Long-term commitment of the ResOrtho foundation

The ResOrtho Foundation has the following main focuses of its engagements:

Balgrist Campus

The ResOrtho Foundation and the Balgrist Association founded Balgrist Campus AG. The purpose of Balgrist Campus AG is to develop a building for musculoskeletal research and development in the area of land directly in front of University Hospital Balgrist. The board of directors of Balgrist Campus AG is composed of representatives of the ResOrtho Foundation as well as of the board of the Balgrist Association. President of Balgrist Campus AG is Dr. J. Rappold, foundation council member of the ResOrtho Foundation. » more

Balgrist Shoulder-Fellowship

ResOrtho finances a one-year shoulder fellowship post with Prof. C. Gerber in his shoulder/elbow team for the orthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist in Zurich. The fellow receives advanced clinical and surgical training on the one hand, and also scientific training on the other, with the handling of individual questions within the specialty. More information about this fellowship and the application form.

Support of Scientific Projects

ResOrtho supports clinical and experimental scientific projects in Orthopaedics mostly conducted by employees of Uniklinik Balgrist and/or in cooperation with ETH (Federal Institute of Technology) of Zurich.

For more information about supported projects and application forms please click here.

Sponsorship of the individual academic career

ResOrtho supports young gifted Orthopaedists by educational grants for training abroad in order to gain exceptional clinical or scientific knowledge with the hope to thereby pave the way for an academic career.

For more information about sponsored Orthopaedists and application forms please click here.

Intercontinental Harvard - Balgrist Shoulder Fellowship (1999-2007)

For more information about this fellowship please click here.