Heart valve surgery
- Minimally invasive surgical aortic valve replacement (right anterior thoracotomy or mini-sternotomy depending on the anatomy)
- Minimally invasive mitral valve reconstruction (replacement) (right lateral thoracotomy)
- Minimally invasive tricuspid reconstruction (replacement) (right lateral thoracotomy)
Cardiac and thoracic vascular surgery
- Bypass surgery
- Aortic root and aortic arch surgery
- Aortic valve surgery
- Mitral valve surgery
- Tricuspid valve surgery
- Atrial septal defect occlusion (ASD occlusion)
- Atrial fibrillation ablation
- Pacemaker
Minimally invasive heart surgery
- Aorta and aortic root surgery
- Bypass operation (MIDCAB)
- Aortic valve replacement
- Mitral valve repair/replacement
- Repair/replacement of the Tricupsid valve
2024
Awarded an honorary professorship by the University of Zurich as Switzerland’s first woman in cardiac surgery
since 2019
Hirslanden Heart Clinic, Zurich
2014 – 2019
Senior Physician and Senior Physician meV Cardiac Surgery at the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich (under Prof. Francesco Maisano)
Lecturer at the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich
Simulation instructor at the Clinic for Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich
Lecturer for the Swiss Society for Cardiac Surgery at the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences (Master’s program in Cardiotechnology)
2011 – 2016
Founder and Chairwoman of the “Young Swiss Cardiac Surgeons Club” in Switzerland
2007 – 2014
Training in cardiac surgery at the University Hospital Zurich (under Prof. Volkmar Falk)
2004 – 2006
Training in general surgery at Lucerne Cantonal Hospital (under Prof. Jürg Metzger, Prof. Reto Babst and Prof. Peter Stulz)
2004
Fellowship in Internal Medicine at Southland Hospital in Invercargill, New Zealand
Since 2024
Titular professor at the University of Zurich
2017
Habilitation as a private lecturer in the field of cardiac surgery, in particular minimally invasive cardiac surgery (as the first woman in the history of the University of Zurich)
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
2016
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow (FRCSGlasg)
2014
Certified Medical Simulation Instructor (InPass certificate)
2013
FMH federal specialist in cardiac and thoracic vascular surgery
Training as a radiation protection officer (University of Basel)
2013
European Board Certification of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (FETCS)
2011
Training in transesophageal echocadiography (Berlin)
2010
Training in transesophageal echocardiography (Berlin)
2004
Doctorate (summa cum laude) and Doctor of Medicine (Dr. med.) from Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary
1998 – 2004
Studied human medicine at Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Swiss Medical Association FMH
- Swiss. Society for Cardiac Surgery (SGHC)
- American College of Surgeons (ACS)
- European Association of Cardio Thoracic Surgery(EACTS)
- Board member Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery (WiCTS)
- Member of the Board of Medical Women Switzerland (MWS)
- Member of “Your female surgeons” Hirslanden
Secretary to Prof. Dr. med. Diana Reser
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