Clinique de Montchoisi

Dr. med. Nikolaos Varelas

Further accreditations (1)
  • Montchoisi Medical Center

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Hospital (2)
Centre Médical Montchoisi
Chemin des Allinges 16bis
1006 Lausanne

Competences

  • Knee replacement surgery and ligament surgery
  • Minimally invasive hip replacement surgery
  • Traumatology of the upper and lower limbs

Education

2016 - 2017

Chief resident in orthopaedics, specialist knee ligament consultation, Hôpital du Valais, Sion

Publications

« Operative treatment of an atypical segmental bipolar fracture of the clavicle ». Archives of Trauma Research 2015 Dec, par Nikolaos Varelas, P. Joosse, P. Zermatten.

Tumeurs de l’appareil locomoteur : de la simple « bosse » à la prise en charge multidisciplinaire, Rev Med Suisse, par Stéphane Cherix, Nikolaos Varelas, Igor Letovanec, Fabio Becce, Béatrice Gay, Maurice Matter, Michel Gonzalez, François Saucy, Thierry Christen, Hannes A. Rüdiger.

«Proper imaging to limit medical error in orthopaedic surgery», 1st Virtopsy congress, octobre 2016, Napoli, Italy.

«Is obesity a contraindication for a unicompartmental knee arthroplasty», par Nikolaos Varelas, R. Gardon,PD H. Huber, EFORT, juin 2014, Londres, UK.

Work Experience

since 2017

Deputy physician (40% of hours), Orthopaedic surgery department, Hôpital du Valais, Sion

since 2017

Consultations in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology, Maison Santé Chablais, Collombey

since 2017

CIC-accredited orthopaedic surgeon, Saxon

2014 - 2016

Chief resident in orthopaedics, traumatology, and knee and hip replacement surgery, Hôpital du Valais, Sion

2013 - 2014

Resident in orthopaedics at the Hôpital du Valais

2012 - 2013

Resident in orthopaedics, traumatology, hip and knee replacement surgery, and orthopaedic oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne

2008 - 2012

Resident in orthopaedics at the Hôpital de la Chaux de Fonds, the Hôpital du Valais and the Hôpital de Riaz

2006 - 2008

Resident in general and orthopaedic surgery at the Clinique de Valère in Sion and the Hôpital Riviera

Memberships

  • Member of the Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
  • Société Médicale du Valais
  • AO Trauma member since 2015

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