Prof. Dr méd. Alexander Kadner

Specialist in
Cardiac and thoracic Vascular Surgery
Surgery
Languages
French, German, English

Core competencies

Minimal-invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS)

  • Heart Valve Reconstruction & Replacement
  • Correction of Congenital Heart Defects
  • Surgical Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Aortic Root Surgery (David- & Bentall-Operation)
  • Aortic Surgery
  • Coronary Revascularization (Bypass-Surgery)

Professional career

2025 - to date
Clinique du Coeur, Clinique Cecil – Hirslanden, Lausanne (CH)
2023 - 2024
Chief surgeon, Deptartment of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital - University of Bern (CH)
2009 - 2023
Consultant,Deptartment of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital - University of Bern (CH)
2007 - 2009
Fellowship, Klinik für Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Inselspital - Universität Bern, Bern (CH)
2007
Fellowship, Department of Pediatric and Adult Heart Disease - Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Paris (F)
2006 - 2007
Fellowship, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital - University Hospital Bern (CH)
2005
Fellowship, Department of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades - Université de Paris, Paris (F)
2004 - 2006
Staff surgeon, Department of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Hospital - University Zurich (CH)
2000 - 2004
Resident, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital - University Zurich, (CH)
2000
Resident, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern - Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich (D)
1998 - 2000
Fellowship, Division of Cardiac Surgery,Xenotransplantation Laboratory - Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (USA)
1991 - 1998
Medicine study, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen (D)

Schools, university & degrees and diplomas

2011
Associate Professor for Cardiac Surgery, University Bern, Switzerland
2010
Swiss Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery
2009
Assistant Professor for Cardiac Surgery, University Bern, Switzerland
2004
Assistant Professor for Cardiac Surgery, University Zurich, Switzerland

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