Clinique Générale Ste-Anne

Dr. med. Laurent Smeets

FMH specialist in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic Surgery

Languages

FR EN

Areas of specialisation (1)

Plastic surgery

Further accreditations (1)

Hôpital de La Providence

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Hospital (2)

Clinique de Genolier
Route du Muids 3
1272 Genolier

+41 22 366 90 00

https://www.drsmeets.ch

Education

Master in plastic, reconstructive Surgery, University of Liège, Belgium
Fellow of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS)
Fellow of the Belgian Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum

Training in plastic and reconstructive Surgery, CHU Sart-tilman, Liège, Belgium

Training in general surgery, CHU Sart-tilman, Liège, Belgium

Doctor in medicine with great distinction, University de Liège, Belgium

Apprenticeship

2015 - Present: academic activities, Université Libre de Bruxelles and CHU Brugmann
2014: microsurgery instructor. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
2011 - 2013: teaching and training activities, England and Australia
2001 - 2005: Anatomy instructor for the Anatomy Department, University of Liège
2003 - 2005: Instructor in Histology and Histopathology for the Histology Department, University of Liège

Publications

Heart and Androgens. L. Smeets, JJ Legros . Annales d’endocrinologie de Paris. April 2004.

Coeur et androgènes. L. Smeets, JJ Legros. Revue Medicale de Liège. July 2004.

Comment je traite: les cicatrices fibroprolifératives? L. Smeets, F-X Grandjean, P. Nickers, J-P Deleuze, O. Heymans. Revue médicale de Liège. January 2006.

Relapse of testicular mixed germ cell tumor 15 years after initial treatment. L. Smeets, B. Sautois, A. De Roover. Revue médicale de Liège. October 2006.

Fasciites nécrosantes : stratégies diagnostiques et thérapeutiques. L. Smeets, O. Heymans. Revue médicale de Liège.

Necrotizing fasciitis: case report and review of literature. L. Smeets, O .Heymans. Acta Chir Belg, 107; 29-36.

The propeller flap for vagina reconstruction. L. Smeets. TC Teo. JPRAS 2012.

Successful delayed nose replantation following a dog bite: Arterial and venous microanastomsis using interpositional vein grafts. O.Gilleard, L. Smeets, R. Seth, M. Jones. JPRAS 2014.

Research

« Etude expérimentale sur les propriétés biomécaniques de l’aorte et de l’adventice de chien en testing bi-axial ». Montreal Heart Institute. Prof. Cartier.
« Etude rétrospective des complications neurologiques après chirurgie de l’aorte ascendante ».Montreal Heart Institute. Prof R. Cartier.

Work Experience

Specialist in plastic surgery at the Hôpital de la Providence, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Specialist in plastic surgery at the Clinique Générale, Fribourg, Switzerland
Specialist in plastic surgery at Daler Hospital, Fribourg, Switzerland
Specialist in Plastic Surgery at the Genolier Clinic, Genolier, Switzerland
Consultant Specialist in Plastic Surgery at the Cantonal Hospital of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Member of the core team of the breast centre at the Clinique de Genolier, Genolier, Switzerland
Member of the core team at the Breast Centre, Neuchâtel Cantonal Hospital, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Member of the core team at the Breast Centre, Hôpital Daler Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Senior physician at the University Centre Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium

Fellowship in Aesthetic Surgery Ghent, Belgium

Fellowship of Reconstruction micro-chirurgicale, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia

Fellowship in Breast Reconstruction and Microsurgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, England

Fellowship in Aesthetic Surgery, Montreux, Switzerland

Memberships

Member of the European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS)
Member of the Swiss Society of Plastic Surgery
Fellow of the Belgian Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum

Handouts Presentations

Safe abdominal based free flap breast reconstruction with high patient satisfaction for high-BMI: Utopia, challenge or routine? L.Smeets. E. Mah, D. Trotter. Swiss society of plastic surgery. Annual meeting 2015.
Lower limb and achilis tendon reconstruction. C. Szpalski. L.Smeets. AO meeting. Courtrai 2015.
Live Tooth Implantation in the Enlightenment: Scientific Research and Advancement in a World of Inequality and Dubious Ethics. A. Hancock. L.Smeets. G.Smith. International Society of oral and maxilla-facial surgery. ICOMS meeting Melbourne 2015.
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw by White Phosphorous: How the Historical Industrial Disease 'Phossy Jaw' May Provide Lessons in Our Approach to Bisphosphonate-related Osteonecrosis and Public Health Obligations in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. A. Hancock. L.Smeets. G.Smith. International Society of oral and maxilla-facial surgery. ICOMS meeting Melbourne 2015.
The propeller flap for vaginal reconstruction. L. Smeets. TC Teo. Belgian society for plastic surgery. Autumn meeting 2011.
« Technique and trends of sedation for aesthetic surgery in private practice ». J. Blanchard, M. Pfulg, L. Smeets. Societe Suisse de Chirurgie Plastique et Esthetique. Lausanne, Switzerland. October 2010.
« History of Face Lift and Clinical Decision ». M. Pfulg, L. Smeets. Dr Tulp Foundation Course. Utrecht, Holland. May 2010.
« Hémorragies digestives à rebondissement ». L. Smeets, B. Servais. Oral presentation for the Belgian Abdominal surgery and gastroenterology society. March 2005.