Michaël Y Papaloïzos, MD
Plastic and Aesthetic Surgeon
Hand Surgeon
Academic Position
- Consultant, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital, Lausanne.
- Associate Professor, Lausanne Faculty of Medicine
Education
- First Year in Medicine, Faculty of Sciences, Neuchâtel University (1980)
- M.D. from Lausanne University Medical School, Lausanne, Switzerland (1986)
Postgraduate education
- Orthopedics and Traumatology, Neuchâtel Orthopaedic Hospital, 1987
- General Surgery, the Longeraie Clinic, Lausanne, 1988
- Hand Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Longeraie Clinic, Lausanne, 1989
- Orthopedics and Traumatology, Lausanne University Hospital, 1990
- Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, the Longeraie Clinic, 1991
- Fellowship, Hand Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Zurich University Hospital, 1992-1994
- Research fellow, Lund University & Malmö University Hospital, Sweden, 1995
- Consultant, Hand Surgery Unit, Geneva University Hospital, 1996 - 2001
Board certification
- Swiss Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, 1996
- Swiss Board of Hand Surgeons, 1996
- European Diploma in Hand Surgery, 1997
Member
- Swiss Society for Surgery of the Hand
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- Swiss Society for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- Swiss Society for Neuroscience
- Swiss Medical Association
Recent Publications
- Fusetti C, Garavaglia G, Papaloïzos M, Wasserfallen JB, Büchler U, Nagy L. (2003) Direct and indirect costs in the conservative management of undisplaced scaphoid fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 13: 241-244.
- Papaloïzos M, Fusetti C, Christen T, Nagy L, Wasserfallen JB. (2004) Minimally invasive fixation versus conservative treatment of undisplaced scaphoid fractures: a cost-effectiveness study. J Hand Surg (B) , 29(2) :116-119
- Borisch N, Keller A, Grifka J, Della Santa D, Garcia J, Terrier F, Papaloïzos M. (2004) Magnetresonanztomographische Beurteilung der Karpaltunnelmorphologie nach Medianusdekompression mittels einer retinakulumverlängernden Technik. Z Orthop 142 : 697-700.
- Fusetti C, Papaloïzos M, Meyer H, Borisch N, Della Santa D. (2005) The ECRL bone-tendon ligamentoplasty for chronic ulnar instability of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb. Chir main 24 : 217-221.
- Pfister LA, Papaloïzos M, Merkle HP, Gander B. (2006). Hydrogel nerve conduits produced from alginate/chitosan complexes. J Biomed Mater Res A. 15;80(4):932-937.
- Pfister LA, Papaloïzos M, Merkle HP, Gander B. (2007). Nerve conduits and growth factor delivery in peripheral nerve repair. J Peripher Nerv Syst 12 :65-82.
- Uebersax L, Mattotti M, Papaloïzos M, Merkle HP, Gander B, Meinel L. (2007) Silk fibroin matrices for the controlled release of nerve growth factor (NGF). Biomaterials 28 :4449-4460.
- Piquilloud G, Christen T, Pfister LA, Gander B, Papaloïzos M. (2007) Variations in glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor release from biodegradable nerve conduits modify the rate of functional motor recovery after rat primary nerve repairs. Eur J Neurosc 26: 1109-1117.
Prizes
- Sumner Koch Award of the Chicago Hand Society. The American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Baltimore, 2001.
Presentations
- More than 80 scientific presentations at international and national meetings.
Research
- Growth stimulatory nerve conduit: Engineering growth factors delivery kinetics for peripheral nerve regeneration.
Funding
- Swiss National Accident Insurance (SUVA)
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
- Gebert-Ruf Foundation, Zurich
Collaborations
- Dpt. of Surgical Research, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne.
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich.
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