Portrait Isabelle Schmitt-Opitz

Isabelle Schmitt-Opitz
Prof. Dr. med. Director of Department, Department of Thoracic Surgery

Other functions at USZ

  • Head of Lung and Thoracic Oncology Center Comprehensive Cancer Center Zurich
  • Representative: Lung Transplantation Center

Specialties

  • Robotic surgery
  • Advanced oncological resections
  • Pulmonary endarterectomy
Appointment

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 88 04
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Career

Since 2022 Professorship/Ordinaria for Thoracic Surgery, University of Zurich
Since 2020 Clinic Director, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
Since 2019 Management of the Lung Cancer Center Zurich
Since 2017 Head of the Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratory, University Hospital Zurich
2017 Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Extraordinarius, University of Zurich
2015 Senior Physician, Clinic for Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
2014 Fellowship at the Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Paris (France)
2014 Specialist FMH for Thoracic Surgery
2013 European Board of Thoracic Surgeons
2011 Clinical Fellowship an der Universität Toronto, Kanada
2011 SNF professorship
2008 Venia legendi
2007 Senior Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
2005 Specialist for Surgery, Medical Association Berlin
2001 Approbation
1991 Promotion

Most important memberships

  • American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS, seit 2015)
  • German Society for Surgery (DGC, since 2001)
  • German Society for Thoracic Surgery (DGT, since 2012)
  • European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO, seit 2007)
  • European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS, seit 2012)
  • European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP, seit 2010)
  • International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC, seit 2012)
  • International Mesothelioma Interest Group (iMig, seit 2018)
  • International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT, seit 2017)
  • Swiss Association for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
  • Swiss Society of Surgery (SGC, since 2010)
  • Swiss Society for Pulmonary Hypertension (SGPH, since 2015)
  • Swiss Society for Thoracic Surgery (SGT, since 2014)
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS, seit 2020)

Research focus

  • Malignant pleural mesothelioma
  • Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
  • Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Vested interests

Since Assignment Client City
15.03.2026 Editorial Board Member JAMA Surgery Chicago, US
15.03.2026 Editorial Board Member JAMA Surgery Chicago, US
01.09.2025 Board Director International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Denver, US
01.09.2025 Board Director International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Denver, US
01.06.2025 Vorstand Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Thoraxchirurgie Aarau
01.06.2025 Vorstand Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Thoraxchirurgie Aarau
05.03.2025 Medizinischer Beirat Klinikgruppe Valens Valens
01.01.2024 Associate Editor Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Philadelphia, US
01.01.2024 Associate Editor Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Philadelphia, US
19.06.2021 Stiftungsrat Schulthess Klinik Zürich
19.06.2021 Stiftungsrat Schulthess Klinik Zürich
01.05.2018 Board Member International Mesothelioma Interest Group Leicestershire, GB
01.05.2018 Board Member International Mesothelioma Interest Group Leicestershire, GB

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