ResOrtho

Grant Application

If you wish to apply for a grant please fill in the online form (see below).
We will consider your application and reply as soon as possible.

Grant Appliaction-Form

Sponsorship of the individual academic career
The ResOrtho Foundation has sponsored the following fellowships and/or continuous education of Balgrist doctors:

Mazda Farshad
Grant for advanced training "Master of Public Health" (Universities of Zurich/Bern/Basel and Harvard)
Current position: Resident, Orthopaedics Department, Balgrist University Hospital

"The ResOrtho Foundation supported my advanced training for the degree program "Master of Public Health" at the Universities Zürich, Bern and Basel and the Harvard University. The training provided a solid foundation of knowledge in epidemiology, methodology, study design, statistics, medical economics and preventive medicine as well as a broad overview of management and medical politics. I aim to employ the gained competences to support advancements in Orthopedics by my work as a Clinical Scientist. I'd like to express my sincere thanks to the ResOrtho Foundation."

Patrick Zingg
Grant for a fellowship in orthopaedics and traumatology, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

Current position: Deputy Team Leader Hip & Pelvis Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital.

Due to the generous support of the ResOrtho Foundation I was able to experience a one-year clinical fellowship in Toronto at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (traumatology) and the Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre (knee and hip surgery) under the direction of Dr. Hans Kreder and Dr. Markku Nousiainen.

My fellowship in Toronto has not only advanced my clinical and surgical skills but was also a personal gain I wouldn't have missed and I would like to express my sincere thanks to the ResOrtho Foundation for helping me realizing this fellowship.

Hanspeter Huber
Fellowship in pediatric orthopedics and traumatology, Children's Hospital, University of Nancy (F)

"I had the precious opportunity to immerse myself into pediatric orthopedics and traumatology at the Children's Hospital of the University of Nancy, France. I could enormously benefit from this year to enlarge my knowledge and horizon in pediatric orthopedics and to improve my clinical and surgical abilities. Professor P. Lascombes and Professor P. Journeau were excellent teachers and mentors to guide my scientific projects during my stay. I would like to express my gratitude to the ResOrtho foundation for their generous financial support during this year".

Vera Sallen
Fellowship in Hand and Reconstructive Surgery in Paris/France.

"Travelling to France to do a fellowship in Hand and Reconstructive Surgery gave me the opportunity to work with Prof. AC. Masquelet and Prof. A. Gilbert and collegues. I gained further clinical, surgical and microsurgical experience allowing me to extend my knowledge of treatment of an array of upper limb conditions - my main focus of interest. Many thanks to the ResOrtho Foundation for funding this fellowship."

Hannes Rüdiger
Scholarship for advanced training in tumor surgery in Florence (Italy). Clinical fellowship in tumor surgery and traumatology in Melbourne (Australia).

The grant allowed me to specialize in the field of musculoskeletal tumor surgery. With Prof. Capanna (Florence/Italy) and Prof. Choong (Melbourne/Australia) I had two brilliant mentors who always supported me and of whom I learnt a lot in this field. I would like to thank ResOrtho for the generous financial support.

Patrick Steinmann
Scholarship in terms of time for a Master's Course at University of Zurich (phil. nat.)

Clément Werner
Scholarship for a spine and traumatology fellowship in Baltimore (USA) and a fellowship in pelvis traumatology in New York (USA). Current position: Lecturer and Senior physician at University Hospital Zurich (CH).

"I spent the first six months of my fellowship in the Spine Surgery Team at University of Maryland and afterwards another six months at HSS in New York. I had the chance to enhance both my professional and personal skills and I would like to thank ResOrtho Foundation for the generous financial support."

Carola Würgler
Scholarship for a research fellowship in Philadelphia (USA).

"The Resortho Foundation provided essential support for my research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory. Under the mentorship of Prof. L.J. Soslowsky, I was immersed in a culture of science and had the opportunity to participate in clinically motivated basic research. I was supported in developing my own research path, and conducted and published a study on growth factor expression in an animal model of shoulder injury and healing. Through my ResOrtho fellowship, I was able to establish a solid foundation for my professional goal of combining orthopaedic research with my clinical work."

Norman Espinosa
Scientifical and clinical fellowship in foot surgery and paediatric orthopaedics at Baltimore and Boston (USA).
Current position: Head Foot & Ankle Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich (CH)

"The ResOrtho Foundation gave me the unique opportunity and supported me during my extraordinary fellowships in order to specialize in Foot and Ankle surgery and to improve my skills in clinical research."