Portrait Didier Schneiter

Didier Schneiter
Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery

Specialties

  • Thoracic oncosurgery
  • Chest wall deformities
Appointment

Contact

Tel. +41 43 253 94 36
VCard

Other competencies

  • Minimally invasive resection
    • Video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS)
    • Robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS)
  • Thoracic sarcomas
  • Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS)
  • Interventional bronchology
    • COPD treatments (valves, coils), EBUS

Career

07/2019 – 12/2019 Director a.i., Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
Since 2015 Vice Director, Clinic for Thoracic Surgery,
University Hospital Zurich
2010-2019 Senior Attending Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery,
University Hospital Zurich
2004-2010 Attending Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery,
University Hospital Zurich
2008 Specialist FMH for Thoracic Surgery
2003-2004 European School for Thoracic and Cardio-Thoracic
Surgery Level 1-3, Bergamo, Italy
2001 Specialist FMH for surgery
1992 Doctorate in Medicine, University of Zurich
1990 State Examination Medical Faculty, University of Zurich

Most important memberships

  • Swiss Society of Surgery (SGC)
  • Swiss Society for Thoracic Surgery (SGT)
  • European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS)
  • Steering Committee Minimally Invasive Thoracic Interest Group (MITIG)

Research focus

  • Postpneumonectomy empyema
  • Thymomas and mediastinal tumors

For patients

To make an appointment for private consultation, contact us as follows:

Tel. +41 44 255 88 02
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For international patients

For an appointment for private consultation, please contact our International Office directly.

Tel. +41 44 255 54 54
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