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Privatklinik Bethanien
Toblerstrasse 51
8044 Zürich
Work Experience
Physician at Privatklinik Bethanien
Chief physician, Urology department, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen
Senior physician, Urology department, Spital Limmattal (chief physician Dr. med. H. Knönagel)
Resident physician, primarily Urology department, Universitätsspital Zürich (director Prof. Dr. med. D. Hauri) and Surgical department, Stadtspital Waid (chief physician Prof. Dr. med. P. Buchmann)
Memberships
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Urologie, SGU (member of the extended advanced training committee 2007–2012; examiner for specialist exams from 2016)
- European Association of Urology, EAU
- American Urological Association, AUA
- Swiss Medical Association, FMH
- Ärztegesellschaft Thurgau, ÄTG (member of the board 2010–2013, Quality department)
- Schweizerische Belegärzte Vereinigung, SBV
- Ärzt/-Innen für den Umweltschutz
Education
Fellow of the European board of Urology (FEBU) specialism in urology, and in particular operative urology
Urology, Universitätsspital Zürich, Spinal Cord Injury Center, Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Urology department, Spital Limmattal
General surgery, primarily Stadtspital Waid, Zürich (Prof. Dr. med. P. Buchmann)
Doctorate, University of Zürich
Degree in Human Medicine, University of Zürich
Competences
- Surgical urology, in particular oncosurgery (“cancer surgery”) of the kidneys, ureter and bladder in men and women, as well as the prostate/male genital organs
- Robot-assisted keyhole surgery (Da Vinci®, registered console surgeon since 2008)
- Procedures with a surgical microscope (e.g. microscopic vasovasostomy, sperm removal or treatment of varicose veins in the testicle)
- Endoscopic (use of natural body openings) operations on the urinary tract, including laser treatment of e.g kidney stones or a benign prostate enlargement
- Diagnosis and treatment of voiding dysfunctions in men
- Ligations (vasectomy) and reversal of the process (vasovasectomy)
- Fertility assessment and treatment in men
- Diagnosis and treatment of urinary stones, including laser therapies
- Surgical treatment of penis curvature
- Full spectrum of urology, i.e. diseases and injuries to the urinary tract in men and women
