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Thomas Syburra
Dr. med.

Thomas Syburra

Specialist in cardiac and thoracic vascular surgery, member of the Swiss Medical Association FMH

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Secretarial

Consultations by appointment only.

Hours

Monday
08:00 - 12:00
13:00 - 17:00
Tuesday
08:00 - 12:00
13:00 - 17:00
Wednesday
08:00 - 12:00
13:00 - 17:00
Thursday
08:00 - 12:00
13:00 - 17:00
Friday
08:00 - 12:00
13:00 - 15:30

Place of practice

  • Hôpital de La Tour
    Bâtiment B2
    Avenue J.-D. Maillard 3
    CH-1217 Meyrin

Affiliation(s)

  • Member of the Swiss Medical Association (FMH)

  • AsMA - Member of the Aerospace Medical Association

  • EACTS - European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

  • FRCS - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

  • GAPAN - Freeman of the Guild of Air Pilots & Air Navigators, United Kingdom

  • GMC - General Medical Council, United Kingdom

  • SFPA - Swiss Flying Physicians Association

  • SGGM - Swiss Mountain Medicine Society

  • SSAVmed - Swiss Society of Aviation Medicine

  • SSBE - Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering

  • SSCC - Swiss Society for Cardiac Surgery

  • SSOTS - Swiss Society of Medical Officers

  • HVSA - Heart Valve Society of America

  • DGLRM - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin (German Society for Aerospace Medicine)

  • AMGe - Association des Médecins du canton de Genève

  • OCGE – Ordre des Chirurgiens Genevois

Medical specialties

Languages spoken

  • French
  • German
  • English
  • Italian
  • Swiss German

Professional activities

Since 2023
Accreditation, specialist in cardiac and thoracic vascular surgery Hôpital de La Tour, Meyrin, Switzerland
2015 - 2023
Cardiac surgery, attending physician Lucerne Cantonal Hospital LUKS, Switzerland
2018
Military deputy to the chief medical officer for aviation medicine Aeromedical Center AMC, Dübendorf, Switzerland
2013 - 2015
Cardiac surgery Geneva University Hospitals HUG, Switzerland
2013
Chairman EACTS Aviation Medicine and Cardiac Surgery AMCS Task Force
2011 - 2013
Fellowship cardiac surgery, aortic surgery Royal Brompton Hospital RBH, London, UK
2003 - 2011
General surgery, cardiac surgery Hôpital Riviera, Montreux and Zurich University Hospital USZ, Switzerland
2001 - 2002
Aeromedical Center AMC Dübendorf, Switzerland
2002
Doctorate in Medicine University of Zurich, Switzerland
2001
Doctorate in Medicine University of Zurich, Switzerland

Teaching activities

2016 - 2023
Teacher, Höhere Fachschule Gesundheit Zentralschweiz XUND Lucerne, Switzerland
2014
Thesis supervisor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich: “Geschichte der Gefässchirurgie in der Schweiz” Zurich, Switzerland
2011
Thesis supervisor, Faculty of Dental Medicine: “Trainingsmodell der Herzchirurgie : Die proximale Anasomose – Mediendissertation” University of Zurich, Switzerland
2006 - 2011
Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine University of Zurich, Switzerland

Domaines de compétences

After studying medicine at the University of Zurich, he continued his training in general surgery at the Hôpital Riviera in Montreux. His training as a specialist in cardiac and thoracic vascular surgery took place at the Zurich University USZ, at the Triemli Hospital in Zurich and at the Geneva University Hospitals HUG.

A fellowship lasting three years at the Royal Brompton Hospital RBH in London, the largest center for complex cardiac surgery in the UK, allowed him to develop his surgical skills, particularly in the field of aortic surgery. Before joining Hôpital de la Tour, Dr. Syburra was an attending physician at the Lucerne Cantonal Hospital LUKS. His surgical focus is on aortic surgery.A fellowship lasting three years at the Royal Brompton Hospital RBH in London, the largest center for complex cardiac surgery in the UK, allowed him to develop his surgical skills, particularly in the field of aortic surgery. Before joining Hôpital de la Tour, Dr. Syburra was an attending physician at the Lucerne Cantonal Hospital LUKS. His surgical focus is on aortic surgery.

In the field of aviation, Dr. Syburra has trained as a military and civil aviation doctor. He is the military deputy to the chief medical officer of the Swiss Air Force within the Aeromedical Center in Dübendorf, with the rank of Major. He is also a private pilot. In the alpine sector, he holds the UIAA ICAR ISMM SSMM international diploma in mountain medicine and was a mountain doctor for the Patrouille des Glaciers from 2004 to 2018.

Dr. Syburra is also Chairman of the Aviation Task Force within the EACTS as well as Secretary-General of the Research Task Group HFM-316 “Expert panel for state of the art cardiovascular risk assessment in aircrew and other high risk occupations” within the NATO Science & Technology Organization.

Degrees and qualifications

2019
Diplomas in civil aviation medicine, Class 2 and Class 1
2016
Member of the Aerospace Medical Association AsMA
2015
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England FRCS UK
2015
UIAA ICAR ISMM SSMM international diploma in mountain medicine
2015
FMH title of specialist in cardiac and thoracic vascular surgery
2013
Fellow of the European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons FETCS
2012
Freeman of the Guild of Air Pilots & Air Navigators GAPAN. Since 2014 renamed The Honourable Company of Air Pilots, incorporated by Royal Charter UK
2011
GMC full registration with the General Medical Council UK

Research

2024
NATO Science & Technology Organization Research Task Group HFM-386, Cardiac Screening on Military Aircrew and Other High Demand Military Personnel.
2019 - 2023
NATO Science & Technology Organization Research Task Group HFM-316, Occupational Cardiology in Military Aircrew
2018
Fellowship at the cardiovascular surgery department of the University Hospital of North Norway UNN, Tromsø, Prof. Bartnes, Prof. Kjørstad
2015 - 2018
NATO Science & Technology Organization Research Task Group HFM-251, Occupational Cardiology in Military Aircrew
2008 - 2011
Fluid dynamics in aortic valve bioprostheses. EPFZ, Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Prof. Rösgen, Prof. Jenny
2009
Fellowship at Caltech, Pasadena USA, Prof. Gharib
Anatomical preparations for the Institute of Anatomy, Dr. Manestar, Prof. Groscurth University of Zurich, Switzerland

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