LANGUAGES
French, English
Expertise
Knee surgery, Foot surgery, Hip surgery, Sports medicine
Dr Jacques Vallotton
Orthopedic surgeon and traumatology specialist
SEMS sports medicine physician
Dr. Jacques Vallotton is a specialist in orthopedic surgery and traumatology, as well as a sports medicine physician. He has a strong interest in arthroscopic techniques and knee and hip replacement. After a long career as a senior resident at a university hospital in Lausanne, Dr. Vallotton has been in private practice since 1998 and operates at the Clinique Bois-Cerf. He is very active in research and maintains close collaborative ties with the University and EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne).
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News
2021 (22.11)
French AFCP Forum – Hallux Rigidus Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL) & Arthroscopy, Lyon, France
2018 (30.11)
Medicol Annual Congress: Knee Surgery: From Arthroscopy to Prosthesis, Lausanne, Switzerland (Speaker-Organizer)
2018 (November 25-30)
JIMS (International Days of Sports Medicine), Blue Bay, Mauritius (moderator, speaker)
2018 (26.10)
International Border Meeting Athlete's knee: Injuries and treatments: «Is there a place for UKA in active patients? », Lugano, Switzerland (guest speaker)
2018 (11.10)
Custom Knee Day 2018, CongrèsOrtho, SandozMedica Sàrl and Dr. Jean-François Fischer, Lausanne, Switzerland
2018 (27.09)
Inauguration of the COO (Ouchy Orthopedic Center), Lausanne, Switzerland
2018 (19-21.09)
Interaction Meeting: Complex Knee Arthroplasty: from Primary to Revision, Zimmer Biomet, Baveno, Italy
2018 (15.06)
Dual Mobility Day and its Practice 2018, SwissTech Convention Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
2018 (27.04)
Masterclass «Oxford Partial Knee», Lucerne, Switzerland (invited speaker)
2018 (15.03)
Orthopedics and Traumatology Department Training Course: "Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporotic Spine Fractures", CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
2017 (December 6-9)
SFA (French Arthroscopy Society), Marseille, France
2017 (24.11)
Medicol Annual Congress: Hip Surgery: From Arthroscopy to Prosthesis, Lausanne, Switzerland (speaker-organizer)
2017 (16.11)
Masterclass: "PTH, access routes and exposure: what is the reality? Morges, Switzerland (invited speaker)"
2017 (October 6-7)
Persona Partial Knee; «The next ERA of personalization in fixed bearing partial knee design», Rome, Italy
2017 (September 29-30)
JFG (Francophone Knee Days): "Knee Prosthesis: Towards Personalized Care", Annecy, France (moderator, invited speaker)
2017 (September 13-16)
IPSG (International patello-femoral Study Group) meeting, Munich, Germany
2017 (16.06)
European Consensus Group Meeting on perioperative management of joint replacement, Brussels, Belgium
2017 (May 20-27)
SMS (Seminar on Sports and Exercise Medicine), Karmarina, Italy
2017 (March 29 to April 1)
International Hip Meeting: Totally Hip 2017, Preservation to Revision, Zimmer Biomet, Gothenburg, Sweden
2017 (05.01)
Arthrex Knee & Foot Workshop, Munich, Germany
2016 (November 20-25)
JIMS (International Days of Sports Medicine), Blue Bay, Mauritius (moderator, speaker)
2016 (02.11)
Masterclass «The Unhappy Knee»: Patient support program by Zimmer-Biomet. Morges, Switzerland (invited speaker).
2016 (September 16-24)
Lyon Days of Knee Surgery, Lyon, France
2016 (August 10-13)
Annual Pan Pacific Orthopedic Congress, Hawaii, USA. «Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL), implications on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures, a new therapeutic approach» (speaker), «Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL) as a potential predisposing factor for anterior knee pain syndrome (AKPS), results after endoscopic tenolysis of the flexor hallucis longus tendon (FHL), a prospective cohort study» (speaker)
2016: (June 1st to 3rd)
EFORT (European Federation of National Associations of Orthopedics and Traumatology) Congress 2016, Geneva, Switzerland: «Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL). Implications on Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Ruptures. A new therapeutic approach. (speaker).
2016 (March 1-5)
AAOS (American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons), Orlando, USA.
