PD Dr. med. Thomas Giesen

State Exam and registration in the Professional Medical Board of Milan, Italy

Swiss Board Certification in Hand Surgery (FMH Handchirurgie)

Participant to many national and international courses and workshops in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Swiss Board Certification in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (FMH Orthopedie und Traumatologie)

Hand Surgery European Diploma: European Board of Hand Surgery Examination, Oslo (Norway) FESSH (Federation of the European Societies for Surgery of the Hand) Committee
 

British Board Certification in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (BMC)

Specialized in Orthopedics and Trauma at the University of Milan, Italy
Tesi: "A new software for data elaboration in Hand Surgery"

International study visits at

• Department of Hand Surgery, Clinica del Pinal, Santander(Spain), Director: Dr. Paco del Pinal
• Department of Hand Surgery of the Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria (Spain). Director: Prof. J A Medina
   

Orthopedic Registrar, 1st Clinic, University of Milan, (2nd School of Specialization), Clinical Institute San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.  Clinical Director: Prof. P. Cabitza

Graduation from University of Milan, Medical School, Italy, with the thesis " Functional Surgery for the Spastic Upper Limb. Prof. G. Peretti and Prof. G. Pajardi, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Gaetano Pini Hospital, University of Milan, Italy.

Medical School, University of Milan 

Consultant (Oberarzt-Team Leiter) Hand Surgeon,Division of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Clinical Director: Prof. P. Giovanoli    

Hand Fellow, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Istituto Policlinico S. Donato, Milan, Italy. Clinical Director: Prof. L. Vaienti

Visiting Resident, Klinik für die Hand Chirurgie, Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany. Clinical Director: Prof. U. Lanz.  

Consultant Hand Surgeon, St. Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield NHS Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK and Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department, Southend University NHS Hospital, Southend-On-Sea, Essex UK.

Consultant Hand Surgeon private practice, Spire Wellesley Hospital, Southend-On-Sea, Essex UK

Consultant (Oberarzt) Hand Surgeon, Division of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery Department, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. 
Clinical Director: Prof. P. Giovanoli
 

Congenital Hand Malformations Fellowship, Hand Surgery and Microsurgery Unit, Policlinico G.B. Rossi. Verona, Italy. Clinical Director: Dr. R. Adani 

Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship, C.M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Hand Fellow, To Mr. D. Elliot and Mrs. M. Sirotakova, St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK

Hand Trauma Fellow, St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK
 

Zeiss Microsurgery Fellowship, Plastic, Hand Surgery and Microsurgery Department, Ganga Hospital,     
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.  Clinical Director:  Dr. R. Sabapathy
 

Attending Resident, Hand Surgery Department, Policlinico MultiMedica, Sesto S. Giovanni, Milan, Italy (Weekend on calls, night shifts, one clinic per week).     
Clinical Director: Prof. G. Pajardi

Hand Fellow, To Mr. D. Elliot, St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK

Libero docente Master di medicina umana alla Facoltà di scienze biomedich, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI)

Libero docente presso la Facoltà di Medicina dell'Università di Zurigo

Contract Lecturer for the British Society for the Surgery of the Hand 
Birmingham, UK
 

Contract lecturer, Medical School, University of Zurich

Contract lecturer, Italian Society of Microsurgery, University Hospital of Napoli, Italy