Member of the organization of Swiss medical residents and attending physicians (VSAO)
Member of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (ISMICS)
European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
Prof. Dr. med. Jürg Grünenfelder
Mitglied am Herz Board Hirslanden (MQP Hirslanden)
- Specialist in
- Cardiac and thoracic Vascular Surgery
- Languages
- German, English, Italian, French
Contact
Heart Clinic Hirslanden
+41 44 387 97 10
Doctor direct
+41 44 387 97 20
Core competencies
Core competencies
General Cardiac and Thoracic vascular surgery
- Bypass surgery
- Aortic valve replacement
- Mitral valve repair/replacement
- Tricuspid valve repair/replacement
- Aortic aneurysm surgery
- Atrial septal defect (ASD defect) closure
- Cardiac arrhythmia/atrial fibrillation ablation
- Biventricular cardiac pacemaker implantation
- Defibrillator implantation
- Pacemaker lead removal
Minimal invasive cardiac surgery
- Minimal invasive aortic valve replacement
- Robotically assisted (minimally invasive) mitral valve repair/replacement
- Minimal invasive tricuspidal repair/replacement
- Bypass surgery (MIDCAB)
- Minimal invasive atrial septal defect (ASD defect) closure
- Thoracoscopic cardiac rhythm disorders/atrial fibrillation ablation
(Maze operation) - Thoracoscopic resection/clipping of the left atrial appendage
Catheter-based valve implantation (TAVI, Mitraclip)
Professional career
- 2008 - 2013
- Consultant physician in Cardio-vascular Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Weder, Prof. Falk)
- 2002 - 2008
- Attending physician in Cardio-vascular Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Turina, Prof. Genoni)
- 2001 - 2002
- Staff member since 2002 in Cardio-vascular Surgery at the University Hospital in Zürich, Switzerland, Chairman being Prof. Marko Turina, MD, Prof. Michele Genoni and Prof. Volkmar Falk
- 1999 - 2000
- Research Fellowship in Cardiac Transplantation at Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, USA, Chairman being Bruce Reitz, MD
- 1997 - 1999
- Completion of Residency in Cardio-vascular Surgery at the University Hospital in Zürich, Switzerland, Chairman being Prof. Marko Turina, MD
- 1996 - 1997
- Clinical Fellowship in Cardiac surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, USA, under the direction of Mortimer Buckley, MD
- 1995 - 1996
- Clinical Fellowship in Cardiac pathology (Cardiac Registry) at Children's Hospital, Harvard University Boston, USA, under the direction of Richard Van Praagh, MD
- 1994 - 1995
- Cardio-vascular Surgery at University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland, (Prof. Marko Turina)
- 1993 - 1993
- Residency in General Surgery, Hospital Pflegerinnenschule in Zürich (Dr. Emil Dolder)
Schools, university & degrees and diplomas
- 2011
- Full Professorship for Cardiovascular Surgery at University of Zurich
- 2004
- Board certification in Cardiovascular Surgery (FMH), Switzerland
- 2004
- Assistant Professor for Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Zurich (venia legendi)
- 1993
- Certificate of Education commission of foreign medical graduates in basic and clinical science
- 1986 - 1992
- Medical School at University of Zürich, Switzerland
Practices at
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Klinik Hirslanden
Affiliated doctor -
Hirslanden Klinik Im Park
Affiliated doctor