Review: 7^th Swiss Orthogeriatrics Day 2025 in Zurich

Dear OGD community,

The 7th Swiss Orthogeriatrics Day in September 2025 was a great success and impressively demonstrated how vibrant and committed the geriatric orthopedics community in Switzerland is. Around 150 participants from 16 cantons gathered at the USZ to discuss the latest developments and strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration.

The varied program, featuring plenary and parallel sessions, workshops, and a poster session, provided a wealth of inspiration. Particular focus was placed on complex geriatric trauma, which can only be successfully managed through close collaboration between geriatric orthopedics and geriatric medicine, nursing, therapies, and other disciplines. Highlights included keynote lectures by Dr. Silvia Brunner (Zurich City Hospital) on the nursing perspective and by Prof. Dr. Bergita Ganse (Saarland University) on smart implants for osteoporotic bones.

The day showed that only when all disciplines work together can the Gordian knot of complex challenges in geriatric orthopedics be untangled – for the benefit of our patients.

Save the Date: 8th Swiss Orthogeriatrics Day 2026

We are already looking forward to welcoming you to the 8th Swiss Orthogeriatrics Day at the Cantonal Hospital Winterthur (KSW) on September 15, 2026. Save the date—you can once again look forward to an exciting program and the opportunity to actively shape the future of geriatric orthopedics together.

Johannes D. Bastian

Hans-Christoph Pape

Gregor Freystätter

Sincerely,

Your hosts Prof. Johannes D. Bastian, Prof. Hans-Christoph Pape and Dr. Gregor Freystätter

Review Video 7^th Swiss Orthogeriatrics Day 2025 in Zurich

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Participants' opinions on the best things of the day

« Good workshops, very practical, well organised! » Participant 5th OGD
« Key note lecture very inspiring, good organisation, wide selection of workshops! » Participant 5th OGD
« Many but short lectures, culinary pampering programme! » Participant 5th OGD
« Good lecturers, interdisciplinarity, choice of topics! » Participant 5th OGD
« Thank you very much for this interesting day! » Participant 5th OGD
« I was more than positively surprised by the whole day. Precise presentations, workshops and interdisciplinarity! » Participant 5th OGD
« Interdisciplinarity, varied topics, inner circle atmosphere... » Participant 5th OGD