Privatklinik Villa im Park

PD Dr med Thomas Suter

Specialist in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system
Specialised in shoulder and elbow surgery

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Privatklinik Villa im Park
Bernstrasse 84
4852 Rothrist

info@villaimpark.ch
+41 62 785 66 66
https://www.villaimpark.ch
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Work Experience

since 2023

Attending physician, orthopaedics, Privatklinik Villa im Park

2019 - 2023

Senior physician, team leader shoulder-elbow team, orthopaedics, Cantonal Hospital Baselland

2021

Clinical Fellowship - Orthopaedic Sports Medicine & Upper Extremity, PanAm Clinic, Winnipeg, Canada

2016 - 2019

Senior Physician, Deputy Team Leader Shoulder & Elbow Team, Orthopaedics, Cantonal Hospital Baselland

2015 - 2016

Senior Physician, Deputy Team Leader Shoulder-Elbow Team, Orthopaedics, Cantonal Hospital Baselland

2012 - 2015

Senior Physician, Orthopaedics, Cantonal Hospital Baselland

2013 - 2014

Research Fellowship, Department of Orthopaedics, Salt Lake City, USA

2009 - 2012

Resident, Orthopaedics, Cantonal Hospital Baselland

2008 - 2009

Resident, Orthopaedics, Frauenfeld Cantonal Hospital

2006 - 2008

Resident, General Surgery, Regional Hospital Bülach

2006

Military doctor, Swiss Army

Memberships

  • SECEC-ESSE (European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow)
  • Swiss Orthopaedics (Swiss Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System)
  • AO Trauma (Working Group for Osteosynthesis Issues)
  • FMH (Swiss Medical Association)

Publications

16 original papers in peer-reviewed journals, 1 letter to the editor, 1 book chapter, 17 poster and 27 podium presentations at national and international congresses.

Awards

2022

Venia docendi, private lecturer and lecturer at the University of Basel in the field of orthopaedics and traumatology

2022

"Use of Intravenous Tranexamic Acid Does not Improve Arthroscopic Visualization in Shoulder Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial", Robin Richards Award for Upper Extremity Research, Best upper extremity research submission at the COA's Annual Meeting (Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation)

Education

2013

Specialist FMH Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System

2009 - 2012

Resident, Orthopaedics, Cantonal Hospital Baselland

2006 - 2010

First Lieutenant Geb Inf Stabskp 85

2008 - 2009

Resident, Orthopaedics, Frauenfeld Cantonal Hospital

2006 - 2008

Resident, General Surgery, Regional Hospital Bülach

2007

Dissertation, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Prof Gerber

1999 - 2005

Study of human medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich

Research

Use of 3D-CT models in shoulder surgery, student teaching at the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel, supervision of dissertations.

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