2016 (27.01)
Conference at the Swiss Alpine Club, Lausanne, Switzerland: "What mountain sports activities are available after a knee or hip replacement?" (invited speaker)
2015 (December 9-12)
SFA (French Arthroscopy Society), Grenoble, France. "Functional hallux limitus and ACL rupture: causal links, prevention and therapeutic solutions" (speaker)
2015 (23-27.11)
JIMS (International Days of Sports Medicine), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
2015 (20.11)
Medicol Annual Congress on Hallux Valgus: Evolution and Innovation, Lausanne, Switzerland (speaker-organizer)
2015 (October 28-31)
KNEE2day, International Sports Medicine and Knee Arthroplasty Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden
2015 (October 16-17)
Francophone Knee Days, Annecy, France. "Knee surgery: towards the forgotten prosthesis? Complications of unicompartmental knee replacements: from cause to revision" (invited speaker)
2015 (September 9-11)
IPSG (International patello-femoral Study Group) meeting, Chicago, USA. «Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL) as a potential predisposing factor for Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome (AKPS), Results after endoscopic tenolysis of the Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendon (FHL)» Vallotton J. (speaker),
2015 (May 9-16)
SMS (Seminar on Sports and Exercise Medicine), Palmiye, Türkiye
2015 (April 16-18)
World Arthroplasty Congress, Paris, France
2015 (05.03)
Functional Hallux Limitus, FHL study group meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland. "Surgical experience on over 500 cases" Vallotton J. (organizer/speaker)
2014 (December 3-6)
SFA (French Arthroscopy Society), Luxembourg, “Functional Hallux Limitus as a predisposing factor to patellar syndrome” (speaker).
2014 (November 23-28)
JIMS (International Days of Sports Medicine) «Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL) and ACL rupture: causal links, prevention and therapeutic solutions», Vallotton J., (speaker), Blue Bay, Mauritius
2014 (November 13-16)
Swiss Health Fair, public conference, Lausanne, Switzerland: "Should doctors rethink their communication methods?" Vallotton J. (invited speaker)
2014 (November 10-13)
SOFCOT (French Society of Orthopedic and Traumatological Surgery), Paris, France. "Multi-stage block in the sagittal plane in correlation with a functional hallux limitus (HFL). Results after endoscopic tenolysis of the flexor hallucis longus tendon; comparative and prospective study using a multi-segmental model." Vallotton J. (speaker), Arami A., Rouhani H., Aminian K., Tzioupis C.
2014 (November 10-13)
SOFCOT (French Society of Orthopedic and Traumatological Surgery), Paris, France "Functional hallux limitus (HLF) as a predisposing factor for patellofemoral syndrome. Results after endoscopic tenolysis of the flexor hallucis longus tendon. A prospective study." Vallotton J., (speaker), Diehl S., Tzioupis C.
2014 (06.11)
RRMS (Romand Network of Sports Medicine). Afternoon training session: "Sport and...the Great Classics"«
2014 (05.11)
Zimmer Masterclass: The Challenges of Total Hip Replacement Revision, Tips and Tricks, Morges, Switzerland
2014 (September 12-13)
EKA (European Knee Academy): Small Implants meeting, Brussels, Belgium. «What would be the ideal Patello-femoral joint-design and why? » Vallotton J. (guest speaker)
2014 (September 19-20)
Hirslanden Physicians' Annual Congress, Montreux, Switzerland. Presentation of the "Return to Active Life" Program by J. Vallotton (designer, guest speaker)
2014 (July 28-30)
International Conference and Exhibition on Orthopedics & Rheumatology, OMICS Publishing Group, San Francisco, USA. «Functional Hallux Limitus: A predisposing factor of flat foot deformities», Vallotton J. (guest speaker)
2014 (11.06)
Health Issues, public lecture series "Knee Replacement: A Team Success", Lausanne, Switzerland. Vallotton J. (invited speaker), Conte D., Rappaz J.
2014 (03.05)
Postgraduate training day on the musculoskeletal system, annual training course of the SSSR (Swiss Society of Skeletal Radiology): "The hip in all its details", Lausanne, Switzerland
2014 (April 10-12)
Spring Meeting of the French Association of Foot Surgery, Bordeaux, France. «Hallux limitus» Vallotton J. (invited speaker), Tzioupis C., Diehl S.
