Didier Schneiter
Dr. med.
Senior Attending Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery
Specialties
- General Thoracic Surgery
- Chest wall deformities
Further Competences
- Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
- Video assisted Thoracoscopy (VATS)
- Robot assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS)
- Thoracic Sarcomas
- Lung Volume Reduction
- Interventional bronchology
Employment History
| 07/2019 – 12/2019 | Director of Department a.i., Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Since 2015 | Deputy of Director of Department, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Since 2010 | Senior Attending Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland |
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| 2004 – 2010 | Attending Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland |
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| 2008 | Swiss Board Certification (FMH) for Thoracic Surgery |
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| 2003 – 2004 | European School for Thoracic and Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Level 1-3, Bergamo, Italien |
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| 2001 | Swiss Board Certification (FMH) for General Surgery |
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| 1992 | M.D. Thesis (Dr. med.), University of Zurich, Switzerland |
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| 1990 | Medical Diploma, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
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Memberships
- Swiss Society of Thoracic Surgery (SGT)
- Swiss Society of Surgery (SGC)
- European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)
- Steering Committee Minimally Invasive Thoracic Interest Group (MITIG) European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery EACTS – Robotics Group
Research Focus
- Postpneumonectomy-Empyema
- Mediastinal Pathologies
