Senior Trauma Patients

Christian Hierholzer, MD, PhD, is Titular Professor of Traumatology at University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. Prior to taking up his current position in 2015, he was Full Professor of Surgery at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Dr. Hierholzer graduated in Medicine from Albert Ludwig University Freiburg, Germany, in 1990 and subsequently trained in Surgery in Munich, Pittsburgh, and New York. He obtained his board certification in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery in 2006 and in Orthopaedics in 2007 and completed his Habilitation in 2000. Dr. Hierholzer is a Scientific Board Member for the Association Internationale pour l'Ostéosynthèse Dynamique (AIOD), Germany. In 2014 he was nominated as a Medical Expert Member of the Ad Hoc Group Medical Reports for the EU Commission in Brussels by the German Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. He acts as a reviewer for various journals.