Portrait Etienne Xavier Keller

Etienne Xavier Keller
PD Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Urology

Specialties

  • Kidney stones (ESWL, URS, miniPNL)
  • Prostate (TUR-P, laser enucleation, Greenlight, REZUM)
  • Urinary bladder tumor (TUR-B, laser enucleation)
Appointment

Other competencies

  • Tumors of the upper urinary tract (laser ablation)
  • 3D prostate biopsies (MRI fusion, stereotactic)
  • Kidney stone surgery at the Children’s Hospital Zurich.
  • Metabolic stone consultation at the Circle, Zurich Airport.

Career

Since 2024 Senior Physician (Prof. Dr. Dr. med. D. Eberli)
2023 – 2024 Senior Attending Physician with extended responsibility (meV) (Prof. Dr. Dr. med. D. Eberli)
2018 – 2023 Attending Physician, Department of Urology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Dr. med. T. Sulser, Prof. Dr. med. D. Eberli)
Since 2018 Attending Physician, Department of Urology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Dr. med. T. Sulser)
2018 Specialist FMH Urology
2017 – 2018 Endourological Fellowship, Sorbonne Université, Endourological Society, Tenon Hospital, Paris, FR (Prof. Dr. Olivier Traxer)
2017 Resident, Department of Urology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Dr. med. T. Sulser)
2016 – 2017 Resident, Urological Competence Center, Cantonal Hospital Olten (Dr. med. Peter Spörri)
2015 Resident, Department of Urology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Dr. med. T. Sulser)
2015 Doctorate with distinction for the annual prize of the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich (Prof. Dr. med. T. Sulser, Prof. Dr. Michael O. Hengartner)
2013 – 2014 Research Fellowship, Department of Urology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Dr. med. T. Sulser, PD Dr. med. Maurizio Provenzano PhD)
2011 – 2013 Resident, General Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Zug (Dr. med. Michael Zünd)
2004 – 2010 Federal State Examination in Human Medicine, Medical Faculty of the University of Lausanne (CH) and the Humboldt University of Berlin (DE)

Most important memberships

  • Fellow of the Endourological Society (ES)
  • Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU)
  • Foederatio medicorum helveticorum (FMH)
  • European Association of Urology (EAU)
  • Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU)
  • Swiss Society of Urology (SGU)

Research focus

Endourology with a special focus on kidney stone surgery (thulium fiber laser, holmium:YAG laser, flexible ureterorenoscopy, percutaneous nephrolitholapaxy, stents) and prostate surgery (REZUM water vaporization of the prostate)

Publications

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Further

  • Three mother tongues: French, German and Swiss German
  • Very good English language skills
  • Elementary Italian language skills

For patients

I would be happy to arrange a personal consultation with you.

Tel. +41 44 255 54 40
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