Senior physician | Interventional cardiology

Prof. Dr. med. Roberto Corti

Founder of HerzKlinik Hirslanden
Specialist in cardiology and general internal medicine

Expert in interventional cardiology incl. heart valve interventions

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Heart valve interventions | structural interventions

  • TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation)
  • Mitral and tricuspid valve interventions (catheter-assisted reconstruction and replacement, valvuloplasty)
  • PFO and ASD closure
  • LAA closure

Coronary interventions | Hemodynamics

  • Coronary interventions for acute and elective CHD
  • Complex coronary intervention incl. CTO
  • Right heart catheterization

Non-invasive cardiology

  • Second opinions, consultations

July 2013

Foundation and co-director, HerzKlinik Hirslanden, Zurich

2007 – 2013

Senior Physician, Head of Andreas Grüntzig Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher)

2002 – 2007

Senior Physician Interventional Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher)

2001

Assistant Professor Cardiology, The Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA (Prof. Juan J. Badimon, Prof. Valentin Fuster)

2000 – 2002

Research stay, Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, The Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA (Prof. Juan J. Badimon, Prof. Valentin Fuster)

1998 – 2000

Resident in Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher)

1997 – 1998

Research Assistant, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher, Prof. Georg Noll)

1996 – 1997

Resident/Senior Consultant Internal Medicine, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, (Prof. Claudio Marone, Prof. Augusto Gallino)

1995 – 1996

Resident in General Surgery, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona (Prof. Philippe Gertsch)

1993 – 1995

Resident in Internal Medicine, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona (Prof. Claudio Marone, Prof. Augusto Gallino)

2011

Promotion to Professor at the Faculty of Medicine

2004

Habilitation in Cardiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

2003

Specialist examination in cardiology, Institute for Education, Training and Continuing Education IAWF, Dept. for Education and Examination Research AAE, Bern, Switzerland

2001

Promoted to Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA

1997

Specialist examination in internal medicine, Institute for Education, Training and Continuing Education IAWF, Dept. for Education and Examination Research AAE, Bern, Switzerland

1996

Doctorate, University of Zurich

1995

Ultrasound certification, Swiss Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (SGUMB), Davos Clavadel

1995

Dissertation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich

Heart valve interventions | structural interventions

  • TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation)
  • Mitral and tricuspid valve interventions (catheter-assisted reconstruction and replacement, valvuloplasty)
  • PFO and ASD closure
  • LAA closure

Coronary interventions | Hemodynamics

  • Coronary interventions for acute and elective CHD
  • Complex coronary intervention incl. CTO
  • Right heart catheterization

Non-invasive cardiology

  • Second opinions, consultations

July 2013

Foundation and co-director, HerzKlinik Hirslanden, Zurich

2007 – 2013

Senior Physician, Head of Andreas Grüntzig Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher)

2002 – 2007

Senior Physician Interventional Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher)

2001

Assistant Professor Cardiology, The Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA (Prof. Juan J. Badimon, Prof. Valentin Fuster)

2000 – 2002

Research stay, Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, The Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA (Prof. Juan J. Badimon, Prof. Valentin Fuster)

1998 – 2000

Resident in Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher)

1997 – 1998

Research Assistant, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher, Prof. Georg Noll)

1996 – 1997

Resident/Senior Consultant Internal Medicine, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, (Prof. Claudio Marone, Prof. Augusto Gallino)

1995 – 1996

Resident in General Surgery, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona (Prof. Philippe Gertsch)

1993 – 1995

Resident in Internal Medicine, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona (Prof. Claudio Marone, Prof. Augusto Gallino)

2011

Promotion to Professor at the Faculty of Medicine

2004

Habilitation in Cardiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

2003

Specialist examination in cardiology, Institute for Education, Training and Continuing Education IAWF, Dept. for Education and Examination Research AAE, Bern, Switzerland

2001

Promoted to Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA

1997

Specialist examination in internal medicine, Institute for Education, Training and Continuing Education IAWF, Dept. for Education and Examination Research AAE, Bern, Switzerland

1996

Doctorate, University of Zurich

1995

Ultrasound certification, Swiss Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (SGUMB), Davos Clavadel

1995

Dissertation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich

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