Prof. Dr.med. Michael Hirschmann, MD

About

Prof. Dr. Michael T. Hirschmann is an affiliated professor at Basel University and head of orthopaedic surgery and traumatology at Kantonsspital Baselland, Bruderholz, Switzerland. He is also the medical director of the center of musculoskeletal diseases at Bruderholz and serves as head of a research group at department of clinical research (DKF) at University of Basel, Switzerland focusing on the knee joint. He has published over 300 academic publications in knee surgery as well as several textbooks focused on knee related research. His research focus has been on diagnostics and treatment of knee injuries involving the cartilage, meniscus or ligaments, diagnostics and treatment of patients with OA such as knee arthroplasty. Another focus lies in particular unhappy patients after knee arthroplasty. Another major research focus lies on the evaluation and development of 3D imaging such as CT, MRI and SPECT/CT on orthopaedic purposes. He is considered a leading authority on knee injuries and degenerative knee problems as this is a substantial portion of his clinical practice. He has spoken widely across the globe on evidence-based approaches to diagnose and treat knee related problems such as knee injuries or osteoarthritis. His knee phenotype concept has led to a change of knee alignment in TKA, moving away from systematic to a more personalized approach. For his research and contributions Prof. Hirschmann has received more than 50 national and international awards among those the Swiss Quality Award, the ESSKAR or AAOS best scientific exhibit award.

Experience

• Full professor in orthopaedic surgery and biomechanics (shared professorship), University of Basel at Universität Basel
  Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

• Mitglied des Stiftungsrates at Reha Rheinfelden
  Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

• Kantonsspital Baselland (12 yrs 11 mos)
  • Chefarzt, Ärztlicher Leiter, Klinik f. Orthopädische Chirurgie und Traumatologie
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

  • Chefarzt a.i., Klinik f. Orthopädische Chirurgie und Traumatologie (www.kniedoktor.ch)
    Oct 2019 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Leitender Arzt, Klinik f. Orthopädische Chirurgie und Traumatologie (www.kniedoktor.ch)
    Sep 2013 - Oct 2019 · 6 yrs 2 mos

• Kantonsspital Bruderholz, Orthopädische Chirurgie und Traumatologie des Bewegungsapparates (16 yrs 2 mos)
  • Head of Research and Development
    Jun 2010 - Present · 16 yrs 2 mos

  • Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
    Jan 2011 - Aug 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• Co Founder at OrthoImagingSolutions Ltd
  Dec 2011 - Jul 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos

  Co-Founder of OrthoImagingSolutions Ltd, London, UK offering orthopaedic visualization and analysis software and services. Services include: Medical image analysis architecture, combining open source data and visualization tools (Python, C++, VTK, GDCM), with novel multimodal renderer allowing real time simultaneous volume rendering of high resolution CT and SPECT (C++, OpenGL); 3D SPECT/CT-based measurement; software to streamline orientation reports from CT scans (Python, VTK) and 3D registration techniques for pre- vs. post-op evalutation of joint replacement implants (Python, ITK, VTK). www.orthoimagingsolutions.com