About us

Balgrist ROCS is an interdisciplinary research team consisting of full-time employees with computer science background and clinical partners from the University Hospital Balgrist.

Scientific Staff

Prof. Dr. Philipp Fürnstahl
Head of ROCS

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Christina Beier
ROCS Assistant

Faye Leu
ROCS Assistant

Joëlle Ackermann
PhD Student

Yunke Ao
PhD Student

Marco von Atzigen
PhD Student

Sara Bayer
Biomedical Engineer

Fabio Bekcic
Biomedical Engineer

Dr. Lilian Calvet
Senior Researcher

Dr. Fabio Carrillo
Dep. Head ROCS & Head of Research Operation OR-X

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Dr. med. Nicola A. Cavalcanti
Research Assistant

Dr. Hooman Esfandiari
Group head - AI research / CTO X23D

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Dr. Frédéric Giraud
Senior R&D engineer

Amandine Gout
Senior R&D Scientist ROCS

Melanie Häusler
ROCS Medical Education

Jonas Hein
PhD Student

Sascha Jecklin
PhD Student

Laura Leoty
Head of 3D Center
Head of Operations OR-X

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Ali Bahari Malayeri
PhD Student

Aidana Massalimova
PhD Student

Karina Ordonez
Biomedical Engineer

Tabitha Roth
PhD Student

Dr. Matthias Seibold
Postdoctoral Researcher

Youyang Shen
Software Developer X23D

Bastian Sigrist
Biomedical Engineer

Mario Somm
Biomedical Engineer

Luohong Wu
PhD Candidate

Clinical Staff

Portrait Mazda Farshad.

Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad
Chief Medical Officer & Head of Spine Surgery

Portrait Ladislav Nagy.

Prof. Dr. med. Ladislav Nagy
Senior Consultant Hand Surgery

Portrait Sandro Fucentese.

Prof. Dr. med. Sandro Fucentese
Head of Knee Surgery

Portrait Reto Sutter.

Prof. Dr. med. Reto Sutter
Head of Radiology

Portrait Andreas Schweizer.

Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Schweizer
Head of Hand Surgery

Portrait Karl Wieser.

PD Dr. med. Karl Wieser
Head of Shoulder & Elbow Surgery

Portrait Lazaros Vlachopoulos.

PD Dr. med. Dr. sc. Lazoros Vlachopoulos
Senior Consultant Hip Surgery

Portrait Thomas Dreher.

Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Dreher
Head of Pediatric Surgery

Portrait Stephan Wirth.

PD Dr. med. Stephan Wirth
Head of Foot & Ankle Surgery

Portrait Patrick Zingg.

Prof. Dr. med. Patrick Zingg
Head of Hip & Pelvic Surgery

Portrait Daniel Müller.

PD Dr. med. Daniel Andreas Müller
Head of Tumor Surgery