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If your illness requires an operation, I will accompany and advise you with respect!

Kernkompetenzen

Prof. Dr. Othmar Schöb

Specialist in Surgery, 

Visceral Surgery (FMH)
Specialist in Thoracic Surgery (FMH)

Core competencies

Based on my extensive surgical expertise, I am now a renowned surgeon in the fields of visceral surgery and thoracic surgery.
 

Following a comprehensive university education, including transplant surgery, and many years of research in the field of minimally invasive surgery, I worked as the head of the surgical clinic at the Limmattalspital for 12 years, a major hospital in the canton of Zurich.

Under my management, the clinic became a centre for minimally invasive surgery, renowned beyond the region. In particular, within my primary areas of specialisation, visceral and thoracic surgery, I have gained a reputation among my patients and the referring physicians as a physician and surgeon who is technically very experienced, however, also firmly committed and attentive to the patients’ concerns.

Viszeral surgery (Surgery of the abdominal organs)
 

  • Major tumour surgery of the oesophagus, liver, pancreas, stomach, intestine, peritoneum, and ovaries 

 

  • Treatment of ailments of the thyroid and parathyroid glands
     

  • Modern intraoperative cancer treatment in the case of involvement of the peritoneum
     

  • Extended surgical experience and competence in the treatment of metastases (offshoots in tumour diseases)
     

  • Specialised in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas of the abdominal cavity and retroperitoneum
     

  • Pioneer in the development of minimally invasive surgery 
     

  • Expert in robot-assisted surgery of the abdominal organs
     

  • Information on experience with individual organ treatments - refer to personal operation statistics 

Thoracic surgery
 

  • Complex tumour surgery in the treatment of lung cancer 
     

  • Treatment of tumours of the pleura (mesothelioma)
     

  • Treatment of tumours of the thymus gland
     

  • Modern intraoperative cancer treatment for involvement of the pleura
     

  • Extended surgical experience and competence in the treatment of metastases (offshoots in tumour diseases)
     

  • Specialised in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas of the thoracic cavity
     

  • Pioneer in the development of minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery 
     

  • Expert in robot-assisted surgery of the thoracic cavity
     

  • For more information on the experience of individual organ treatments - refer to personal surgery statistics

Prof. Dr. Schöb introduces himself

Specialist in Surgery, 

Visceral Surgery (FMH)
Specialist in Thoracic Surgery (FMH)

Update: 31.12.2021
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Hobbys

Prof. Dr. Schöb

Publications

1. Early introduction of laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy during residency. Daetwiler S, Guller U, Schob O, Adamina M. Br J Surg.
2007 May;94(5):634-41.

Career

  • 2012: Incorporation of the practice Centre for Surgery Zurich, the centre of excellence for high end surgical procedures in the field of visceral, thoracic and complex tumor surgery 

  • 2011 till now: after 12 years in function as a Chief Consultant switch to self-employment at the Clinic Hirslanden Zurich as a specialized visceral and thoracic surgeon and partner of the Centre for Surgery Zurich

  • January 1999 - 2010: Chief Consultant of the Surgical Department, Limmattal Hospital Zurich 

  • 1999: Member of the board of directors and since 2004 medical director of the Limmattal Hospital Zurich 

  • 1998: Two month stay in Albany NY at the Department of Vascular Surgery under the direction of Dirai Shah

  • September 1995 – December 1998: Attending physician, specialized training in visceral surgery, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Prof. Dr. F. Largiadèr (MD)

  • 1996: Reception into the lung transplant team und specialized training in thoracic surgery 

  • July 1994 – August 1995: Research and clinical Fellow at the division of Endoscopic Surgery at the University of New Mexico (Prof. Karl A. Zucker)

  • October 1991 – July 1994: Resident physician, Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Prof. Dr. F. Largiadèr (MD), Prof. Dr. M. Turina (MD), Prof. Dr. O. Trentz (MD), Prof. Dr. V. Meyer (MD).

  • January 1990 – October 1991: Resident physician, Surgical Department, Baden Cantonal Hospital, Prof. Dr. H. Säuberli (MD)

  • June 1988 – December 1989: Resident physician, Surgical Department, District Hospital Wetzikon, Dr. R. Stahel (MD)

Professional policy activities

Professional associations

  • Member of the Professional Association of Swiss Doctors FMH

  • Foederatio Medicorumokuericorum Helvetica FMCH (Member of the Board from 2002-2010)

  • Swiss Society of Surgery SGC (Member of the Board 2002-2012) (President of the Society from 2008-2012)

  • AQC (President of the Society 1999-2008)​ Member of the AQC core group (working group for quality assurance in surgery)

  • Swiss Society for Visceral Surgery SGVC

  • Swiss Society for Thoracic Surgery SGT

  • Swiss Society for Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery SGHC

  • Surgical Society of the Canton of Zurich CGZH

  • Medical Society of the Canton of Zurich AGZ

  • Swiss Society for the Study of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders SMOB

  • Bariatric Center Hirslanden

Functions as instructor

  • Representative of the surgical society in the SIWF (Swiss Institute for Further Education) from 2004 to 2010

  • Head of the surgical training center category A Limmattalspital 1999 to 2010

  • Head and founding member of the Zurich Surgery Center (first private training center in Switzerland) since 2014

    •  Visceral surgery category V1

    • Thoracic surgery category B

    • Surgery category B2

Activity as an assessor

  • FMH appraiser since 1999

  • Senior assessor of the SPO (Swiss patient organization)

Schools, studies & diplomas

2004: Honorary professor at the University Hospital Zurich

2002: Certification as a specialized visceral surgeon (FMH)

2002: Certification as a specialized thoracic surgeon (FMH)

1997: Habilitation in the field of minimally invasive visceral and       thoracic surgery, University Hospital Zurich

1994: Certification as a specialized surgeon (FMH)

1988: Dissertation, University of Zurich, Prof. Dr. medical Gazi Yasargil

1987: State examination, University of Zurich

1981: Matura Type A Limmattal Canton School

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