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Clinique de Genolier

Prof. Dr. med. Constantin Schizas

Spécialiste en Chirurgie de la colonne vertébrale
Spécialiste en Chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologie de l'appareil locomoteur

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Av. Louis-Ruchonnet 57
1003 Lausanne

secretariat.schizas@hirslanden.ch
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Education

1996

Qualification in Orthopaedic Surgery, Paris, France

1996

Certificate of Specialist Training in Orthopaedic Surgery, General Medical Council, London

1996

Postgraduate Diploma in Biomechanics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

1994

Master in the Science of Orthopaedics (M.Sc.Orth), University College London, London, UK

1986

Doctor of Medicine, Surgery and Childbirth (with Distinction), Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

1985 - 1986

Trainee doctor, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Paediatrics, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Anaesthesiology and Internal Medicine, Lausanne, VD

1979 - 1986

Medical studies, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Memberships

  • Member of the Federation of Swiss Doctors (FMH)
  • Member of the Swiss Society of Spine Surgery (SGS) (elected secretary in 2009)
  • Member of the Swiss Orthopaedic Society
  • Spine Society of Europe (Chair, Membership committee 2007-8)
  • AO Spine Switzerland (president 2010-13)
  • Member of the Cervical Spine Research Society (European section)
  • Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Member of the Groupement des Orthopédistes Vaudois
  • Member of the North American Spine Society (NASS)

Scientific positions

  • President AOSpine Switzerland (2010-2013)
  • Secretary of the Swiss Society of Spine Surgery (SGS) (since 2009)
  • Member of the evaluation committee of the ARGOS group (Association of European Research Groups for Spinal Osteosynthesis), Paris, France
  • Member of the executive committee of the Spine Society of Europe (2007-2008)
  • Reviewer for the Faculty of 1000 Medicine project (Spinal disorders Section FacultyMember) 2005-2007
  • Reviewer, European Spine Journal
  • Editorial Committee, European Spine Journal
  • Member of the scientific board of the Institute of Translational Biomechanics (IBME)
  • Medical collaborator of the biomechanics laboratory (LBO - Prof D. Pioletti)
  • Medical collaborator of movement analysis laboratory (LMAM - Prof K. Aminian)
  • Co-referee, PhD Thesis, Université de Bern

Work Experience

since 2025

Orthopaedic and spinal surgeon, Clinique de Genolier, Vaud, Switzerland

since 2013

Spinal surgeon at the neuro-orthopaedic centre of the Clinique Cecil, Lausanne

2000 - 2993

Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Whittington Hospital, London, UK

2008 - 2013

Senior Physician, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the Motor System, Head of Adult Spine Surgery, CHUV, Department of the Musculoskeletal System

2006 - 2008

Assistant Doctor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the Motor System, Head of Adult Spine Surgery, HOSR-CHUV, Lausanne

2003 - 2006

Associate doctor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the Motor System, Head of Adult Spine Surgery, HOSR-CHUV-Lausanne

2002 - 2003

Honorary Consultant, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Londres, Royaume Uni.

2000 - 2002

Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, St Luke’s Hospital for the Clergy, London, UK

1996 - 2000

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, London, UK

1995 - 1996

Registrar, Department of Spinal Surgery, Schulthess Klinik, Zürich, Switzerland

1995 - 1996

Senior Registrar, Department of Spinal Surgery, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich

1994 - 1995

Senior Registrar, Orthopaedics Department, Neuchâtel City Hospitals

1989 - 1994

Registrar and Senior Registrar, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and Associated Hospitals, London

1992 - 1993

Registrar to Drs Ransford and Sullivan, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, London, United Kingdom

1992

Assistant, Trauma Department, CHUV, LausanneAssistant, Trauma Department, CHUV, Lausanne

1988 - 1989

Assistant, Department of Surgery, Cantonal University Hospital, Geneva

1986 - 1988

Assistant, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Clinique St. Anne, Brussels