Prof. Dr. med. Florian Lang

Corresponding member

German Society for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; 2006
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals Chirurgie; 2006)

Honorary member

Romanian Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery; 2006

Other activities

Setting up a small ENT department at the Ad Lucem hospital in Bafang, Cameroon (Dr. M. Nkweleko)

Pre-graduate teaching

• Bedside teaching ELM: 1 hour (1990-1994)
• 4th year block courses: laryngology, otology, audiology (1991-1994)
• Organisation of the 4th year ENT block course (1995-1997)
• 4th year foundation course: oral cavity, pharyngo-larynx, external and middle ear, cervico-facial region, salivary glands: (1997-2019)
• Responsible for 5th year trainee doctors (1995-2007)
• Expert and examiner for ERASMUS examinations (since 1994)
• Expert in federal medical examinations (since 1995)
• Examiner for federal medical examinations (since 1998)
• Set up 3rd year bachelor ENT course at UNIFR from 2010 
• Setting up the 4th-6th year master's ENT course at UNIFR from 2020 

Post-graduate training

• Organisation of the continuing and post-graduate training programme for the ENT department of the CHUV (1993-2007) and the ENT department of the Hôpital Cantonal Fribourgeois HFR (2007-2020)
• Training of medical assistants in surgical and endoscopic techniques (1993-2020)
• Participated in the introduction and teaching of cervical ultrasonography (2006) and the inclusion of cervical ultrasonography in the FMH ENT title (2014).

Teaching nursing

• Organisation of ENT courses for instrumentalist students (2003-2007)
• Lasers in ENT for endoscopy instrumentalists (HES): 2 hours (2009-2010)
• ENT anatomy for radiology technicians: 1 hour (2006)
• Endoscopy, cervical surgery, laryngo-tracheal stenosis surgery, ear surgery for instumentists: 2 hours (1995-2007)
• Ear surgery for OSIs: 2 hours (1995-2007)
• Functional laryngeal surgery for speech therapists: 1 hour (2002)
• Upper airway anatomy, difficult intubation for trainee nurse anaesthetists: 1 hour (1998-2000)
• ENT emergencies for emergency nurses (2007-2020)
• Introduction of ENT and cervico-facial surgery to the operating theatre of the Hôpital Jules Daler, Fribourg (2020-2021)

Organisation of courses and conferences

• Cervical ultrasonography, since 1996-2006 at CHUV, and from 2009-2019 at HFR Fribourg, and since 2021 at Hôpital Jules Daler, Fribourg (annual)
• Co-organisation of the endoscopic endonasal surgery course, CHUV, 2004

Scientific or technical positions

• Member of the scientific advisory board of the journal Laryngo-Rhino-otologie, Thieme eds (Mitglied des wissenchaftlichen Beirats des Journals Laryngo-Rhino-otologie, Thieme eds)
• Member of the international editorial board, Otorhinolaryngologic clinics: an international journal
• Vice-president of the ENT section of the Swiss Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (SSUM)
• Member of the Pricing Committee of the SSORL
• Member of the SSORL Head and Neck Surgery Working Group
• Member of the SSORL Otology Working Group

Membership of scientific societies

• Swiss Society of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery (SSORL)
• Swiss Society for Cervico-facial and Plastic Surgery
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Corresponding Member
• Romanian Society of ENT and Cervico-facial Surgery, Honorary Member
• Swiss Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (SSUM)
• Vice-President of the ENT Section

2 national funds, supervision of 2 thesis , 15 book chapters, 1 translation of a monograph, 8 videos, approximately 80 original articles , more than 60 presentations at congresses, more than 150 invited conferences , verification of articles in divers medical journals.