Dr. med. Martin Wiewiorski is the Chief of the Foot and Ankle Section of the Orthopaedic and Trauma Department of the Kantonsspital in Winterthur/Switzerland.
Following his graduation from medical school in Muenster/Germany, he was employed as a Research Fellow in the Foot and Ankle Team of Prof. Victor Valderrabano at the Univeristy Hospital of Basel Switzerland. During these 12 months, he wrote his doctoral thesis and laid the foundation for his later research career.
After working two years at the Trauma Department of the Bergmannsheil Bochum/Germany he returned to Basel and became resident at the Orthopaedic Department of the University Hospital. He finished his training under the supervision of Prof. Victor Valderrabano and is a board certified orthopaedic and trauma surgeon since 2014.
He trained at Harvard Medical School in Boston in an 18 month Research Fellowship supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Society for Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. His research focus is cartilage repair, and cartilage imaging and biomechanics. In his research career, he was funded approx. 250000 USD in competitive funding.
Dr. Wiewiorski is a member of the following societies: ICRS, AOFAS, SGOT, AGA, GOTS.
He is a former traveling fellow of the EFAS, ICRS, and AGA.
He is a stipend of the Swiss National Foundation (SNF), Swiss Orthopedic Trauma Society (SGOT), and other.
