Christian Gerber MD, FRCS

Dr. Christian Gerber is an orthopedic surgeon, physician, scientist, and medical teacher in orthopedic surgery. He is the current Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. After studying medicine at the University of Berne, he was trained in orthopedic surgery in several Swiss hospitals, including the Davos Hospital and the University Hospital of Berne. He specialized in shoulder surgery at the University of Texas, San Antonio in 1984 and subsequently trained on tumor foot and ankle surgery as well as pediatric orthopedics in Paris in 1985.

From 1985 to 1991 he served as a consultant at the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Berne, wherein 1991 he was promoted to associate professor in orthopedic surgery. In 1992, he was appointed chief of the Department of Orthopedics in Fribourg and since 1995 he has worked in the Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich, where he holds the position of a medical director and Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics.

Christian Gerber created the RESORTHO foundation[1] for research and education in musculoskeletal disorders to support the academic development of residents and junior staff. He also founded the international Harvard–Balgrist shoulder fellowship. He also established the Balgrist Campus,[2] a privately funded musculoskeletal research and development institution based in Zurich.