Clinique de Montchoisi

PD Dr med Timo Michael Ecker

FMH Specialist in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Specialist in Spinal Surgery ISFM

Languages
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Areas of specialisation (2)

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Hospital (1)

Clinique de Montchoisi
Chemin des Allinges 10
1006 Lausanne

Work Experience

since 2026

Médecin agréé — Clinique de Montchoisi, Lausanne

since 2022

Spine Surgeon — Bone and Motion Center, Hirslanden Group, Switzerland

2018 - 2022

Head Physician, Spinal Surgery Unit – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

2016 - 2018

Chief Resident in Spinal Surgery – Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland
Spinal Surgeon – FMI Hospital, Interlaken, Switzerland

2016 - 2018

Spinal Surgeon – FMI Hospital, Interlaken, Switzerland

2013 - 2016

Chef de clinique en chirurgie spinale – Inselspital, Hôpital universitaire de Berne, Suisse

2013 - 2014

Attending Spine Surgeon — Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital Berne (Prof. Dr. med. K.A. Siebenrock), Switzerland

2012 - 2013

Senior Resident — Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital Berne (Prof. Dr. med. K.A. Siebenrock), Switzerland

2009 - 2012

Resident — Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital Berne (Prof. Dr. med. K.A. Siebenrock), Switzerland

2008

Attending Staff Surgeon — Emergency Centre, Inselspital University Hospital Berne (Prof. Dr. med. A. Exadaktylos), Switzerland

2005 - 2007

Research Fellowship — Computer-assisted Surgery of the Hip, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston MA, USA (Dr. med. Stephen Murphy)

Publications

Education

2021

Specialist in Spinal Surgery ISFM

2017

University Habilitation (Privat-Dozent), University of Bern

2014

Board Certification Orthopaedic Surgery FMH

2010

Surgical Basic Examination (Basisexamen)

2006

United States Medical Licensing Examination, Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination

2005

United States Medical Licensing Examination, Step 2

2005

3rd Medical Licensing Examination and Approbation, University of Leipzig, Germany

2004

United States Medical Licensing Examination, Step 1

2003

2nd Medical Licensing Examination, University of Leipzig, Germany

2001 - 2002

1st Medical Licensing Examination, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany

2000

Preclinical Medical Examination, Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary

Memberships

FMH — Swiss Medical Association
Member of Swiss Orthopaedics — Swiss Society of Orthopaedics
Member of AO Spine — International Community of Spine Surgeons
Member and Faculty of Eurospine — European Community of Spine Surgeons
Member of SGS — Swiss Society of Spinal Surgery

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Specialisation
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Specialisation
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Specialisation
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Specialisation
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