Team of the Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Our highly qualified team has excellent medical expertise and many years of experience. Thanks to the cooperation within the Zurich Heart Surgery Alliance, the entire team is available to you at all Alliance locations. We look forward to getting to know you!

Departments

Management

Omer Dzemali, Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.

Director of Department, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 44 255 47 29
Specialties: Minimally invasive surgery , Mitral valve surgery , Reconstructive surgery

Brian Wirth

Department Manager, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 44 255 19 31

Manuela Knuchel

Leiterin Direktionssekretariat, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 44 255 47 29

Sabrina Mehr

Teamleiterin, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)
Assistentin Klinikmanagement, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 44 255 50 32

Senior Physicians

Raed Aser, Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Specialties: Specialist in cardiac surgery with additional qualification in emergency medicine, Heart failure and mechanical support systems

Dragan Odavic, Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Specialties: Off-pump surgical revascularization (use of both mammary arteries; total arterial revascularization), Minimally invasive surgical revascularization, Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery

Nestoras Papadopoulos, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 29 53
Specialties: Minimally invasive heart surgery, Reconstructive heart valve surgery, Catheter-based heart valve interventions

Bettina Pfannmüller, MHBA, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 03 72
Specialties: Minimally invasive mitral and tricuspid valve surgery

Petar Risteski, PD Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Vice Director of Department, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 70 00
Specialties: Minimally invasive surgery of the thoracic aorta, Minimally invasive multi-valve surgery, Complex cardiac surgery

Igor Tudorache, Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Vice Director of Department, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 43 74
Specialties: Transplant surgery (heart/lung), Heart failure and mechanical circulatory support, Reconstructive minimally invasive valve surgery

Senior Attending Physicians

Stak Dushaj, Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 32 55
Specialties: Minimally invasive multivessel myocardial revascularization, Minimally invasive valve surgery, Thoracoscopic operations

Fabian Gisler, Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 61 19

Helen Löblein, Dr. med. (US)

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Ahmed Ouda, Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 44 255 18 04
Specialties: Minimally invasive valve reconstruction and replacement, Aortic valve reconstruction, Valve-preserving aortic root replacement "Tirone David OP"

Héctor Rodriguez Cetina Biefer, PD Dr. med.

Leiter Forschung, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)
Senior Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 26 87

Attending Physicians

Jan Bidovec

Attending Physician ad interim, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Lilly Burger, Dr. med.

Attending Physician ad interim, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 10 92

Magdalena Cholubek

Attending Physician ad interim, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 19 88

Michal Gruszczynski

Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Gojart Hoti, Dr. med. univ.

Attending Physician ad interim, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41432530372

Luca Koechlin, FEBCTS, PD Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 57 30

Vasileios Ntinopoulos, Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 16 07

Laura Rings, FEBCTS, Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 57 99

Martin Oliver Schmiady, Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 11 66

Juri Sromicki, Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 94 93

Mathias Van Hemelrijck Meneses

Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Michael Voutat, Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 03 72

Residents

Márta Ambrus

Resident, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Tel. +41 43 253 70 27