Curriculum vitae: Matthias A Zumstein
ADRESS HOSP.: Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Knee Surgery Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology University of Bern Inselspital 3010 Bern Switzerland Phone: +41 31 632 37 46 Mail: [email protected]
CITIZENSHIP: Switzerland DATE OF BIRTH: 5th March 1973 HOMETOWN: Seeberg BE MARITAL ST.: married, 2 Daughters RELIGION: Protestant LANUAGES: German Mother Language
English good French good Italian basics
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HONORS/AWARDS/ June 2002 1st place and Marathon Award at the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Orthopedic Surgeons (CHF 2000.-) for the study: Prevalence and Relevance of pathological Magnetic Resonance
Findings in Shoulders of Professional Handball Players
October 2005 Sportsmedicine-Award at the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Sportsmedicine (CHF 10000.-) for the study: MRI Findings in throwing shoulders of Professional Handball Players
February 2007 Charles S. Neer Award in the Basic Science category of the
American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES) " Reversion of the Musculotendinous Architecture in Experimental Chronic Rotator Cuff Tears by Continuous Traction. An In Vivo Study in the Sheep. C. Gerber, M. A. Zumstein,
September 2008 Vasey-Award for the Best Swiss National Board Exam
EDUCATION: 1980 - 1989 Basic School 1989 - 1993 College in Bern GRADUATE: 1993 - 2000 University of Bern
Federal Physicians Diploma December 2000
2000 Doctoral Thesis; MD March 2001 Schoolchildren in the Paediatric Office Medical Faculty the University of Bern
2003 Basic federal surgery examination 29. Nov. 2007 Swiss National Board Certification for Orthopaedic Surgery and
Traumatology
POSTGRADUATE: 2001-2002 Research Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, University of
Zurich, Balgrist, Switzerland. Chairman: Prof. C. Gerber
2002-2003 Resident in General Surgery and Traumatology, City Hospital Thun,
CH, Chief: PD HE Wagner, MD
2003-2004 Resident in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, City Hospital Thun CH: Chief: R. Hess, MD,
2004 -2006 Resident in Orthopaedics and in experimental orthopaedics
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Zurich, Balgrist, Switzerland Chairs: Prof. C. Gerber, Prof. B. Fuchs
2006 - 2007 Resident in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of
Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Bern, Inselspital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland Chairman: Prof. K. Siebenrock
2007 2008 Staff member, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Department
of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Berne Hospital, Ziegler, 3001 Bern, Switzerland Chief: Prof. Dr. H. Noetzli
2008 - 2009 Clinical- and Research-Fellow in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopeadic Surgery and Sports Traumatology and Laboratory of Experimental Surgery University of Nice, Hpital lArchet, Nice, France Chairman: Prof. P. Boileau
2009 2010 Staff member in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of
Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Bern, Inselspital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland Chairman: Prof. K. Siebenrock
2010 current Head of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Knee Surgery,
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Bern, Inselspital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland Chairman: Prof. K. Siebenrock
MEDICAL LICENSURE: Switzerland, Diploma of Medical Doctor awarded by the Swiss Confederation, March 01 EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 1991-2004 International Team Handball sports career
Player in the Swiss Top Handball League (268 games), Swiss Champion 2002 Play off Finals Swiss Champion 1995, 2001 and 2003 Final Swiss Cup 2000 und 2001 Play off Semi-Finals European Cup Champions 1995 Play Finals European Cup Champions 2001
1996 to 2001 Member of the Swiss Handball National team (69 National Games)
8th at the Centennial Olympic Games Atlanta 1996
PATENTS 2011 pending Device and Method for collecting platelet concentrates
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES /LECTURES/ORGANIZATION OF MEETINGS: 2005-current Faculty member of Orthopedic Annual Course of the Swiss Sports
Medicine, Leukerbad, Switzerland 2005 University of Zurich, 3rd year-students, Basic Clinical education:
Physical examination of the Musculoskeletal System, (2x2h)
2006 University of Bern, Dept. of Orthopedics and Traumatology: Clinical Skills Training (4x2h)
2007 University of Bern, Dept. of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Spital
Netz Bern Ziegler: Responsible tutor for continuous education of students and residents.
