Clinique de Genolier

Prof. Dr. med. Pietro Di Summa

FMH in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgery

Languages
IT FR EN
Areas of specialisation (1)

Competences

  • Surgical breast reconstruction
    • Autologous microsurgery
    • Prosthetics
    • Oncoplastic
  • Facial, breast and body contouring
  • Lymphatic microsurgery (lymphatic-venous anastomoses, vascularised lymph node transfers) and lipoedema surgery
  • Complex post-oncological and post-traumatic reconstruction using flaps
  • General plastic surgery (skin cancer, burns)

Education

2024

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)

2022

Senology Diploma of the Swiss Society of Senology (SSS)

2022

Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

2019

Honorary affiliation, Collaborator and thesis supervisor, University of Glasgow, UK

2018

Associate Professor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Scientific Qualification, Italian Ministry of Health and Research, IT

2017

Authorisation to practise as a specialist by the General Medical Council (GMC), UK

2017

Privat Docent & Maître de Recherche (PD-MER), Faculty of Medicine and Biology, University of Lausanne, CH

2015

FMH title in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery

2015

Doctorate in Medicine (M.D.), Thesis title, University of Lausanne, CH

2014

European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (EBOPRAS)

2008 - 2012

Ph.D. in Tissue Engineering, University of Manchester, UK

2007

Doctorate in Medicine (M.D.), University of Turin, IT

2001 - 2007

School of Medicine, University of Turin, IT

Publications

Work Experience

since 2025

Accredited doctor at Clinique de Genolier, Genolier, CH

2023 - 2025

Lead consultant plastic surgeon, core member, Breast Centre, CHUV, Lausanne, CH

2018 - 2025

Plastic surgeon, Core member for the Breast Centre, CHUV, Lausanne, CH

2024

Head Physician, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department, CHUV, Lausanne, CH

2024

Head of Plastic and Hand Surgery Department, CHUV, Lausanne, CH

2024

Visiting Fellow, Deep plane facelift and facial plastic surgery (M. G. Orfaniotis, M. M. Pacifico), East Grinstead / London, UK

2024

Visiting Fellow, Microsurgical breast reconstruction (Ms M. Mughal, Ms P. Mohanna), Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

2022 - 2023

Associate Physician, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department, CHUV, Lausanne, CH

2022
  • Visiting Fellow, Deep Plane Facelift Technique and Oculoplasty (Dr A Marchac), Paris, FR
  • Visiting Fellow, Preservation Rhinoplasty (Dr Y Saban), Nice, FR
2019 - 2022

Associate Physician, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department, CHUV, Lausanne, CH

2018 - 2019
  • Visiting Fellow, vascularised lymph node transfer (GEVLNT flap), Ospedale Policlinico di Bari (Prof M Maruccia), Bari, IT
  • Visiting Fellow, Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction, St Andrews Plastic Surgery NHS (Prof Venkat Ramakrishnan), Chelmsford, UK
  • Visiting Fellow, Microsurgical Lower Limb Reconstruction, Bristol NHS (Prof Umraz Khan), Bristol, UK
2017 - 2018

Senior macrosurgical fellow, Canniesburn Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

2015 - 2017

Chef de clinique, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department, CHUV, Lausanne, CH

2016
  • Visiting Fellow, Canniesburn Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit (Prof Andrew Hart), Glasgow, UK
  • Visiting Fellow, Oxford Lymphoedema Practice (Prof Dom Furniss), Oxford, UK
  • Visiting Fellow, Bone and Joint Infection Unit (Department of Plastic Surgery - Mr Alex Ramsden), Nuffield Orthopaedics NHS Hospital, Oxford, UK
2015

Fellowship in lymphatic microsurgery, Ospedale San Martino, Genoa, IT

2014 - 2015

Fellowship in hand surgery and microsurgery, CTO-Maria Adelaide Trauma Centre, Turin, IT

2012 - 2014

Resident, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Department, CHUV, Lausanne, CH

2009 - 2012

Resident, Department of General Surgery, Hand Surgery, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Intensive Care, CHUV, Lausanne, CH

2010

Humanitarian surgical work in cardiothoracic surgery, Salam Cardiac Centre for Cardiac Surgery, Khartoum, Sudan

Memberships

  • Deputy Editor, Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (JPRAS)
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)
  • Active member of the European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS)
  • Member of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAPRAS)
  • Board member and consultant surgeon, Lymphosuisse
  • Member of the Swiss Society for Plastic Surgery (SSCPRE)
  • Member of the European Society for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration (ESPNR)
  • Member of the Italian Society of Microsurgery (SIM)

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