The Zimmer Institute
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Founded in March 2003, the Zimmer Institute is Zimmer's premier center
for surgeon training on minimally invasive procedures. The training
environment, which includes both didactic and hands-on laboratory
areas, encompasses approximately 15,000 square feet at Zimmer's world
headquarters in Warsaw, Indiana.
Since its opening, the Zimmer Institute has hosted over 2,000 surgeons
for training on procedures such as the MIS™
2-Incision™ Hip Procedure, MIS Quad-Sparing™
Knee Technique, MIS Anterolateral Hip Technique, and MIS
procedures for Zimmer Spine products. Zimmer has arrangements with prominent hospitals and teaching institutions to increase the opportunities for surgeon training and education as well as orthopaedic research and development. The Zimmer Institute in Warsaw represents the hub of a worldwide network dedicated to advancing Zimmer's MIS procedures and technologies. |
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Some of our satellites include:
United States:
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland -
Tucson Orthopedic Institute
Tucson, Arizona -
University of Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska -
Ohio Orthopaedic Surgery Institute, LLC
Columbus, Ohio -
St. Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri -
University of British Columbia Center for Excellence in Education and
Innovation
Vancouver, British Columbia
International:
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Chulanlongkorn Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand -
Anatomic Laboratory of Paris University
Paris, France -
Mustamae Aigia Pathology Lab
Tallinn, Estonia -
CTEC
Perth, Australia -
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore - Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Porur, Chennai, India
“The opening of the Zimmer Institute is a real milestone in the continuing evolution of our four-year old MIS program,” said Ray Elliott, Zimmer chairman, president and chief executive officer. “The Institute will support our goal of making the patient benefits of MIS joint replacement broadly available, and it greatly expands the training effort and skills transfer.”
The goals of minimally invasive joint replacement are to minimize blood loss during surgery, to shorten or nearly eliminate the associated hospital stay, to minimize the pain involved in rehabilitation, and to significantly shorten the time required for a patient to return to a normal lifestyle.
The Zimmer Institute will also serve as a home for the company’s “O.R. of the Future” initiative and other development efforts that will serve to provide continued innovative ideas.
The Zimmer Institute is an integral part of the education and training for the physicians and the company considers the MIS development program a priority and continues to invest in it's future.
The Institute offers surgeons the opportunity to learn the surgical procedure in a laboratory environment that closely simulates an operating room. In addition, the Institute employs advanced electronic training equipment and links to satellite facilities. Zimmer is in the process of finalizing agreements with a number of prominent hospitals and teaching institutions that will become part of a worldwide network offering Zimmer Institute courses.
Zimmer has established an Institute advisory panel, made up of prominent orthopaedic surgeons, to help guide the operation and expansion of the Institute’s educational efforts. Aaron Rosenberg, M.D., Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, chairs the advisory panel. “Because minimally invasive surgery represents a new approach to what is already a very successful procedure, it is important that the transfer of knowledge and skills is just as effective as the design of the procedure and the instruments,” Dr. Rosenberg said. “The Zimmer Institute represents a world-class educational effort that will provide surgeons an excellent basis for incorporating minimally invasive joint replacement into their practices.”
Listed below are some of the MIS procedures and techniques taught at the Zimmer Institute:
MIS™ 2-Incision™ Hip Procedure
MIS
Mini-Incision Hip Procedure
MIS
Quad-Sparing™ Total Knee Procedure
MIS
Mini-Incision Knee Procedure
MIS
Partial Knee Procedure