Weekly bedside teaching for students (20x1h=20h) Weekly orthopedic teaching (cases, x-rays) for residents
(20x1h=40h)
6th year-students: Current Concepts: Shoulder dislocation (2x2h=4h)
3rd year-students: Training in Orthopaedic and Traumatology: Principles of fractures, Orthopaedic Sports injuries, Distal Radius Fractures (8 months x 2h/months=16h)
2008-09 University of Nice, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports
Traumatology, France: Tutor for continuous education of students and
1st year-residents: Training in Orthopaedic and Traumatology: Shoulder examination, Orthopaedic Sports Traumatology, Shoulder Arthroplasty (11 months x 2h/week=22h)
2009 University of Nice, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports
Traumatology, France: Tutor at the Interuniversity Diploma of Orthopedic Sports Medicine
(2days= 4h): The role of Arthroscopy in Shoulder Instability Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Radiographic Lesions of the Professional Handball Players Pathologic Lesions of the Shoulder in Beach Volleyball- and
Handball-Players
University of Nice, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Traumatology, France: Tutor at the Interuniversity Diploma of Shoulder Arthroscopy (2days= 4h):
Indications for an Arthroscopic Bankart Repair, ISIS score Surgical Technique of Arthroscopic Bankart Repairs Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
University of Bern, Dept. of Orthopedics and Traumatology: Tutor for continuous education of students and residents
Pelvic fractures (1x1h) Patellofemoral instabilities (1x1h) Surgical suture techniques (1x3h) Physical examination of the lower extremity (3x1h) Current concepts of Shoulder instability (1x1h)
2010 University of Bern, Dept. of Orthopedics and Traumatology:
Bedsideteaching for students, Basics in Orthopedic Surgery 2x1h
Clinical Skills for medical students (4x1h) Lectures: Knee pathologies (1x2h) Bedside Teaching in Knee Surgery (3x1h)
University of Zrich, Dept. of Orthopedics, Balgrist Hospital:
16th Course in Shoulder Surgery Balgrist (4x2h)
IRCAD/ EITS (European Institute of TeleSurgery), Strasbourg, France:
Instructor for Shoulder Arthroscopy (4x2h) 2011 University of Bern, Dept. of Orthopedics and Traumatology:
Bedsideteaching for students, Basics in Orthopedic Surgery 2x1h
Clinical Skills for medical students (4x2h) Lectures: Knee pathologies (1x2h) Bedside Teaching in Knee Surgery (3x1h)
University of Innsbruck, Unfallchirurgie und Sporttraumatologie, Austria:
2nd International Innsbruck cadaver course on surgery of the shoulder (4x2h)
Supervisor of scientific dissertations:
Impact of mtaglne positoning on glenoid notching and
osteophyte formation in inverse total shoulder arthroplasty Eveline Lohri, accepted and published at University of Zrich
Platelet rich fibrin (PRF) as a potential source of slow delivery of rotator cuff insertion growth factors, Simon Berger, University of Bern, accepted 2011
Long Term Outcome in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain
Injury (MTBI): A Prospective Observational Study, Mario Moser, University of Bern, accepted and published 2010
Dynamic Intraligamentary Stabilization (DIS) in Knee dislocations: Surgical technique and preliminary results, Anna Stock, University of Bern.
RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED: 2006 SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation No 320-113424/1):
CHF 377000.- (as Coauthor) Genetic Markers of Pathological Changes in Rotator Cuff Muscles after Tendon Tear as a Basis for the Development of new Treatment Strategies.
SYNOS (Synos Foundation)
CHF 135'420.- (as Coauthor) Reversion of Structural Muscular Changes Caused by Chronic
Rotator Cuff Tendon Tearing Using Continuous Musculotendinous Traction: An Experimental Study in the Sheep
2007 Swiss Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons CHF 35000.- (as main Applicant) Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) as an Autologous Augmentation in Repair
of Chronic Rotator Cuff Tendon Tears. 2008 SECEC/ESSSE (European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and
Elbow) Research grant CHF 38'500 (1.54 x Euro 25'000.-) (as main Applicant) Tendon Repair Technique using Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) as an Autologous Augmentation in Repair of Chronic Rotator Cuff Tendon Tears. Swiss Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
CHF 20000.- (as main Applicant) Outcomes after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with adjusting the initial Anteroposterior Translation to that of the Contralateral Healthy Knee
EDITORIAL BOARD ACTIVITIES: Reviewer: American Journal of Sports Medicine Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Clinical Skills: Image-based and Image-free Computer Navigation Systems
Research: Principals of Laboratory Animal Science and Methods of Animal
Experimentation Tissue Biopsies
RNA Extraction RT-PCR, Lite-Cycler Immunohistochemistry Management
