Portrait Nicole Lindenblatt

Nicole Lindenblatt
Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Vice Director of Department, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Other functions at USZ

  • Head physician Breast Cancer Center

Specialties

  • Microsurgery and supermicrosurgery
  • Lymphatic surgery
  • Robotic surgery

Other competencies

  • Aesthetic surgery

Career

2022 Director of Zurich Network of Excellence in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lymphatic Diseases
2020 Exam European Board of Hand Surgery (EBHS)
Since 2018 Vice Director, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
2018 Visiting Professorship Prof. Isao Koshima, International Center for Lymphedema, Hiroshima, Japan
2016 – 2018 European Master`s degree in Surgical Oncology, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Breast Surgery (MRBS), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spanien
Since 2014 Senior Attending Physician, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
2013 DAFPRS International Fellowship Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
2013 Rehired at the University of Zurich, Venia legendi for the subject of plastic surgery
2012 – 2014 Visiting Fellowships Breast Surgery, Prof. R. Graf, Brasilien, Prof. A. Pusic, New York, USA
2010 Examen European Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (EBOPRAS)
2009 – 2014 Attending Physician, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
2008 Habilitation for Surgery, University of Rostock (D)
2007 Specialist title surgery
2002 PhD University of Rostock (D)
2000 – 2007 Department of Surgery, University of Rostock (D), (Department of General, Thoracic, Vascular and Transplant Surgery and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Traumatology and Department of Pediatric Surgery)

Research focus

  • Lymphatic surgery
  • Artificial muscles for facial reconstruction
  • Regenerative effects of autologous fat
  • Tissue vascularization and tissue engineering
  • Microcirculation and wound healing

Publications

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Most important memberships

  • Swiss Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SGPRAC)
  • European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS)
  • International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)
  • European Plastic Surgery Research Council (EPSRC)
  • Reconstructing Women International (RWI)
  • German Society for Surgery (DGC)
  • Center for Integrative Physiology of the University of Zurich (ZIHP)
  • German-speaking Working Group for Microsurgery of Peripheral Nerves and Vessels (DAM)