Privatklinik Bethanien

Dr. med. Astrid Baege

Specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics, member of FMH

Languages
DE EN RU
Areas of specialisation (3)
Further accreditations (2)
  • Klinik Pyramide am See
  • Medizinisches Zentrum Haus zur Pyramide

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Hospital (1)

Swiss Breast Care, Privatklinik Bethanien
Toblerstrasse 51
8044 Zürich

Work Experience

since 2019

Independent “Swiss Breast Care” practice at Privatklinik Bethanien

since 2019

Head of Breast surgery department, clinical lead
Breast Center, Kantonsspital St. Gallen

since 2011

Head of dysplasia clinic, Department of gynaecology, Universitätsspital Zürich

since 2010

Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zürich

2011 - 2019

Chief physician, Brustzentrum Zürich

2007 - 2010

Resident physician, Department of gynaecology and obstetrics, Universitätsspital Zürich

2003 - 2006

Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute NIH, Bethesda, USA

1999 - 2003

Postdoctoral Fellow, Departement of Pathology and Oncology, Georgetown
University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA

1996 - 1998

Resident physician, Department of gynaecology and obstetrics, Charité Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin

1996

Internship in Maternal Fetal Medicine, High Risk Obstetrics
Internship in Surgical Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Memberships

  • Society of Women in Senology, SWiS (founding member)
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Senologie
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Senologie
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe
  • International Breast Ultrasound School, IBUS (Member of the Scientific Board)
  • International Papillomavirus Society

Education

2019

Certified senior breast surgeon, Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft

2018

MIBB certificate, Schweizer Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe

2017

Certified breast surgeon, Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft

2016

European Board of Surgery Qualification in Breast Surgery (EBSQ)
Fellow of the Working Group of Breast Surgery F.E.B.S.

2011

Specialism in gynaecology and obstetrics, FMH

2000

Doctor of medicine

1999

Licence to practise medicine

1997

Certificate to practise in the medical profession as a medical intern

1989 - 1996

Medical degree, Humboldt University and Free University of Berlin, Germany

Competences

Breast-related diseases

  • Breast cancer screenings and aftercare
  • Assessment of benign and malign breast diseases, including imaging techniques and invasive diagnostics (fine-needle aspiration, punch biopsies, vacuum biopsies)
  • Breast surgery on benign and malign lesions/tumours, axillary dissections and onco-plastic reconstructions

Care of patients at increased risk of breast cancer

  •   Screening of breasts and ovaries
  •   Prophylactic breast surgery
  •   Prophylactic removal of ovaries

HPV-associated diseases of the outer and inner female genitalia

  • Colposcopic differential tests
  • Assessment of benign, pre-malign and malign lesions of the cervix, vulva and vagina, including HPV tests, cytological tests, punch and snip biopsies
  • Laser therapy and sample excisions of the vulva, vagina and cervix
  • Conizations (LEEP, laser, knife)

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Specialisation
Gynaecology, Obstetrics
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Specialisation
Gynaecology, Obstetrics
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