Photo Dr. med. David Bauer

Site Manager UWZH
Head of Spinal Surgery

Dr. med. David Bauer

Wirbelsäulen- & Neurochirurgie

Tel. +41 44 922 26 50

University Spine Center Zurich

Website

Subject title

  • Specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system

Language skills

  • German
  • English
  • French

Career

  • Training

    10/2012 – 12/2012 Weill Cornell Medical School, USA

  • Further training

    2024
    Eurospine Diploma - Endospine Academy Basic Course

    2023
    Microsurgery diploma, Bern (Rosmarie Frick)

    NuVasive: Treatment of degenerative diseases at the L5-S1 level in the lateral position (xALIF)

    NuVasive: Treatment of degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine with the eXtreme lateral approach (XLIF)

    Swiss specialist certification for orthopaedics and traumatology

    2020

    ATLS: Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider Course

    Spinal surgery: German Society for Orthopaedic Surgery (DGOOC), Berlin

    DePuy Synthes Spine Academy Module 2: Cervical spine and lumbar spine

    DePuy Synthes Spine Academy Module 1: lumbar

    2018
    Doctorate University of Zurich: Conventional versus computer-assisted corrective osteotomy of the forearm: a retrospective analysis of 56 consecutive cases

    2013
    AO Basic Principles of Fracture Management, Davos, Switzerland

    Good Clinical Practice, University of Innsbruck, Austria


    05/2019 - 12/2019
    Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (Prof. M. Farshad)

    08/2017 - 03/2019
    Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital, St. Gallen, Switzerland (Prof. B. Jost)

    08/2014 - 05/2017
    Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (Prof. C. Gerber)

    04/2013 - 07/2014
    Resident, Trauma Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Switzerland (Prof. R. Babst)

    11/2012 - 12/2012
    Orthopedic Trauma Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, NYC, USA (Dr. D. Helfet)

    10/2012 - 11/2012
    Sports Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, NYC, USA (Dr. A. Pearle)

    02/2011 - 07/2011
    Nephrology, National Scleroderma Center, The Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

  • Leadership activity

    2025
    Site Manager, Männedorf Hospital, University Spine Center Zurich

    2024
    Senior Physician Spine Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (Prof. M. Farshad)

  • Fellowships

    11/2020 - 10/2022
    Fellowship Spine Surgery, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genéve, Switzerland (Dr. D. Dominguez)

    01/2020 - 08/2020
    Fellowship Spine Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (Prof. M. Farshad)

  • Scholarships & prizes

    2019
    Balgrist University Hospital Prize for "Best clinical paper published 2018" "Classification of Perioperative Complications in Spine Surgery" Farshad M, Aichmair A, Gerber C, Bauer DE

    2017
    EFORT Award for the best poster 2017, "Validation of Patellar Height Measurements in Conventional Radiographs and MRI in Patients with Patellar Instability" Philippe M. Tscholl MD, David E. Bauer MD, Sandro F. Fucentese MD

    2012
    The Max Kade Scholarship, Austrian-American Foundation

    2006-2012
    Candidate for the Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Medical University of Vienna

  • Memberships

    • Eurospine (European Spine Society)
    • Swiss Orthopedics
  • Publications