Faculty and Specialty

• Diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and injuries of the shoulder girdle and elbow (conservative, arthroscopic, open):
• Shoulder and elbow arthroscopy
• Reconstruction of the rotator cuff of the shoulder incl. tendon transfer
• Calcific Tendonitis and impingement of the shoulder
• Dislocations and instabilities of the shoulder and elbow
• Injuries to the acromioclavicular joint (AC joint)
• Tendon injuries to the elbow (biceps tendon, triceps tendon, tennis elbow)
• Cartilage damage to the shoulder and elbow
• Arthrolysis for stiff elbows and shoulders
• Osteoarthritis of the shoulder and elbow
• Joint replacement of the shoulder (anatomic and reveerse total shoulder arthroplasty – hemiarthroplasty)
• Joint replacement of the elbow (total and hemiarthroplasty, radial head prosthesis)
• Joint fusion (arthrodesis)
• Treatment of bone fractures (osteosynthesis) in the upper extremity
• Corrective osteotomies on the upper extremity

Languages

German
English
Italien (Basic)

Education, Training and Curriculum

• Senior physician and team leader of the shoulder and elbow team at Cantonal Hospital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen) 2020-2024
  1. Clinical Elbow Observership, Prof. Shawn O’Driscoll, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA 5/2023
  2. AGA-ARTHREX Elbow Arthroscopy Fellowship 9/2022
  3. Clinical elbow fellowship Dr. Boris Hollinger, Markgröningen 6-8/2020
• Senior Physician Orthopaedics and Traumatology University Hospital Basel 2013-2020
  1. Specialization in shoulder and elbow surgery since 2015
  2. Deputy team leader for shoulder/elbow surgery from 2017
  3. Clinical elbow fellowship Prof. Graham King, Western University London, Ontario, Canada 3/2020
  4. Clinical elbow fellowship Prof. Lars Adolfsson, University of Linköping, Sweden 9/2019
• Specialist examination in orthopaedics and traumatology (CH) 2012
• Resident in orthopaedics and traumatology at Basel University Hospital 2009-2012
• Resident in orthopaedics and traumatology at St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital 2008- 2009
• Resident in traumatology at Zurich University Hospital 2007-2008
• State examination in medicine TU Munich 2007
• Medical School in Freiburg, Munich, New York 2000-2007

Qualifications

• Basic certificate in shoulder and elbow surgery (DVSE) 2023
• Member of the AGA elbow committee  since 2023
• Sports physician Society for Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Sports Medicine (GOTS) 2020
• Sports physician Society for Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Sports Medicine (GOTS) 2020
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructor since 2015
• International Diploma in Mountain Medicine 2013

Academic activities

• Habilitation and private lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel 2019
• Lecturer Sports Medicine, Danube University Krems, Austria (GOTS Sports Medicine Master) since 2019
• Mayo Clinic Research Collaborator since 2018
  1. Scientific Fellowship (postdoc) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA 8/2016-10/2017
  2. Prof. Evans (Basic research on tendon, cartilage and bone healing
  3. Prof. O’Driscoll (elbow biomechanics)
• Own research on tendon healing (postdoc) Biomedical Department University of Basel
• Doctorate TU Munich 2008

Memberships

German-speaking Working Group for Arthroscopy (AGA)
DACH Association for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (DVSE)
Society for Orthopaedic Traumatologic Sports Medicine (GOTS)
Mayo Elbow Club, Mayo Clinic, USA
Swissorthopaedics (Swiss Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology)

Publications

Holzapfel K, Müller SA, Seidl C, Grosu AL, Schwaiger M, Senekowitsch-Schmidtke R. Effects on irradiation on the [methyl-3H]choline uptake in human prostate cancer cell lines LNCaP an PC-3. Strahlenther Onkol. 2008;184:319–24

Müller SA, Holzapfel K, Seidl C, Treiber U, Krause BJ, Senekowitsch-Schmidtke R. Characterization of choline uptake in prostate cancer cells following bicalutamide and docetaxel treatment. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2009 Sep;36(9):1434-42

Müller SA, Gösele A, Farkas F. Plate osteosynthesis of a fifth metatarsal stress fracture in a professional soccer player. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin. 2011;12:386-389

