Member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery
AATS · American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Lung health
Professor
Walter Weder
Pioneer of minimally invasive chest surgery and lung transplantation in Switzerland. He performed the country’s first VATS lobectomy (1993) and first robotic thymectomy (2004).
- Accreditation
- Privatklinik Bethanien clinic page
- Specialization
- Lung cancer · malignant pleural mesothelioma · mediastinal tumours · VATS, RATS, Da Vinci
- Languages
- German · English
- Location
- Toblerstrasse 61, 8044 Zürich
About the doctor
Pioneer of thoracic surgery in Switzerland
Why patients choose Professor Weder
- Lung cancer at all stages. Surgical treatment of lung tumours — from early stage to locally advanced cases requiring extended procedures.
- Mesothelioma and mediastinal tumours. World expert in malignant pleural mesothelioma, thymomas and other mediastinal neoplasms.
- The full range of minimally invasive techniques. VATS, RATS and the Da Vinci robotic system — wherever surgery is feasible without a large open approach.
- Academic authority. More than 500 scientific articles, founder of the Swiss Society for Thoracic Surgery, member of AATS, ESTS and IASLC.
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Recognition
Recognition and research
Member of ESTS and IASLC
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons · International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
Founder of the Swiss Society for Thoracic Surgery
Director of the Clinic of Thoracic Surgery USZ, 1999–2019
More than 500 scientific articles
First VATS lobectomy in Switzerland (1993) · first robotic thymectomy (2004)
Where the doctor practices
Privatklinik Bethanien
Privatklinik Bethanien is one of Switzerland’s leading private clinics, founded in 1912 and set in a prestigious Zurich neighbourhood with views of the lake and the Alps. Since 2010 it has belonged to Swiss Medical Network and is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network — giving direct access to Mayo Clinic expertise and protocols.
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