Dr. med. Astrid Baege
Specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics, member of FMH
- Klinik Pyramide am See
- Medizinisches Zentrum Haus zur Pyramide
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Swiss Breast Care, Privatklinik Bethanien
Toblerstrasse 51
8044 Zürich
Work Experience
Independent “Swiss Breast Care” practice at Privatklinik Bethanien
Head of Breast surgery department, clinical lead
Breast Center, Kantonsspital St. Gallen
Head of dysplasia clinic, Department of gynaecology, Universitätsspital Zürich
Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zürich
Chief physician, Brustzentrum Zürich
Resident physician, Department of gynaecology and obstetrics, Universitätsspital Zürich
Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute NIH, Bethesda, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Departement of Pathology and Oncology, Georgetown
University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA
Resident physician, Department of gynaecology and obstetrics, Charité Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin
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
Certified senior breast surgeon, Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft
MIBB certificate, Schweizer Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe
Certified breast surgeon, Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft
European Board of Surgery Qualification in Breast Surgery (EBSQ)
Fellow of the Working Group of Breast Surgery F.E.B.S.
Specialism in gynaecology and obstetrics, FMH
Doctor of medicine
Licence to practise medicine
Certificate to practise in the medical profession as a medical intern
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)