Müller SA, Todorov A, Heisterbach PE, Martin I, Majewski M. Tendon healing: an overview of physiology, biology, and pathology of tendon healing and systematic review of state of the art in tendon bioengineering. KSSTA DOI 10.1007/s00167-013-2680-z

Docheva D, Müller SA, Majewski M, Evans CH. Biologics for tendon repair. Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 2015;84:222-39

Müller SA, Vavken P, Pagenstert G. Simulated activity but real trauma: a systematic review on Nintendo Wii injuries based on a case report of an acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture. Medicine Medicine 94(12):e648

Müller AM, Müller SA, Stelzenbach C. Tennis und Golferellenbogen. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin und Sporttraumatologie 63 (4), 26-32; 2015

Müller SA, Dürselen L, Heisterbach P, Evans C, Majewski M. Effect of a Simple Collagen Type I Sponge for Achilles Tendon Repair in a Rat Model. AJSM 44(8):1998-2004

Müller SA, Barg A, Vavken P, Valderrabano V, Müller AM. Autograft. Autograft versus sterilized allograft for lateral calcaneal lengthening osteotomies: comparison of 50 patients. Medicine 2016

Ismailidis P, Kernen R, Müller SA. Total Knee Arthroplasty in Severe Valgus Osteoarthritis Excellent Early Results in a 90-Year-Old Patient with a Valgus Deformity of 47°. Case Reports in Orthopedics. Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 9301017

Müller SA, Evans CH, Heisterbach PE, Majewski M. The Role of the Paratenon in Achilles Tendon Healing: A Study in Rats. AJSM 2018 46(5):1214-1219

Majewski M,  Heisterbach P, Jaquiéry C,  Dürselen L, Todorov A, Martin I, Evans CH, Müller SA. Improved tendon healing using bFGF, BMP12, and TGFβ₁ in a rat model. eCM 2018;35:318-34

Quirk NP, Lopez De Padilla C, De La Vega RE, Coenen MJ, Tovar A, Evans CH, Müller SA. Effects of freeze-thaw on the mechanical and structural properties of the rat Achilles tendon. The journal of biomechanics 2018 16;81:52-57

Zhang W, De La Vega RE, Coenen MJ, Müller SA, Peniche Silva CJ, Aneja MK, Plank C, van Griensven M, Evans CH, Rosado Balmayor E. An Improved, Chemically Modified RNA Encoding BMP-2 Enhances Osteogenesis In Vitro and In Vivo. TISSUE ENGINEERING: Part A

Müller SA, Quirk NP, Müller-Lebschi JA, Heisterbach PE, Dürsel L, Majewski M. Evans CH. Response of the injured tendon to growth factors in the presence or absence of the paratenon. The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2019;47(2):462–467

Müller SA, Müller-Lebschi, JA, Müller AM. Management of complications after surgically treated clavicular fractures. Arthroskopie. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00142-020-00341-x

Ismailidis P, Kernen R, Nüesch C, Mündermann A, Egloff C, Müller SA. Clinical and biomechanical outcome of one stage treatment of a simultaneous ipsilateral patellar tendon and ACL tear combined with a tibial plateau fracture: a case study. 2020 accepted

De La Vega R, Coenen MJ, Müller, SA, Nagelli CV, Quirk NP, Lopez de Padilla C, Evans CH. Effects of FK506 on the healing of diaphyseal , critical size defects in the rat femur. eCells and Materials 2020;40,160-171

Bilici M. Müller AM, Müller SA, Taha M, Cadosch D, Eckardt H, Thieringer FM. 3D Druck im klinischen Alltag- ein innovatives Allzweckwerkzeug. Kompendium Orthopädie/Unfallchirurgie 2020;34-39.

Müller SA, Taha M, Müller AM. Update on Shoulder Arthroplasty. Therapeutische Umschau 2020;77(10),505-510

Müller SA, Adolfsson A, Baum C, Müller-Gerbl M, Müller AM, Rikli D. Fluroscopy oft he elbow. A cadaveric study defining new standard projections to visualize important anatomical landmarks. JBJS Open Access d 2021:e20.00160.

