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Bettina Hochreiter
Dr. med. univ.

Bettina Hochreiter

Consultant Orthopaedics
Languages
German, English, Italian
Academic position Specialisation Honors and awards Graduate Academic career Studies Postgraduate Major sports medicine functions Teaching posts Fellowships Memberships Publications Books and chapters

Academic position

Lecturer of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich

Specialisation

Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Honors and awards

2024 Best Paper Award of DVSE, topic: "Natural History of Quantitative Fatty Infiltration after Nonoperative Treatment of Symptomatic Rotator Cuff Tears"
2021 Maurice E. Müller Research Award for Basic Research, Swiss Orthopaedics

Graduate

Since 2024 Consultant Orthopedics and Traumatology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich (Prof. M. Farshad)
2023–2024 Melbourne Orthopaedic Group Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship (Prof. E. Ek), AUS
2022–2023 Consultant Orthopedics and Traumatology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich (Prof. M. Farshad)
2021 Specialist examination in orthopedic surgery and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system
2020–2021 Consultant / Shoulder Fellow, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich (Prof. em. C. Gerber)
2017–2020 Resident Orthopedics and Traumatology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen (Prof. B. Jost)
2016 Resident, Rotation Orthopedics and Traumatology, BG Clinic Tübingen (Prof. U. Stöckle)
2015–2017 Resident, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Clinic Gut St. Moritz (Dr. A. Urfer)
2015 Internship, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, USA (Dr. T. Wickiewicz, Dr. S. Rodeo)
2015 Doctorate at the Medical University of Vienna (Dr. med. univ.)
2009–2015 Studies of Human Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna

Academic career

  • Research in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, Department of Bioengineering 
  • Research in collaboration with the Shoulder Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory at Balgrist Campus / ETH Zurich

Studies

2015 Doctorate at the Medical University of Vienna (Dr. med. univ.)
2009–2015 Studies of Human Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna

 

Postgraduate

2017–2020 Resident Orthopedics and Traumatology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen (Prof. B. Jost)
2016 Resident, Rotation Orthopedics and Traumatology, BG Clinic Tübingen (Prof. U. Stöckle)
2015–2017 Resident, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Clinic Gut St. Moritz (Dr. A. Urfer)
2015 Internship, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, USA (Dr. T. Wickiewicz, Dr. S. Rodeo)

Major sports medicine functions

2018 Chief Medical Officer, Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup Arosa

Teaching posts

  • Clinical examination course of the musculoskeletal system for medical students of the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich
  • Revision course for medical students at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich
  • Supervision of dissertations and master's theses, University of Zurich

Fellowships

2023–2024 Melbourne Orthopaedic Group Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship (Prof. E. Ek), AUS
2020–2021 Consultant / Shoulder Fellow; Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich (Prof. em. C. Gerber)

Memberships

  • AGA (Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery)
  • Swiss Orthopaedics (Swiss Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology)
  • FMH (Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum)
  • VSAO (Association of Swiss Assistant and Senior Physicians)

Publications

Books and chapters

  • Eckers F, Hochreiter B, et al. Managing the infected arthroplasty: Antibiotic suppression, debridement, one- versus two- stage revision
    Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty (Springer, Editor Franceschi F), Spring 2023
  • B. Hochreiter et al. Treatment Algorithm for Proximal Humerus Fractures, Skeletal Trauma of the Upper Extremity, 2021, 194-217

Appointments

We are happy to arrange appointments for Wednesday and Friday.

You can reach us as follows:
Monday to Friday
8 am to 12 noon
1 pm to 5 pm

+41 44 386 30 12
+41 44 386 30 09
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Foot and ankle surgery

Illustration of the structures, muscles and tendons of the foot

PD Dr Stephan Wirth and his team specialize in diseases and injuries of the foot and ankle. These include sporting injuries and the complications that may follow. Thanks to intensive research work, surgical techniques at Balgrist University Hospital are constantly being developed, and their success reflected by the continuing improvement in results.

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