2014 (03.04)
Medicol Medical-Sports Symposium on Running, Lausanne, Switzerland. "Biomechanics of Walking and Running" Vallotton J. (speaker)
2014 (01.02)
SSOT (Swiss Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology), continuing education day. "Conservative surgery of the hindfoot: current state and outlook", Bern, Switzerland
2013 (29.11)
Congress on functional hallux limitus, concepts and perspectives. Lausanne, Switzerland. "Diagnosis and clinical implications", Vallotton J. (organizing speaker)
2013 (05.10)
Open medical conferences. Bois-Cerf Clinic, Lausanne, Switzerland. "Knee replacement in all its forms" (invited speaker)
2013 (August 28-31)
IPSG (International patello-femoral Study Group) meeting, Ghent, Belgium
2013 (June 26-28)
Annual congress of the SSOT (Swiss Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology), Lausanne, Switzerland
2013 (April 12-13)
Osteotomy Congress. «Monocompartmental Osteoarthritis? Unload it! », Luxembourg
2012 (November 18-24)
JIMS (International Days of Sports Medicine), Blue Bay, Mauritius
2012 (November 12-16)
Annual meeting of SOFCOT (French Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology), Paris, France
2012 (04.10)
«"Unicompartmental Knee Replacement." Cartier Ph., Vallotton J. (speaker-moderator), Centre Général Guisan, Lausanne, Switzerland
2012 (28.09)
SSOT (Swiss Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology): Fully custom-made knee prosthesis (instruments and implant), Yverdon, Switzerland.
2012 (August 30-31)
Swiss Signature Master Class Meeting, Lucerne, Switzerland. (Invited speaker)
2012 (May 23-25)
Congress of the EFORT (European Federation of National Associations of Orthopedics and Traumatology), Berlin, Germany
2012 (May 12-19)
SMS (Sports Medicine Seminar), "Pulmonology and Pediatric Orthopedics", Da Balaia, Portugal
2012 (19-20.04)
Oxford Signature Meeting, London, England
2011 (15.12)
Visit to the Orbis Medical Center (Dr. Kort), Sittard, Netherlands
2011 (30.11)
Health issue, public lecture series "Partial knee replacement", Lausanne, Switzerland. Boulos K., Diehl S., Vallotton J. (speaker)
2011 (25.11)
«The infected prosthesis: a challenge to overcome», Lausanne, Switzerland
2011 (20.10)
Swiss Congress of Sports Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland
2011 (September 21-23)
Hip Improvements and Proceedings. Toulouse, France. "Anterior hip impingement and subtalar dysfunction." Vallotton J. (invited speaker)
2011 (26.08)
Swiss Signature Master Class Meeting, Biomet, Lausanne, Switzerland (speaker-organizer)
2011 (June 24-25)
Expert Meeting organised by LINK on the CFP (Collum Femoris Preserving) hip prosthesis, Rome, Italy
2011 (June 15-16)
Signature Vanguard International Symposium on Knee Replacement, Brussels, Belgium
2010 (November 8-12)
SOFCOT (French Society of Orthopedic and Traumatological Surgery): Presentation of the interview with Professor Cartier on unicompartmental prostheses. Annual Congress, Paris, France
2010 (September 30 to October 2)
International Sports Medicine & Knee arthroplasty Meeting, Berlin, Germany
2010 (01.05)
Postgraduate training day on the musculoskeletal system, annual training course of the SSSR (Swiss Society of Skeletal Radiology): the knee in all its details, "New developments in knee surgery" Lausanne, Switzerland (speaker)
2010 (April 14-18)
IPSG (International Patellar-Femoral Study Group) meeting, London, England
Training
2016
Official accreditation by SEMS for the teaching of sports medicine.
1999
Specialist title in sports medicine, SEMS
1995
FMH specialist title in orthopedic surgery and musculoskeletal traumatology
1993 – 1994
Clinics and fellowships at HEH Lyon (France), HSS New York (USA), UH Pittsburg (USA), and COS Salt lake City (USA)
1990
Doctor of Medicine
1980
Federal Diploma of Medicine
Publications
Books
Vallotton J., Diehl S., 2013.
Indications for uni-compartmental knee arthroplasty, chapter 1 in Partial Knee Replacement: Uni- and Bi-compartmental Options (ESSKA Best Practice), Eikon.
Vallotton J., Echeverri S., 2010.
