Christian Gerber (medical doctor)

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Christian Gerber (* 24. May 1952 ) is a Swiss doctor and Emeritus Professor of Orthopedic Surgery .

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Christian Gerber attended elementary and secondary school in Herzogenbuchsee from 1959 to 1967, and then the grammar school in Langenthal , where he graduated from high school in 1971 .

Originally, Gerber wanted to become a professional footballer and had already made it to the captain of the Swiss youth national football team when, at the age of 16, he landed on a shoal while jumping into Lake Neuchâtel and sustained a serious injury to his cervical spine . The accident and the subsequent operations by Maurice Edmond Müller aroused his interest in medicine and especially orthopedics.

Gerber studied medicine at the University of Bern from 1971 to 1977. He completed various internships, 1974 two months at the University of Oklahoma , 1977 six months in radiology and internal medicine at Yale Medical School at Yale University and two months in pathology at the University of California, San Diego . He then worked as an assistant doctor for nine months in internal medicine at the Herzogenbuchsee Hospital, seven months in the neurology department at the Inselspital at the University of Bern, two years in general surgery and traumatology at the Davos Hospital under Peter Matter , and three years in orthopedic surgery under Reinhold Ganz again working at Inselspital.

In 1979 he completed the United States Medical Licensing Examination . After completing his specialist training , he completed a six-month training course in shoulder surgery at the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1984 and in tumor, foot and ankle surgery at the Hôpital Cochin in 1984/85 and in pediatric orthopedics at the Hôpital Trousseau in Paris in 1985 . From October 1985 to December 1991 Gerber worked as a senior physician at Inselspital and was appointed private lecturer by the University of Bern in January 1988 and adjunct professor for orthopedics in December 1991. In January 1992 he moved to the Friborg Cantonal Hospital as chief physician . On October 1, 1995, Christian Gerber was appointed full professor for orthopedics at the University of Zurich and appointed chief physician at the Balgrist University Orthopedic Clinic . He ran this clinic until his retirement in August 2017 and was also its medical director.

Even after his retirement he continues to work in the section for shoulder and elbow surgery at the Balgrist.

In 2000 Christian Gerber founded the Resortho Foundation to promote orthopedics by supporting research, training, further education and training.

Publications (selection)

  • Christian Gerber, Peter Matter: Biomechanics of the knee joint after an anterior cruciate ligament rupture and its primary suture. In: George Chapchal (Ed.): Sports injuries and sports damage. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1983, pp. 180-182.
  • Christian Gerber, Peter Matter: Primary Repair of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament of The Thumb`s Metacarpophalangeal Joint (Skier`sThumb). In: N. Bachl et al. (Ed.): Current Topics in Sports Medicine: Proceedings of the World Congress of Sports Medicine, Vienna, 1982. Verlag Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1984, pp. 858-866.
  • Christian Gerber, Reinhold Ganz : On the diagnosis of multidirectional shoulder instability. In: George Chapchal (Ed.): Injuries and diseases of the shoulder region. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, pp. 150-153.
  • Christian Gerber, A. Languepin: Les Resections de l`Epaule. In: B. Tomeno, M. Forest: Les Tumeurs Osseuses de L`Appareil Locomoteur. Chapter 5.4.6, 1–13. Laboratoires Unicet, Levallois - Perret, France, November 1989.
  • Christian Gerber: The clinical examination of the shoulder. In: HW Springorum, BD Katthagen, BD: Current priorities in orthopedics. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, pp. 220-222.
  • Christian Gerber: The Treatment of the Rheumatoid Shoulder. In: H. Baumgartner, J. Dvorak, D. Grob, U. Munzinger, BR Simmen: Rheumatoid Arthritis. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart New York 1995, pp. 186-191.
  • LW Gulotta, Christian Gerber: Latissimus Dorsi Transfers in Rotator Cuff Reconstruction and in Combination with the Reverse Total Shoulder Prosthesis. In: EV Craig (Ed.): The Shoulder. 3rd ed., Master Techniques in Orthopedic Surgery, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2013, pp. 413-437.

Honors and prizes

Christian Gerber received the following prizes and awards for his work:

  • Charles S. Neer Award of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. Basic Research Category 1990
  • Didier Patte Award (European Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery) 1996
  • Charles S. Neer Award of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. Basic Research Category 1998
  • Charles S. Neer Award of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. Clinical Research Category 1998
  • Silver Merit Medal of the Canton of Zurich 1998
  • Charles S. Neer Award of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. Basic Research Category 2007
  • Kappa Delta / OREF Clinical Research Award 2007
  • Achievement Award from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons 2012
  • Arthur Steindler Award 2014 (Orthopedic Research Society)

He was made an honorary member of the following professional associations:

  • Western Orthopedic Association (1993)
  • SIXC Spanish Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (1998)
  • SAMS Swiss Society for Medical Sciences (2003)
  • SOFCOT (2004)
  • Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (2004)
  • SGOT Swiss Society for Orthopedics and Traumatology (2015)

Grants

  • 2011 Creation of a professorship for muscle plasticity at the University of Zurich / Orthopedic Research, Balgrist University Hospital (CHF 7 million)
  • since 2010: CHF 29 million for the realization of the Balgrist Campus: a privately financed institution for research and development of the musculoskeletal system (Hansjörg Wyss Foundation, Novartis Foundation, Oak Foundation , Medacta International, Thomke Invest AG, Lotteriefonds Kt. Zurich and many others)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on the website of the Children's University of Zurich
  2. ↑ Guido Schätti, Konrad Staehelin, Valeriano di Domenico: Balgrist chief physician Christian Gerber (64) accounts: "Politics deliberately makes medicine more expensive!" Blick interview , Blick from September 30, 2018
  3. ↑ resortho.com
personal data
SURNAME Gerber, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss medic
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1952