Docteur Eric Thein

Specialist in
Orthopaedic surgery and traumatology
Languages
French, English, German, Italian, Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Core competencies

Complex trauma of the pelvis and lower limbs (acute trauma, pseudarthroses, malunions, etc.)

Primary and revision hip prosthesis

Primary knee prosthesis

Professional career

2022 - to date
Licensed doctor, orthopaedics and traumatology, CHUV, Lausanne
2020 - to date
Consultant doctor, Clinique romande de réadaptation, Sion
2017 - 2022
Assistant doctor, orthopaedics and traumatology, CHUV, Lausanne
2017
Visiting clinician fellowship as part of CFBS, Canada
2012 - 2017
Associate doctor based primarily in trauma, CHUV, Lausanne
2011 - 2012
Head of Septic Surgery Clinic, CHUV, Lausanne
2009 - 2011
Deputy head of orthopaedics and traumatology, CHUV, Lausanne
2008 - 2009
Deputy head of orthopaedics, Hôpital la Providence, Neuchâtel
2006 - 2008
Deputy head of orthopaedics and traumatology, Nouvel Hôpital Pourtalès
2005 - 2006
Assistant doctor, surgical department, Hôpital la Providence, Neuchâtel
2004 - 2005
Assistant doctor, department of visceral, vascular and thoracic surgery, Clinique Sainte-Thérèse, Luxembourg
2002 - 2004
Assistant doctor, orthopaedic and traumatology, Clinique Sainte-Thérèse, Luxembourg

Schools, university & degrees and diplomas

2014
Doctoral thesis: "In vitro activity of gentamicin-loaded resorbable beads against different microorganisms"; thesis supervisor: Dr O Borens
2011
Specialist in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system, FMH

Practices at

Memberships and partnerships

  • Swiss Orthopaedics
  • AO Trauma Switzerland
  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, AAOS
  • OTC Switzerland

Publications & videos

Events & lectures