Audige, ARCR study group et al. Swiss-wide multicentre evaluation and prediction of core outcomes in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: protocol for the ARCR_Pred cohort study BMJ open. 2021

Lopez De Padilla C, Coenen MJ, Tovar A, De la Vega R, Evans CH, Müller SA. Picrosirius Red Staining: Revisiting Its Application to the Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Collagen Type I and Type III in Tendon. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 2021 Oct;69(10):633-643.  doi: 10.1369/00221554211046777. Epub 2021 Sep 22.

Nagelli CV, De la Vega RE, Coenen M, Lopez de Padilla C, Panos J, Tovar A, Müller SA, Evans CH. Expedited gene delivery for osteochondral defect repair in a rabbit knee model: A one-year investigation. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage open DOI:10.1016/j.ocarto.2022.100257

Nagelli CV, Hooke A, Quirk N, Lopez De Padilla C, Hewett TE, van Griensven M, Coenen M, Berglund L, Evans CH, Müller SA. Mechanical and strain behavior of human Achilles tendon during in vitro testing to failure. European Cells and Materials Vol. 43 2022 (pages 153-161) DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v043a12

Peniche Silva C, Müller SA, Quirk N, Poh PSP, Mayer C, Motta A, Migliaresi C, Coenen MJ, Evans CH, Balmayor ER, van Griensven M. Enthesis Healing Is Dependent on Scaffold Interphase Morphology—Results from a Rodent Patellar Model. Cells 2022, 11, 1752. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11111752

Peniche Silva CJ, Müller SA, Quirk N, De la Vega RE, Coenen MJ, Evans CH, Balmayor ER, van Griensven M. Enthesis: not the same in each localisation – a molecular, histological and biomechanical study. Eur Cell Mater. 2022 Aug 17;44:43-55. doi: 10.22203/eCM.v044a03. PMID: 35976149.

Taha ME, Schneider K, Müller SA, Friederich NF, Gauci MO, Cunningham G, Müller AM, Savic M, Elhassan BT, Lädermann A. Is There a Need for An Independent Fellowship Advisor. Medical Research Archives 2022.

Tamborrini G, Müller-Gerbl M, Müller SA. CME Sonografie 106:Bursa subacromialis – ein Mythos. CME Sonografie. Praxis 2022; 111 (15): 833–846 https://doi.org/10.1024/1661-8157/a003946

Müller SA, Müller-Lebschi JA, Shotts EE, Bond JR, Tiegs-Heiden A, Collins MS, O’Driscoll SW. Advantages of CT Versus MRI for Preoperative Assessment of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Capitellum. The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2022;50(14):3941–3947, DOI: 10.1177/03635465221129598

Saner M, Stützle A, Claas J, Müller SA. Persistent Candida glabrata infection of the subdeltoid bursa. Case report with literature review. Arthroskopie 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00142-023-00610-5

Baum C, Audige L, Stojanov T, Müller SA, Candrian C, ARCR_Pred Study Group, Müller AM. Functional and Radiologic Outcomes of Degenerative Versus Traumatic Full-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears Involving the Supraspinatus Tendon. Am J Sports Med 2024:3635465231219253. doi:10.1177/03635465231219253

Book Chapter

Müller SA, Todorov A, Heisterbach P, Majewski M. Changes in natural growth factor expression by modulation of Achilles tendon healing. Achilles Tendon. In Tech., Croatia 2011.43-62

Paul J, Müller SA, Barg A, Valderrabano V. Adult flat foot. EFORT SYLLABUS. The Comprehensive Orthopaedic Review Course (CRC). During the 14th EFORT Congress Istanbul: 5-8 June 2013

Heisterbach PE, Zwyssig S, Todorov A, Müller SA, Majewski M. Grundlagen aktueller Therapieansätze an der Sehne – Wachstumsfaktoren und PRP

Taha M, Müller AM, Müller SA. Diagnosis of elbow instability. Instructional video for ESSKA

Müller SA, King GJW, Johnson JA. Total Elbow Arthroplasty: Design Considerations. Arthroplasty of the Upper Extremity: A Clinical Guide from Elbow to Fingers. Springer 2020/2021

Müller SA, Müller AM. Arthroscopic anatomy of the elbow. Ultrasound and Arthroscopy Atlas. Tamborrini 2020/2021