Centre for Health Sciences
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Technikumstrasse 71
P.O. Box
8401 Winterthur
Switzerland
 | markus.melloh@zhaw.ch |
Markus is an Orthopaedic Surgeon and Rheumatologist trained at the Humboldt University and the Free University Berlin, Germany. In 2003, he completed his Medical Research Doctorate (DMedSc) in Sports Medicine at the Charité/ Humboldt University Berlin on the variability of physiological values during constant prolonged workloads.
After his Doctorate Markus was appointed Head of an Interdisciplinary Pain Clinic before taking up a position as Post-doctoral Research Fellow of EuroSpine, the Spine Society of Europe and being appointed International Coordinator of the Spine Tango Spine Registry at the MEM Research Center, University of Berne, Switzerland. In 2007, he accomplished a Master's Degree in Public Health at the Swiss School of Public Health, University of Zurich, Switzerland focusing on prognostic factors of low back pain. From 2007-2011, Markus held appointments as Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and as Program Director of Spine Research at the Centre for Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research (CMOR), Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand where he also completed a PhD in Orthopaedic Surgery. From 2012-2014, Markus was appointed Research Associate Professor at the Centre for Medical Research (CMR), University of Western Australia. In 2013, he accomplished a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Edinburgh Business School, UK and in 2014, a Specialist MBA in Strategic Planning.
Currently, Markus is appointed as Professor and Director at the Centre for Health Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences. He also acts as Co-Chair of the International Task Force on Diagnosis and Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Markus is elected active member of the exclusive International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS), the premier international society for spine research; ISSLS membership is only by invitation requiring a significant contribution of the applicant to spine research. Furthermore, he is elected member of the Spine Society of Australia (SSA), Spine Society of Europe (EuroSpine) and North American Spine Society (NASS). Markus has a track record of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and 80 research abstracts and more than 130 oral and 100 poster presentations at national/international conferences - including more than 50 invited presentations.
After his Doctorate Markus was appointed Head of an Interdisciplinary Pain Clinic before taking up a position as Post-doctoral Research Fellow of EuroSpine, the Spine Society of Europe and being appointed International Coordinator of the Spine Tango Spine Registry at the MEM Research Center, University of Berne, Switzerland. In 2007, he accomplished a Master's Degree in Public Health at the Swiss School of Public Health, University of Zurich, Switzerland focusing on prognostic factors of low back pain. From 2007-2011, Markus held appointments as Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and as Program Director of Spine Research at the Centre for Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research (CMOR), Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand where he also completed a PhD in Orthopaedic Surgery. From 2012-2014, Markus was appointed Research Associate Professor at the Centre for Medical Research (CMR), University of Western Australia. In 2013, he accomplished a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Edinburgh Business School, UK and in 2014, a Specialist MBA in Strategic Planning.
Currently, Markus is appointed as Professor and Director at the Centre for Health Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences. He also acts as Co-Chair of the International Task Force on Diagnosis and Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Markus is elected active member of the exclusive International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS), the premier international society for spine research; ISSLS membership is only by invitation requiring a significant contribution of the applicant to spine research. Furthermore, he is elected member of the Spine Society of Australia (SSA), Spine Society of Europe (EuroSpine) and North American Spine Society (NASS). Markus has a track record of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and 80 research abstracts and more than 130 oral and 100 poster presentations at national/international conferences - including more than 50 invited presentations.
