About me
I am a specialist FMH in surgery and visceral surgery, have more than 30 years of professional experience and have personally performed more than 12,000 procedures during this time (of which more than 3,000 were laparoscopic). I attended all the schools in Thun and studied medicine in Bern. I received my basic surgical training at the Cantonal Hospital in Olten, the Zieglerspital in Bern and the Inselspital in Bern. I became a senior physician at the university hospital there in 1993. From 1994 to 1996, I spent time as a Research Fellow in cancer research in a molecular biology laboratory in California (USA) with a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation. From 1998, I worked at the Regional Hospital Thun as head physician, and from 2003 as deputy head physician. Since 2011, I have been working in private practice in Thun and as an attending physician in the Beau-Site Clinic in Bern and in the Hohmad Clinic in Thun.
Education / Professional activity
- 1988 Resident Experimental Surgery (University of Bern)
- 1989 Resident at the Orthopedic Clinic (Cantonal Hospital Olten)
- 1990 Resident at the Surgical Clinic (Zieglerspital Bern)
- 1991-1992 Resident at the University Hospital for Visceral and Transplant Surgery (Inselspital Bern)
- 1993-1998 Senior Physician, University Clinic for Visceral and Transplant Surgery (Inselspital Bern)
- 1998-2003 Head Physician Surgical Clinic (Spital STS AG Thun)
- 2003-2004 Postgraduate studies in Corporate Management/General Management (University of St.Gallen)
- 2003-2011 Deputy Head of the Surgical Clinic (Spital STS AG Thun)
Private practice with attending physician activity
- since 2011 Hirslanden Clinic Beau-Site Bern
- since 2011 Hohmad Clinic Thun
Qualifications
- 1987 State Examination (University of Bern)
- 1988 Doctorate in medicine (University of Bern)
- 1994 Specialist FMH for Surgery (SGC)
- 2001 Certificate Advanced Trauma Life Support (SGC)
- 2003 Focus FMH for Visceral Surgery (SGVC)
- 2009 Senior emergency physician (SGNOR)
- 2011 Certificate Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery (SALTC)
- 2020 Zertifikat Good Clinical Practice (TRREE / FMH)
Research activity
- 1994–1996 Research stay (Research Fellowship), University of California, Irvine (CA/USA)
Memberships
- over 12 national and international professional organizations, including:
- Swiss Society of Surgery (SGC)
- Swiss Association for Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery (SALTC)
- Swiss Society for the Study of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (SMOB)
- International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)
- European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
Board of Directors
- 1996–2016 SMOB (Swiss Society for the Study of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders)
- 2006–2009 President SMOB
- 2003–2012 Assessor Phys. District Association Thun/Surroundings (ABV)
- 2004-2011 Delegate of the Cantonal Medical Association Berne (BEKAG)
- 2008-2014 Examination expert specializing in visceral surgery (SGVC)
- since 2019 Tariff Commission Hirslanden Bern (TaKo HiBe)
- since 2019 Expert visitations bariatric centers (SMOB)
- since 2021 Controlling Group Tariff Commission Hirslanden Bern