Dr. med. Thierry Glauser

• Training in visceral, paediatric, thoracic, cardiovascular, urological and orthopaedic surgery at Geneva University Hospitals.
• Paediatric and neonatal surgery, Hôpital Necker, Paris, then HUG, Geneva.
• Training in general surgery and traumatology at the Hôpital Intercantonal de la Broye - Payerne.
• Training in microsurgery and reconstructive surgery of the hand and peripheral nerves at Geneva University Hospitals.

• Former Deputy Head of Clinic, Hand Surgery Unit, University Hospitals of Geneva.
• Former Head of Clinic, Hand Surgery Unit, University Hospitals of Geneva.
• Former Consultant Physician then Associate Teaching Physician, Hand Surgery Unit, University Hospitals of Geneva.
• Doctoral thesis in Surgery at the Geneva Faculty of Medicine in 1998.
• FMH Diploma in Hand Surgery - First in his class in 2004.

• SSCM - Swiss Society for Hand Surgery
• FMH - Swiss Medical Association
• AMG - Association of Geneva Doctors
• Association of Hand Surgeons of the Canton of Geneva
• OrthoColline, ISFM B training centre for orthopaedic surgery

• President and Founder of OrthoColline, ISFM B training centre for orthopaedic surgery 2020.
• Consultant Physician and former Associate Physician, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Motor System, Hand Surgery Unit, Geneva University Hospitals.
• Chairman of the Medical Committee of Clinique La Colline, Geneva from January 2011 to March 2014.
• President of the Geneva Hand Surgeons Association from 2008 to 2014.
• Commissioner at the Department of Health (DARES), Commission de surveillance des professions de la santé et des droits des patients.
• Director of the Hintsa Human High Performance Programme.
• Hand Surgeon Consultant for the FIA.

AREAS OF INTEREST

• Treatment of rhizarthrosis (osteoarthritis of the thumb) and reconstruction using dual mobility prosthetic Trapezo-metacarpal arthroplasty -700 cases /11 years follow-up.
• Wrist arthroscopy and bone and ligament reconstruction.
• Compression syndromes and peripheral nerve injuries.
• Tendon transfers and functional recovery after paralysis.
• Prosthetic surgery of the wrist, thumb and fingers.

CLINICAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• The value of arthroscopy in the early treatment of wrist ligament injuries.
• The benefits of palmar plate treatment for complex wrist fractures.
• Treatment of chronic wrist pain using microsurgical denervation.

COLLABORATIONS

• Institute of Microtechnic, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne.
• McLaren F1.
• Red Bull Racing.
• SenseCore, sense-core.com.