Docteur Alfred Blaser

Specialist in
Surgery
specially: Visceral Surgery
Languages
French, German, English

Core competencies

  • Abdominal wall surgery (hernia, TEP, TAPP, open)
  • Oesogastric surgery (gastric reflux, gastric diseases)
  • Bariatric surgery (by-pass, sleeve, switch, recovery)
  • Hepato-biliary surgery (lap vesicule, liver)
  • Advanced colorectal surgery, proctology
  • Emergency surgery
  • Robotics

Professional career

2014 - to date
Head of Bariatric Surgery programme,
Clinique Cecil, Lausanne
2009 - 2013
Hernioplasty consultant with Baxter
2009 - 2013
Head of Bariatric Surgery programme,
Hôpital de Nyon
1999 - 2013
Chief Physician, Surgical Department, Hôpital de Nyon
1998 - 1999
Senior Physician, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
1994 - 1998
Senior Physician, Surgical Department, Hôpital de Nyon
1989 - 1994
Surgical Assistant

Schools, university & degrees and diplomas

2013
Advanced laparoscopic surgery certificate
2006
Advanced training in general and emergency surgery
2003
Advanced training in visceral surgery
2001 - to date
Advanced continuing training, validated accreditations (general and emergency surgery and visceral surgery)
1999
Biomedical Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne
1998
Surgery, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
1997
FMH Surgery
1989 - 1994
Surgery, Hôpital de Sion and CHUV Lausanne
1982 - 1988
Medical studies, Faculty of Medicine, Lausanne
Doctorate, University of Lausanne

Practices at

Memberships and partnerships

  • Société Suisse de Chirurgie (SSC)
  • Founding Member of the European Digestive Surgery (EDS)
  • European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
  • Association Suisse pour la Chirurgie Laparoscopique et Thoracoscopique (ASCLT)
  • Société Suisse de Chirurgie Générale (SSCG)
  • Société Suisse de Chirurgie Viscérale (SSCV)
  • International College for Obesity Treatment (ICOT)
  • Association Suisse pour l’Obésité Morbide (SMOB)
  • Association Française de Chirurgie (AFC)
  • Société Française de Chirurgie Digestive (SFCD)

Publications & videos

Events & lectures