Portrait Perparim Limani

Perparim Limani
PD Dr. med. Dr. sc. nat.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Visceral Surgery and Transplantation

Other functions at USZ

  • Vice Section Head of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Program Manager Common Trunk Surgery

Specialties

  • Surgical oncology (including cytoreductive surgery CRS/ hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy HIPEC, sarcoma surgery)
  • Parietology (hernia surgery and reconstruction of the abdominal wall)
  • General surgery

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 11 11

More titles

FEBS, FACS, MMD

Career

Clinic

2023 Senior physician meV and deputy. Head of the General Surgery and Surgical Oncology Section, USZ
2018 Senior Physician, Clinic for Visceral and Transplant Surgery, USZ
2017 – 2018 Clinical Fellowship, Surgical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston, TX, USA
2016 Senior Physician, Clinic for Surgery, Männedorf Hospital
2009 – 2015 Surgery resident (USZ Visceral and Transplant Surgery with rotations in USZ Thoracic Surgery, USZ Intensive Care Unit, Research Fellowship & MD-PhD Program USZ/UZH, Cantonal Hospital Frauenfeld)

Training

2023 Focus on Visceral Surgery, SIWF/SGVC, Swiss Society for Visceral Surgery
2022 Medical Leadership, Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS), University of Zurich
2021 Medicines Development, Master of Advanced Studies (MAS), University of Basel
2020 Habilitation (Venia Legendi, Privatdozent PD), Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich
2018 FEBS Surgical Oncology (Fellow of the European Board of Surgery, EBSQ Surgical Oncology)
2018 FACS Surgical Oncology (Fellow of the American Board of Surgery, Surgical Oncology)
2017 – 2018 Clinical Fellowship, Surgical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston, TX, USA
2017 Specialist in Surgery, SIWF/FMH Switzerland
2017 Dr. sc. nat., Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zurich
2014 Clinical Trial Management, Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS), University of Zurich
2014 Pharmaceutical Medicine, Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS), University of Basel
2011 – 2014 Research Fellowship & MD-PhD Program, University of Zurich
2013 Specialist in Pharmaceutical Medicine, SIWF/FMH Switzerland
2011 United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE/ECFMG-Certificate)
2009 Dr. med., Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich
2008 State examination, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich

Most important memberships

  • Swiss Society of Surgery (SGC)
  • Swiss Society for Visceral Surgery (SGVC)
  • Swiss Society for Pharmaceutical Medicine (SGPM)
  • American College of Surgery (ACS)
  • Swiss Peritoneal Cancer Group (SPCG)

Research focus

  • Oncologic surgery
  • Translational research into the treatment of tumors and metastases
  • Development of new drugs to inhibit tumor hypoxia and oxygenation

Publications

Show publication list