialist in Küsnacht ZH

Dr. med. Jean Pierre Elsig

For me, professional ethics means always giving of one's best. This in turn requires regular further training. Furthermore, I participate in publications and am scientifically active.

Education

1976–1982

Degree at the Faculty of Medicine University of Lausanne

1982

State Examination at the University of Lausanne

Training

After my state examination at the University of Lausanne, I trained inter alia at Balgrist University Hospitalin Zurich under Prof. Adam Schreiber. After gaining the title of Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery (FMH), I was able to further deepen my knowledge thanks to numerous periods spent abroad. I remained at Balgrist and over several years was a consultant in orthopaedics and paraplegiology, Head of the Department of Spine Surgery and lecturer at the physiotherapy school at University Hospital Zurich.

I have had my own practice since 1994 and frequently attend and organise national and international congresses as well.

Language skills

• German
• French
• English
• Italian
• Spanish

General practitioner activity with hospital affiliations

As a general practitioner, I work at the Klinik im Park and the Privatklinik Bethanien in Zurich.

Rehabilitation

In the area of rehabilitation I work with the Klinik Schloss Mammern and
Bad Schinznach zusammen.

Memberships

• Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
• Foederatio Medicorum Chirurgicorum Helvetica (FMCH)
• Swiss Orthopaedics (SO)
• Swiss Society of Spinal Surgery SGS, Past-President
• Société Française de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologie (SOFCOT)
• Société Française de Chirurgie Rachidienne (SFCR)

• Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS)
• GIEDA-Inter Rachis, Past-President
• Society for Medical Inovation and Technology (SMIT)
• Argospine, Past-President
• Swiss Foot and Ankle Society (SFAS)
• European Foot and Ankle Society (EFAS)

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