PD Dr med Daniel Bimmler
Specialist in surgery, member FMH
specialising in visceral surgery
- Medizinisches Zentrum Haus zur Pyramide
Contact me
Praxis für Viszeralchirurgie
Seefeldstrasse 17
8008 Zürich
Work Experience
Opening of the practice for visceral surgery in Zurich
Senior consultant at the University Hospital Zurich, Department of Surgery: Visceral Surgery (from 2002 with extended responsibility)
District Hospital Männedorf ZH, deputy to the Head of Surgery
Senior Physician at the University Hospital Zurich, Dept. of Surgery: Outpatient Clinic, Emergency Ward, Trauma Surgery
Surgical training at the Department of Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich, at the Clinic for Paediatric Surgery at the Children's Hospital Zurich and at the Surgical Clinic of the Hospital Uster
Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Division of Gastroenterology, Boston MA, USA: Research fellowship (Prof. Dr G. Scheele; pancreas research)
Memberships
- Endocrine Surgery Working Group, AGEC-SGVC
- European Association for Endoscopic Surgery, E.A.E.S.
- Swiss Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
- Swiss Working Group for Colo-Proctology
- Swiss Association for Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery, SALTC
- Interdisciplinary network of doctors in Zurich, iNetZ
- Zurich Medical Association, zmed
- Medical Association of the Canton of Zurich, AGZ
- Swiss Society for Visceral Surgery
- Swiss Society for Surgery
- Swiss Medical Association, FMH
Education
Certificate in advanced laparoscopic surgery SALTC
Specialisation in visceral surgery
Certificate of proficiency in sonography of the abdomen (SGUM)
University of Zurich, habilitation as private lecturer in the field of visceral and transplant surgery
Specialist in Surgery
Dissertation, University of Zurich (Prof. Dr V.E. Meyer)
Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences (ECFMG certification, U.S.A.)
Medical studies and state examination at the University of Zurich
Competences
- Conventional (open) laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgery of the abdominal organs, in particular for tumours and other diseases of the digestive tract (stomach, gallbladder, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine, rectum) or spleen
- Treatment of haemorrhoids (conventional and minimally invasive), anal fistulas, fissures, prolapse, rectocele, faecal incontinence, etc. (proctology)
- Conventional and laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernias and abdominal wall hernias, as well as pelvic floor problems (rectal prolapse, rectal intussusception, enterocele, faecal incontinence)
- Laparoscopic and conventional surgery for adhesions in the abdominal cavity or intestinal obstruction (ileus)
- Emergency laparoscopic and conventional surgery for acute diseases in the abdominal cavity
- Implantation of permanent vascular accesses (port-a-cath)
