BALGRIST CAMPUS

  • The Balgrist environment (ResOrtho and Campus) in Switzerland represents a leading educational and research institute in the world. Switzerland can only maintain its reputation and attractiveness as long as the Swiss and institutions like the Balgrist Campus in particular, are able to invest in the future. We believe in the Balgrist!

    Former Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann

  • The Balgrist Campus is a concept that has successfully implemented the requirements for innovative, promising research. I was privilegded to accompany and support the emergence of the Campus from its idea, to ist realization and success.

    Dr. Hansjörg Wyss

  • I do not believe in transmission of knowledge, but in the transmission of enthusiasm.

    Prof. Dr. Christian Gerber

THE CAMPUS

The largest project of ResOrtho has been realized in close cooperation with the Balgrist Group. Based on a ResOrtho initiative in 2009, the concept of a unique musculoskeletal research and development institute in the immediate vicinity of the University Hospital Balgrist could be realized. After almost ten years of successful operations, ResOrtho has sold its 60% participation to the Balgrist group, which will direct the continued operations and further develop musculoskeletal research. With a 1.5 Mio CHF grant, ResOrtho continues to support the research platforms over the next two years.

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Convinced by the at the time unusual concept, Dr. Hansjörg Wyss was ready to generously support the creation of this center and opened the door to other benefactors so that a musculoskeletal institute could be created without any tax money. Substantial contributions came from the Zürich lottery fund and from third persons.

In 2010 ResOrtho and the Balgrist founded the Balgrist Campus non-for-profit stock corporation. Within 5 years, concept, architecture and operations were conceived and realized, the inaugural ceremony took place in the presence of the Swiss Federal Councilor J. Schneider Ammann and representatives of the university, government and industry on December 4, 2015. To this date the research institution is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to improve the human condition by preventing or successfully treating musculoskeletal injury and disease.

With the transition of the shares to the Balgrist Group, the Campus is on very healthy grounds to fulfil its mission in a long-term view. Further information can be found on www.balgristcampus.ch

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Architecture

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The architecture of the campus plays a huge role: The research groups and manufacturers work over several overlapping areas, in open spaces, in common and individual facilities and are therefore interacting with each other constantly. Bringing people and ideas together takes research and development to the pinnacle of the possible.

At Balgrist Campus, the challenges in musculoskeletal medicine are tackled in a comprehensive manner by research groups specialising in muscles, biomechanics, robotics, tumours and metastases, paraplegia and clinical orthopaedics consolidating their knowledge and developing modern therapeutic approaches. The skill base at the Balgrist University Hospital is thus maximized and makes it the leading facility in Europe.

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