- Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (AGA)
- European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
- German Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (DGOU)
- German Association of Orthopaedics and Sports Traumatology (DVOST)
- International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS)
- Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
- Swiss Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SGOT)
- Zurich Medical Association (AGZ)
Prof. h.c. PD Dr. med. Matthias Steinwachs
- Specialist in
- Orthopaedic surgery and traumatology
- Languages
- German, English
Contact
Sport Clinic
+41 44 387 29 88
Core competencies
Joint-preserving knee surgery, knee traumatology, sports medicine, orthobiology, cartilage regeneration
Professional career
- 2007 - 2014
- Head physician for orthobiology and cartilage regeneration, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich
- 2008
- Certification as a specialist in orthopaedics, South Baden Medical Association, Freiburg
- 2006
- Certification to practise sports medicine, South Baden Medical Association, Freiburg
- 2003 - 2007
- Appointed as the medical director in the Cartilage Transplantation Section at Freiburg University Hospital
- 1997 - 2003
Senior physician, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Freiburg University Hospital
- 1997
- Certification as a specialist in orthopaedics, South Baden Medical Association, Freiburg
- 1983 - 1990
- Studied Medicine at the Universities of Heidelberg and Göttingen, Germany
Schools, university & degrees and diplomas
- 2006
- Appointment as a honorary Professor, Institute of Sports Medicine, Beijing University
- 2005
- Appointment as a lecturer and awarded the Venia lengendi for orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg
- 2004
- Post-doc in orthopaedics under Prof. Reichelt, University of Freiburg
- 1998 - 2007
- Head of the Cartilage Research Group, Valley TEC Freiburg, Freiburg University Hospital
- 1992
- Doctorate at the Centre of Pharmacology and Toxicology under Prof. Kahl, University of Göttingen, Germany
Further information
Since 2013 Member of the Swiss knee experts group (EGK) at the SGOT
Since 2013 Chairman of the cartilage committee at the Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (AGA)
Since 2013 Appointment as an AGA instructor
2012 Appointment to the Accredited ESSKA Teaching Centre for Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine
2008 Member of the experts’ committee on cell therapy at the European Medicines Agency (EMA), London & Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI), Langen
Since 2005 Member of the Reg. Med. experts’ committee, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Berlin
Since 2013 Teaching at the ETH Zurich
Since 2013 Teaching Orthopaedics at the University of Basel
Since 1997 Teaching Orthopaedics at the University of Freiburg
Practices at
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Klinik Hirslanden
Affiliated doctor