Praxis für Viszeralchirurgie in Zürich, PD Dr.med. Daniel Bimmler

PD Dr. med. Daniel Bimmler

Board approved surgeon
Specialized in visceral / abdominal surgery (board approved)

Privatdozent at the University of Zurich

Board approved in sonography of the abdominal cavity

Medical education. Academic career.

1981-87	Medical School, University of Zurich. Swiss Federal Medical Examination.
1988-95	Surgical residency: Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich; including pediatric surgery at the Children’s Hospital Zurich (6 months), and one year at the District Hospital of Uster ZH
1992-93	Research fellowship at Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Division of Gastroenterology, Boston MA, U.S.A.: Molecular and cell biology of the pancreas (Prof. George A. Scheele).
1996	Board approved specialist in surgery (Facharzt FMH für Chirurgie)
2002	Habilitation as “Privatdozent” (venia legendi), University of Zurich
2003	Board approved specialist in visceral / abdominal surgery (Schwerpunkttitel FMH für Viszeralchirurgie)

Appointments as attending surgeon

1995-97	Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich: out-patient clinics, emergency ward, trauma surgery
1997-03	Department of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Zurich (with consultant functions starting from 2002)
2001	January to April: District Hospital Männedorf ZH: replacement for head surgeon

Private Practice

2003	Opening of the Practice for Visceral Surgery in Zurich

Academic activities

Establishment of the Pancreatitis Research Laboratory at the University Hospital Zurich Co-Investigator in several projects supported by the Swiss National Foundation 30 English publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals (topics: pancreas, stress reactions in the gastrointestinal tract, small bowel, oesophagus, nutrition) Awards at several national and international meetings Appointment as reviewer for international journals and the Swiss National Foundation Lectures and clinical courses for medical students at the University of Zurich Supervision of surgical dissertations

Membership in special committees

1995-96	Ethics forum University Hospital Zurich
2000-03	Working group University Hospital Zurich – General Practicioners of Zurich
2000-03	Responsible for the interdisciplinary tumor case presentations at University Hospital Zurich (Gastroenterology, Visceral Surgery, Oncology)
2002-09	Board member of the association of the “Privatdozenten and Titularprofessoren” of the Medical Faculty of Zurich
since 2009	Board member of the specialist group of zmed (doctors’ network of Zurich)

Membership in various national and international associations (visceral surgery, laparoscopic surgery, colorectal surgery, and sonography)