Balz Aklin

Curriculum Vitae

Human Medicine, University of Bern

• 2001 Promotion
  „In Vitro Model for the Study of Necrosis and Apoptosis in Native Cartilage“ Institute of Pathology, University of Bern
• 2001 – 2003
  Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cartilage Surgery „Osteoarticular Research Group“, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern
• 2003 – 2005
  Orthopedic University Clinic Basel
• 2005 – 2006
  Spital Münsingen, Orthopedic Center Münsingen
• 2006 – 2010
  Orthopedic Clinic, Kantonsspital Aarau, Senior Physician, Head of Hip Team
• 2010 – 2013
  Deputy Head Physician, Orthopedic Center Münsingen, Head of Orthopedic Sports Center Münsingen / Swiss Sport Clinic
• September 2013
  Opening of the practice at Salem Spital Bern, taking over the practice from Dr. med. Bernhard Huber.
  Practice relocated to the Neuengass-Passage in Bern's old town in 2020

Publications

• Grogan SP, Aklin B, Frenz M, Brunner T, Schaffner T, Mainil-Varlet P. In vitro model for the study of necrosis and apoptosis in native cartilage. J Pathol. 2002 Sep; 198(1):5-13.
• Brehm W, Aklin B, Yamashita T, Rieser F, Trüb T, Jakob RP, Mainil-Varlet P. Repair of superficial osteochondral defects with an autologous scaffold-free cartilage construct in a caprine model: implantation method and short-term results. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2006 Dec; 14(12):1214-26.

Abstracts und Posters

• Aklin B, Rieser F, Trüb T, Grogan SP, Winkelmann V, Jakob RP, Mainil-Varlet P. Articular cartilage repair using DENOVO-T™: a scaffold-free cartilage-like implant. 5^th ICRS Meeting, Gent, 2004, Abstract 805, 17.
• Brehm W, Aklin B, Yamashita T, Rieser F, Trüb T, Mainil-Varlet P. Cartilage repair using DENOVO-T™in a caprine superficial osteochondral defect model. 5^th ICRS Meeting, Gent, 2004, Abstract, Poster 806, 100.
• Aklin B, Brehm W, Mainil-Varlet P. Periosteal flap loosening rate in a caprine chondral defect model, 8^th WC OARSI, Berlin, 2003, Vol 11, Suppl A, 107.
• Brehm W, Aklin B, Mainil-Varlet P. Subchondral bone remodeling in a caprine cartilage defect model. 8^th WC OARSI, Berlin, 2003, Vol 11, Suppl A, 28.
• Aklin B, Wang X, Kohler I, Grogan SP, Rieser F, Trüb T, Schaffner T, Mainil-Varlet P. Compartmental repair of osteochondral defects: a preliminary study in rabbits. DKF. Tag der Klinischen Forschung, Universität Bern, 2002.
• Brehm W, Aklin B, Wang X, Trüb T, Jakob RP, Mainil-Varlet P. Novel Technologies to repair cartilage defects. SGO, Schweiz Med Forum, 2003, Suppl 15, 29S.
• Grogan SP, Aklin B, Frenz M, Schaffner T, Mainil-Varlet P. Rapid evalution of cell viability and apoptosis in intact cartilage via confocal microscopy, 47^th Annual Meeting ORS, San Francisco, 2001, Abstract 34.