Prof. Dr. med. Walter Weder
Specialist in thoracic surgery and surgery, member of FMH
- Medizinisches Zentrum Haus zur Pyramide
Contact me
Privatklinik Bethanien
Toblerstrasse 61
8044 Zürich
Work Experience
Physician at Privatklinik Bethanien
Visiting Professor, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, China
Visiting Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
Medical co-director, USZ
Head of the Lung cancer and thoracic oncology centre, Universitätsspital Zürich
Director, Department for thoracic surgery, Universitätsspital Zürich
Head of the lung transplant programme at USZ
Clinical lead, Abdominal surgery/thoracic surgery, Universitätsspital Zürich
Memberships
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Thoraxchirurgie (founding president)
- Swisstransplant (founding president, lung transplant group, board member)
- European Respiratory Society, ERS
- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, IASLC
- European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, EACTS
- European Society for Thoracic Surgeons, ESTS (Past President)
- European Society for Medical Oncology, ESMO (Educational Committee)
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, STS
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery, AATS
- International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, ISHLT
- International Mesothelioma lnterest Group, lMlG (board member)
Publications
Awards
2004
First mediastinal tumour resection & lobectomy by Da Vinci robot
Since 1995
Multiple studies for extended resection for NSCLC after neoadjuvant therapy
Since 1998
Multiple studies on EPP/PD for mesothelioma after neoadjuvant therapy
1995
First VATS LVRS worldwide, since then more than 1000 surgical interventions
1993
First VATS lobectomy
1992
First lung transplantation in Switzerland, since then more than 500 lung transplantations have been performed
Education
Professor of surgery, specifically thoracic surgery, at the University of Zürich
State doctorate, Privatdozent at the University of Zürich
Specialism in surgery, member of FMH
Research fellowship in Lung Transplantation, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Doctor of Medicine, University of Zürich
State examinations, University of Zürich, degree in Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto and University of Zürich
Competences
Full spectrum of thoracic surgery, in particular:
- Lung cancer surgery and complex resections at locally advanced stages, mesothelioma
- Thymus surgery and mediastinal tumours
- Minimally invasive surgery VATS and RATS (first VATS lobectomy in Switzerland, 1993, and first robotic thymectomy (Da Vinci), 2004)
- Emphysema surgery (first thoracoscopic LVRS in the world)
Media
Interview with Prof. Dr. med. Walter Weder
