Prof. Dr méd. Grégoire Chick

Orthopaedic and hand Surgeon

Profile
Competences
Publications

Languages

French, English, German

Work experience

since 2009	Aspetar. Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar. Consultant hand surgeon since 2009
since 2008	Clinique de Genolier (Vaud, Switzerland) since 2008 specializing in hand and upper extremity surgery including microsurgery. Dr Chick's particular interests include upper extremity joint replacement, upper extremity trauma reconstruction, peripheral nerve surgery, microsurgery and arthroscopic surgery.
since 2004	Latour Hospital (Geneva, Switzerland)
2006–2010	Consultant hand surgeon London, UK
1999–2006	Emergency Private Centre for Hand Surgery (SOS Main, FESSUM), Aix-en-Provence, France

Education

since 2014	Ass. Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery. Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, NY.
2006	Specialist Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, GMC, London, UK
2004	Swiss board of Orthopaedic surgery and Hand Surgery, FMH, Bern, Switzerland
2000	French board, of Hand Surgery, Paris
1999	Certified by the European Board of Hand Surgery, Bonn, Germany
1996–2000	Fellowship in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Pr Alnot/Oberlin and Pr Nordin/Masquelet, Paris University (Chef de clinique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 1996-2000).
1996	M.D. Thesis, Orthopaedic Surgery
1994	Graduate Diploma in Microsurgery, University of Paris
1990	M.D. degree, Paris University Medical School
1990	Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Paris (Interne des Hôpitaux de Paris, concours 1990).

Memberships

Member of the American, Swiss and French Socities for Surgery of the Hand

Hand surgery is at the crossroads of many specialties and aims to give back to the hand its function of a communication tool as well as a social link.

Its interest is focused on upper limb injuries whether they are traumatic, congenital, or degenerative. The bone, vascular, nerve, and plastic surgeries as well as microsurgery are all necessary skills to have to treat pathologies such as :

Congenital hand differences
Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
Fracture and joint injuries (non union, malunion, vazcularised bone graft)
Joint replacement (elbow prosthesis, wrist, hand, fingers)
Trauma to tendons, nerves and secondary repairs (restoration of hand function after spinal cord injury, compartment syndrome, upper limb palsy)
Dupuytren’s contracture
Cutaneous lesions (tumours, cysts, soft tissue defect, burns and hypertrophic scares, bedsore) and their cover (skin graft, pedicle flaps), nails deformities
Microsurgery : replantations, free flap surgery, free vascularized toe transfer
Wrist and elbow conditions : arthroscopy, wrist and elbow joint replacement
Sports injuries to the hand and wrist
Work and leisure related condition

PHd program of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. University of Gent. Belgium.

Research (3) Articles in professional peer-reviewed journals (7). Book chapters (94). Presentations with abstracts, Internationnal Societies for Surgery of the Hand (33). Academic conferences, Internationnal Societies for Surgery of the Hand (28).
Books (3): Chick G ed. Acute and Chronic Finger Injuries in Ball Sports (Sports and Traumatology). Paris, Springer-Verlag; 2013 (868p). Chick G, Papaloïzos M. Manuel de Chirurgie de la Main et du Poignet, Urgences. Paris, Masson-Elsevier; 2014 (303p). M Papaloïzos, Chick G. Manuel de Chirurgie de la Main et du Poignet, Pathologies chroniques, Paris, Masson-Elsevier; 2015 (350p).