... University of Bern, and Chief of Staff, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirslanden-Salem Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. Max Aebiis Co-Founder and Past Chairman of AO Spine, a member of the European ... 1960 and is a Swiss citizen. He studied atthe University of Saarland, Germany, and the University of Basle, Switzerland. Hethen received an international training as an orthopedic and spinal ... General and Orthopedic Surgeon (FMH and FRCSC), and did his spine fellowship training inCanada, the United States and the United Kingdom. From 1992 to 2002, he heldthe positions of Professor and...