Specialista in chirurgia ortopedica e traumatologia dell’apparato locomotore e chirurgia della mano, membro FMH
2013-2017 | Consultant (Oberarzt-Team Leiter) Hand Surgeon,Division of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Clinical Director: Prof. P. Giovanoli |
2013 | Visiting Resident, Klinik für die Hand Chirurgie, Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany. Clinical Director: Prof. U. Lanz. |
2012-2013 | Consultant Hand Surgeon, St. Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield NHS Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK and Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department, Southend University NHS Hospital, Southend-On-Sea, Essex UK. |
2012-2013 | Consultant Hand Surgeon private practice, Spire Wellesley Hospital, Southend-On-Sea, Essex UK |
2010-2012 | Consultant (Oberarzt) Hand Surgeon, Division of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery Department, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Clinical Director: Prof. P. Giovanoli |
2009-2010 | Congenital Hand Malformations Fellowship, Hand Surgery and Microsurgery Unit, Policlinico G.B. Rossi. Verona, Italy. Clinical Director: Dr. R. Adani |
2008-2009 | Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship, C.M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. |
2007-2008 | Hand Fellow, To Mr. D. Elliot and Mrs. M. Sirotakova, St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK |
2007 | Hand Trauma Fellow, St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK |
2006-2007 | Zeiss Microsurgery Fellowship, Plastic, Hand Surgery and Microsurgery Department, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Clinical Director: Dr. R. Sabapathy |
2004-2005 | Hand Fellow, To Mr. D. Elliot, St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK |
2003-2014 | Hand Fellow, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Istituto Policlinico S. Donato, Milan, Italy. Clinical Director: Prof. L. Vaienti |
2002-2006 | Attending Resident, Hand Surgery Department, Policlinico MultiMedica, Sesto S. Giovanni, Milan, Italy (Weekend on calls, night shifts, one clinic per week). Clinical Director: Prof. G. Pajardi |
State Exam and registration in the Professional Medical Board of Milan, Italy | |
2017 | Swiss Board Certification in Hand Surgery (FMH Handchirurgie) |
2013 | Swiss Board Certification in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (FMH Orthopedie und Traumatologie) |
2011 | Hand Surgery European Diploma: European Board of Hand Surgery Examination, Oslo (Norway) FESSH (Federation of the European Societies for Surgery of the Hand) Committee |
2007 | British Board Certification in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (BMC) |
2006 | Specialized in Orthopedics and Trauma at the University of Milan, Italy Tesi: "A new software for data elaboration in Hand Surgery" |
2002-2006 | International study visits at
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2001-2016 | Participant to many national and international courses and workshops in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery |
2001-2006 | Orthopedic Registrar, 1st Clinic, University of Milan, (2nd School of Specialization), Clinical Institute San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy. Clinical Director: Prof. P. Cabitza |
2001 | Graduation from University of Milan, Medical School, Italy, with the thesis " Functional Surgery for the Spastic Upper Limb. Prof. G. Peretti and Prof. G. Pajardi, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Gaetano Pini Hospital, University of Milan, Italy. |
1995-2001 | Medical School, University of Milan |
Candidate 2017 for the Swiss Society for Hand Surgery (SGH) | |
Kleinert Society, Louisville, KY, USA (2009) | |
British Society for Surgery of the Hand (2005) | |
Italian Society for Surgery of the Hand (2001) | |
Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (2002) | |
FMH (Federazione Medici Svizzeri) |
since 2020 | Libero docente Master di medicina umana alla Facoltà di scienze biomedich, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) |
since 2019 | Libero docente presso la Facoltà di Medicina dell'Università di Zurigo |
since 2015 | Contract Lecturer for the British Society for the Surgery of the Hand Birmingham, UK |
since 2014 | Contract lecturer, Medical School, University of Zurich |
since 2011 | Contract lecturer, Italian Society of Microsurgery, University Hospital of Napoli, Italy |
Emmanuel Kaplan Award for Anatomical Excellence in Surgery of the Hand, The New York Society for Surgery of the Hand and the American Society for the Surgery of the Hand. San Francisco California, USA.
Vascularization of nerves in the forearm (2007 - 2008)
Flexor tendon surgery in the hand, clinical applications of new techniques (2009 - )
Physiology of the retrograde venous revascularization of soft tissue and clinical application (2010 - )
Refinements in osseo-integrated implants for the digits of the hand (2014 - )
Intramedullary bone fixation, anatomical and clinical studies (2015 - )
Osteomyelitis (2017 - )
11.12.2020 Il PD Dr. med. Thomas Giesen nominato libero docente presso l’USI Il PD Dr. med. Thomas Giesen ha ottenuto il titolo di libero docente presso l’Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI). |
08.06.2020 Filo diretto - LA1 "L'artrosi alla mano" Ospiti della puntata di oggi i nostri medici specialisti della mano il Dr. med. Ivan Tami e il PD Dr. med. Thomas Giesen |
25.05.2020 Millevoci - Rete Uno "Tecnologia a portata di mano" Ospite in studio nell'edizione di questa mattina il Dr. Thomas Giesen, specialista in chirurgia della mano e in chirurgia ortopedica e trumatologia dell’apparato locomotore, membro FMH. |
16.03.2020 Rete Uno - La Consulenza "Le patologie della mano” Tema della puntata di oggi “Le patologie della mano”. In studio a rispondere alle numerose domande del pubblico il Dr. Ivan Tami e il PD Dr. Thomas Giesen |
15.10.2019 Dare una mano al mondo Intervista al dottor Thomas Giesen, chirurgo della mano ed esperto in chirurgia del plesso brachiale |
03.03.2019 Il PD Dr. med. Thomas Giesen libero docente presso la Facoltà di Medicina dell’Università di Zurigo Sabato 2 marzo 2019 il PD Dr. med. Thomas Giesen si è tenuta la cerimonia di consegna del titolo di libero docente presso la Facoltà di Medicina dell’Università di Zurigo. |
14.12.2018 Ticino7 - Quel pollice che fa male Forma degenerativa di artrite alla mano, la rizoartrosi colpisce prevalentemente le donne. Ma migliorare la qualità di vita di chi ne soffre è possibile. |
03.12.2018 Rivista Farmacie Spazio Salute dicembre 2018: "Traumi a mani e dita" Gestibili grazie a tempestività di intervento e alta formazione in microchirurgia |
01.12.2018 Spasticità: dalla terapia conservativa alla chirurgia Una conferenza medica su un tema complesso, che richiede competenze interdisciplinari per approcci terapeutici diversificati e in funzione delle necessità del paziente. |
07.06.2018 Mendrisio Medical Meeting 2018 Si è conclusa l’edizione 2018 del Mendrisio Medical Meeting. Notevole il numero di partecipanti, operatori sanitari giunti da tutto il Cantone. |