Privatklinik Bethanien

Prof. Dr. med. Vera Maria Sallen

Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System

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Hospital (1)

Gelenkzentrum Winterthur
Schickstrasse 11
8400 Winterthur

Work Experience

since 2026

Attending Physician, Privatklinik Bethanien, Zurich

since 2017

Melbourne Orthopaedic Clinic, VIC, AU

since 2017

Bendigo Health Care Group, VIC, AU

2012 - 2017

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Bendigo Health Care Group, VIC, AU

2011 - 2012

Arthroplasty Fellowship, Bendigo Health Care Group, VIC, AU

2009 - 2010

Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Zurich

2007 - 2009

 

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, VIC, Australia

2006 - 2007

Shoulder and Hand Surgery, Institut de la main, Clinique Jouvenet, Paris, France, FR

2006

Orthopaedics and Reconstructive Surgery, Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Paris, France, FR

2002 - 2006

Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Universitätsklinik Balgrist, University of Zurich

2004

Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), New York, USA

2001 - 2002

Praktikum Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Allgemein und Unfallchirurgie, Klinikum Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, DE

2000

Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital New York, USA

2000

Orthopaedics, Klinikum Rosenheim, Teaching Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Rosenheim, Germany, DE

2000

Internal Medicine, Universitätsklinik Balgrist, University of Zurich

1999 - 2000

General and Trauma Surgery, Westmead Hospital, NSW, AU

1999

General and Trauma Surgery, Klinikum Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, DE

Memberships

  • Swiss Orthopaedics Association
  • Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA)
  • Medical Womens International Association

Education

2017

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Orthopaedic Surgery (FRACS), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, AU

2015

Fellow of the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (FEBOT), European Union of Medical Specialists-Orthopaedic Section UEMS

2015

Early Management of severe Trauma (EMST)
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
Prince of Wales, Sydney, AU

2009

FMH Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System, FMH

2001 - 2008

Doctoral Thesis: “Long-Term Outcomes Following Resection Interposition Arthroplasty of the Shoulder Joint in Patients”, Orthopädisches Departement, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Hamburg, Germany, DE

2007

Diploma in Hand Surgery and Surgery of the Upper Limb, Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris, FR

2007

Diploma in Microsurgical Techniques, Unit for Education and Research - Health, Medicine, Human Biology, University Paris, FR

2007

Swiss Board Examination in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Swiss Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology SSOS, Bern/Montreux

2005

Basic Examination, Foederatio Medicorum Chirurgicorum Helvetica (FMCH), Bern

2000

Medical Degree, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany, DE

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