Portrait Patrick Myers

Patrick Myers
PD Dr. med. Senior Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich-St. Gallen)

Specialties

  • Myocardial revascularization, use of both arteries.
  • Mammariae; total arterial revascularization, minimally invasive
  • Aortic Valve Surgery

Contact

Tel. +41 43 253 65 82
VCard

Other competencies

  • Total Arterial Revascularization
  • Thoracic Aortic Surgery
  • Reconstruction of the aortic valve
  • Reconstruction of the mitral valve
  • Endocarditis surgery
  • Reoperations (aorta, valves, coronary)

Career

Since 2026 Senior Physician, Allianz Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich
Since 2017 Associate Physician (Chief Cardiac Surgeon), Vaud University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne
2015 – 2017 Deputy Head of Cardiac Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG)
Since 2014 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
2012 – 2015 Chief of Clinic for Pediatric, Congenital, and Adult Cardiac Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals
2010 – 2012 Advanced Fellowship in Reconstructive Heart Valve Surgery and Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, USA
2009 – 2010 Clinical Fellowship in Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
2006 – 2009 Fellowship in Cardiovascular Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals
2003 – 2006 Fellowship in General Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals
1996 – 2003 Degree in Human Medicine, University of Geneva (State Examination)

Most important memberships

  • Swiss Society for Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery (SGHC)
  • Swiss Medical Association FMH
  • Vaud Medical Society
  • Geneva Medical Association

Research focus

  • Coronary Revascularization and Arterial Bypass Surgery
  • Heart Valve Surgery and Reconstructive Valve Procedures
  • Aortic Valve Diseases and Structural Heart Diseases
  • Evidence-Based Cardiac Surgery and the Development of Clinical Guidelines
  • Clinical Studies and Methodology in Cardiac Surgery
  • Innovations in Cardiac Surgery