Portrait Sven Hillinger

Sven Hillinger
PD Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician

Other functions at USZ

Specialties

  • Minimal invasive Thoracic Surgery
  • Cancer Surgery
  • Smoking prevention and cessation
Appointment

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 41 04
VCard

Employment History

2013 Swiss Board Certification (FMH) for Thoracic Surgery
Since 2010 Senior Attending Physicians, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
2007 Venia legendi for Surgery, Thoracic Surgery in particular, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Attending Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
2002 Swiss Board Certification (FMH) for General Surgery
1994 Medical Diploma and M.D. Thesis (Dr. med.)

Memberships

  • Swiss Society of Thoracic Surgery (SGT)
  • Swiss Society of Surgery (SGC)
    German Society of Surgery (DGCH)
  • European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)
  • American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
  • International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)

Research Focus

  • Lung transplantation
  • Biomarker at Lung Cancer Disease
  • Lung Cancer Immunotherapy

Others

Grants

2015 – 2020 «Proteomics for Lung Cancer»
Stiftung für angewandte Krebsforschung (SAKF)
2017 – 2020 «Lung Cancer Screening»
Stiftung für angewandte Krebsforschung (SAKF)