Clinical Examination of the Patellofemoral Patient, Chapter 5, pages 41–49 in Patellofemoral Pain, Instability, and Arthritis (ESSKA Best Practice), Springer Verlag.
Vallotton J., Dubas F., Editors, 1991.
A Color Atlas of Mountain Medicine. London, Éditions Wolfe Ltd & Mosby, 223 p.
Items
Theresa Rebecca Olden, Dr., and Jacques Vallotton, MD, 2021.
A rare etology of posterolateral pain subsequent to a total knee arthroplasty
Dr Antonino Fugazzotto, Dr Jacques Vallotton and Dr Steve Brenn – 2020
Partial supraspinatus tendon injuries: what treatment?
Theresa Rebecca Olden, Dr., and Jacques Vallotton, MD, 2020. Endoscopic Tenolysis of Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendon: Surgical Technique
BM Riederer, C. Tzioupis, A. Oliveto, S. Grabherr and J. Vallotton, 2020: Identification of retro-talaren riegels Der Flexor-hallucis-longus-sehne
Chris Tzioupis Anthony Oliveto, Silke Grabherr, Jacques Vallotton and Beat M. Riederer, 2019: Identification of the retrotalar pulley of the Flexor Hallucis Longus tendon
Vallotton J., 2018, “Functional hallux limitus: when the foot works badly”, Magazine Génération, November 2018
Vallotton J., Florez M., Boillat M., 2018: “Welcome to the Ouchy Orthopedic Center”. Clinically Your Magazine, Hirslanden, No. 23 November, p. 7-9
Vallotton J., 2017: “A new approach to knee surgery”. Cliniquement Votre Magazine, Hirslanden, No. 20 December, pp. 6-9
Vallotton J., 2017: “Precursors of modern orthopedics”. Cliniquement Votre Magazine, Hirslanden, October special issue, p. 7
Vallotton J., Tzioupis C., 2017: “Positive effect of Flexor hallucis longus (Fhl). Release on Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome (AKPS) in patients with Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL)”. Article sent to the Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, awaiting validation.
Vallotton J., Tzioupis C., 2017: “Subtalar arthroscopy in the treatment of Functional Hallux Limitus. A new paradigm shift. Article sent Journal of foot and ankle surgery, awaiting validation.
Vallotton J., 2015: “Functional hallux limitus, the Columbus egg of orthopedics”. Cliniquement Votre Magazine, Hirslanden, no. 10 July, pp. 18-19
Vallotton J., 2014: “Functional Hallux Limitus, the foot that tires and wears out”. Swiss Medical Review No. 453, 2333-2337
Vallotton J., 2012: “Functional hallux limitus”. Journal of Orthopedic Mastery No. 216
Vallotton J., Echeverri S., Dobbelaere-Nicolas V., 2010. “Functional Hallux Limitus or Rigidus Caused by a Tenodesis Effect at the Retrotalar Pulley…”. American Journal of Podiatry. Vol 100 • No 3, pages 220-229 Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Vallotton J., 2010: “Unicompartmental knee surgery – a good option for the active patient?” Smith & Nephew Customer Magazine, Issue No. 11
Vallotton J., 2008: “Anterior Knee Pain and Flexor Hallucis Longus Impingement: A Close Relationship”. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0548-4.
Vallotton J., 2008: “Functional Hallux Limitus or Rigidus…”. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy Volume 16, Supplement 1:S80-S230.
Benvenuti JF, Vallotton J, Meystre JL, Leyvraz PF, 1998: “Objective assessment of the anterior tibial translation in Lachman test position…”. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 6(4):215-9.
Meystre JL, Vallotton J., Benvenuti JF., 1998: “Double semitendinosus anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: 10-year results”. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 6(2):76-81.
Gremion G, Bielinski R, Vallotton J, Augros R, Laréqui Y, Leyvraz PF. 1998: «Gymnastic world championship in Lausanne: medical staffing». Revue Médicale de la Suisse Romande. Aug;118(8):709-11.
Vallotton J, Meuli RA, Leyvraz PF, Landry M., 1995: “Comparison between magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopy in the diagnosis of patellar cartilage lesions…”. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 3(3):157-62.
Affiliations
Member of the Vaudois Medical Society (SVM)
Member of the Swiss Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SSOT)
Member of the Swiss Society of Sports Medicine (SSMS)
Member of the European Society for Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
Member of the International Patello-Femoral Study Group (IPSG)
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