ADUS Clinic

The ADUS Clinic is a Specialist Orthopedics Surgery in the Zurich Unterland, Switzerland. In line with the slogan ‘simply uplifting’, patients from across the region are offered easy access to tried-and-tested treatments for the musculoskeletal system, with the aim of remedying their own problem with a ‘simply uplifting’ feeling.

Under the Medical Director Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Erggelet and with PD Dr. med. univ. Patrick Vavken as Chief Consultant Orthopedics & Traumatology, the ADUS Clinic is a clinic run by medical professionals with a focus on medicine and the patient. At the same time, this joint senior management team of two highly specialized consultants ensures a foundation of first-class care. Prof. Erggelet in the Knee and Hip Surgery department has a highly established international reputation, while PD Dr. Vavken in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery has also made an excellent name for himself.

Based on the personal background of this senior management team, the ADUS Clinic has honed a special focus on cartilage treatment and joint-preserving arthrosis therapy, whether regenerative non-surgical procedures, joint-preserving surgery and surgical cartilage replacement and repair or, as a last resort, surgical joint replacement.

At the ADUS Clinic, nothing is left to chance – from the quality of the treatment to patient-oriented care. That applies to all fields of the privately managed hospital, where patients are treated either as outpatients or inpatients – and of course also to the clinic’s flagship, the Department of Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Traumatology.

In order to ensure a permanently high level of care, which has come to characterize the ADUS Clinic, the Dielsdorf location relies on modern quality management and continuous improvement to patient safety. This is the only way to guarantee that the sophisticated processes can be systematically optimized in the long run. The goal is clear: The quality of the medical services and patient satisfaction should be measurably far above average.

ADUS Clinic Senior Doctors

PROF. DR. MED. CHRISTOPH ERGGELET
Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (FMH)
ADUS Clinic Medical Director
Chief Consultant Lower Limb Team

Prof. Dr. Erggelet is an orthopedic surgeon and sports physician. He has researched and taught at the University Medical Center in Freiburg, Germany.
Following his approbation as a doctor in 1986 and specialist examination in 1993, Prof. Erggelet worked as a senior doctor in a managerial position for 13 years before setting up his practice. Among other things, he was entrusted with training junior orthopaedists – most recently from 1996 to 2006 at the Clinic for Emergency Surgery and Traumatology at the University Medical Center in Freiburg.
Prof Erggelet is an internationally recognized specialist in all aspects of treating cartilage damage, whether as President of the International Cartilage Regeneration Society, as medical consultant to renowned professional sportspersons and professional clubs or as member of the board at EUROCELL and the international Cartilage Repair Registry
Your specialist in:

• Treatment of cartilage damage and meniscus transplants
• Arthroscopic and open procedures on the knee and hip
• Minimal invasive joint replacement on the knee and hip
• Regenerative treatment of damaged joints

PD DR. MED. PATRICK VAVKEN
Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (FMH)
Specialist in Sports Medicine SGSM/SEMS (FMH)
Specialist in Interventional Pain Medicine SSIPM (FMH)
Chief Consultant Orthopedics & Traumatology
Chief Consultant Shoulder and Elbow

Dr. Vavken studied medicine and epidemiology in Austria and England. He completed his specialist training in Austria, the USA and Switzerland. This period was already characterized by actively gathering clinical and scientific experience in sports medicine and led to further training through the Swiss Society for Sports Medicine (SGSM) and the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). Dr. Vavken held the role of Senior Consultant for Sports Medicine and Shoulder and Elbow Surgery at the UniSpital and Universitätskinderspital at both Basel and Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Vavken has a particular interest in joint stability and resulting damage to the cartilage and joint. Since this occurs especially often among children and young people, there is a focus on joint-preserving procedures, knowledge which of course could also be of benefit to adults.
Your specialist in:

• Treatment of joint instabilities and hypermobility
• Cartilage damage and joint-preserving surgery on shoulder and elbow
• Arthroscopic and open procedures on shoulder and elbow
• Minimal invasive joint replacement in the shoulder and elbow
• Sport medicine for young people and those still growing

Dr. Katarina Schär
Specialist Surgeon FMH (FMH)
Specialized in General Surgery and Traumatology
Certificate of Qualification in endovenous laser treatment (EVT) of saphenous varicose veins (USGG)
Chief Surgical Doctor

Dr. Schär is a qualified General and Emergency Surgeon with ten years of experience at an A-Spital. In recent years she has received further training, specializing in emergency and general surgery as well as surgery of varicose veins. In 2018 she received the certificate of qualification in endovenous thermal ablation of saphenous varicose and in 2019 the specialist qualification of general and emergency surgery.
Dr. Schär expertly rounds of the competencies of the ADUS Clinic with her specialist expertise and wealth of experience in surgical traumatology. However, broken hands and ankles are just as easily remedied as inguinal hernias.
Your specialist in:

• Broken wrists and fingers.
• Fractures of the lower limb
• Inguinal hernias and hernias
• Surgical emergencies
• Varicose veins

Dr. Jana Jensen
Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (FMH)
Chief Consultant Orthopedics – Shoulder and Elbow

Dr. med. Jana S. Jensen is consultant for orthopedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system, specialized in the treatment of shoulder and elbow problems. A native of the island of Sylt, Dr. Jensen completed her studies at the private Witten/Herdecke University, renowned for its practice and patient-oriented training. She completed her specialist training in Switzerland at the Canton Hospital Basel-Land, the Basel University Hospital, the Basel Crossklinik (Swiss Olympic Medical Center) and the Canton Hospital Baden. The focus of her practical work is always her patients. She is a long-term member of the German Society of Orthopedics and Emergency Surgery (DGOU) and the Society of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (AGA).
Dr. Jensen is particularly interested in shoulder prosthetics and revision prosthetics. Both her clinical and scientific work are focussed on painful shoulder prosthesis and assistance for patients with problematic shoulder prostheses.
Dr. Jensen is just as active in sports orthopedics and support for a range of junior basketball and football teams.
Your specialist in:

• Problems with shoulder and elbow
• Prosthetics and revision prosthetics for the shoulder
• Arthroscopy for shoulder and elbow
• Sports orthopedics

Dr. Johannes Pachinger
Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (FMH)
Doctor of General Medicine
Senior Consultant Orthopedics – Lower limbs

In his role as Consultant for Orthopedics and Traumatology, Dr Pachinger deals with the spectrum of developmental disorders, diseases, injuries and injury consequences to the musculoskeletal system. He is focussed on the non-operative and operative treatment of afflictions to the lower limbs (hip/knee/ankle/foot).
Dr Pachinger is also a trained Doctor of General Medicine, which enables him to think outside the box of orthopedics and traumatology, and is more than useful in his various deployments as team doctor for ice hockey, football and beach volleyball.
Dr Pachinger has also completed international fellowships in the USA and Japan and is an aspiring candidate for the 2022 ICRS Cartilage Therapy Fellowship.
Your specialist in:

• Problems of the lower limb
• Open and arthroscopic procedures on the knee and ankle
• Endoprosthetics of the lower limb
• Sports orthopedics and sports traumatology