Other competencies
- Minimally invasive resection
- Video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS)
- Robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS)
- Thoracic sarcomas
- Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS)
- Interventional bronchology
- COPD treatments (valves, coils), EBUS
Career
| 07/2019 – 12/2019 | Director a.i., Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
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| Since 2015 | Vice Director, Clinic for Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2010-2019 | Senior Attending Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2004-2010 | Attending Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2008 | Specialist FMH for Thoracic Surgery |
| 2003-2004 | European School for Thoracic and Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Level 1-3, Bergamo, Italy |
| 2001 | Specialist FMH for surgery |
| 1992 | Doctorate in Medicine, University of Zurich |
| 1990 | State Examination Medical Faculty, University of Zurich |
Most important memberships
- Swiss Society of Surgery (SGC)
- Swiss Society for Thoracic Surgery (SGT)
- European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS)
- Steering Committee Minimally Invasive Thoracic Interest Group (MITIG)
Research focus
- Postpneumonectomy empyema
- Thymomas and mediastinal tumors