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Nils Perrin
Dr. med.

Nils Perrin

Chief Physician, Co-Director of Interventional Cardiology

Cardiology specialist, FMH member

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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

Place of practice

  • Hôpital de La Tour
    Bâtiment B12
    Avenue J.-D. Maillard 3
    CH-1217 Meyrin

Mot du spécialiste

Dr. Nils Perrin completed his training in general cardiology at the Geneva University Hospitals and the Fribourg Hospital. He then completed a two-year fellowship in interventional and structural cardiology at the Montreal Heart Institute (Canada), where he specialized in percutaneous coronary interventions, valve replacement and repair, atrial appendage closure, as well as patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defect closure. He then returned to the Geneva University Hospitals as a senior resident in the interventional and structural cardiology units.
Dr. Nils Perrin currently practices as an independent cardiologist at La Tour Hospital, with a particular focus on interventional and structural cardiology. His practice also sees patients for general cardiology.

Domaine de compétences

  • Interventional cardiology: diagnostic coronary angiography, invasive hemodynamic testing at rest and during exercise, percutaneous coronary intervention, intracoronary imaging (IVUS, OCT), intracoronary physiology (iFR, FFR).
  • Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
  • Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) of the mitral and tricuspid valves
  • Atrial appendage closure
  • Patent foramen ovale/atrial septal defect closure

Affiliation(s)

  • Member of the Swiss Medical Association (FMH)

  • Member of the Swiss Society of Cardiology

  • Membre de la Société Européenne de Cardiologie

  • Membre du Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Languages spoken

  • French
  • German
  • English

Professional activities

Since 2024
Private Practice Cardiologist, Interventional and Structural Cardiology, General Cardiology, Cardiology Department Hôpital de La Tour, Geneva, Switzerland
2022 - 2023
Senior Resident, Interventional and Structural Cardiology Units, Professor Mach’s Cardiology Department University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
2020 - 2022
Fellow in Interventional and Structural Cardiology, Dr. Tanguay’s Hemodynamics Unit Montreal Heart Institute, Canada
2017 - 2020
Resident, Professor Mach's Cardiology Department University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
2016 - 2017
Resident, Professor Louis-Simonet's Department of Internal Medicine University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
2014 - 2016
Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, under Professors Hayoz and Betticher Freiburg Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland

Degrees and qualifications

2013
United States Medical Licencing Examination (USMLE) Philadelphia, USA
2013
Federal Medical Degree Geneva, Switzerland
2014
Doctor of Medicine (MD) Geneva, Switzerland
2016
Swiss Board Examination in General Internal Medicine Basel, Switzerland
2021
FMH Specialist Certification in Cardiology Geneva, Switzerland
2021
Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA
2022
Certificat de l’Université de Montréal de fin de fellowship en cardiologie interventionnelle Montreal, Canada

Research

2020
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Grant, Postdoc Mobility
2020
Development Fund for the University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland

Conferences

2022
Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Meeting: oral presentation
2022
Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) meeting Chicago: Faculty
2022
Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology meeting Vancouver: Faculty
2021
China Structural Week 2021 Online: oral presentation
2020
Congress of the Swiss Society of Cardiology 2020 Online: oral presentation
2019
PCR London Valves Congress 2019 London: poster presentation
2019
European Society of Cardiology Congress 2019 Paris: oral and poster presentations
2019
EuroPCR 2019 Paris: oral presentation
2018
2018 Interventional Cardiology Think Tank Paris: oral presentation
2018
2018 Francophone Congress on Interventional Cardiology Paris: poster presentation
2018
Congress of the Swiss Society of Cardiology 2018 Basel: oral presentation
2017
PCR London Valves Congress 2017 London: oral presentation
2017
Congress of the Swiss Society of Cardiology 2017 Baden: poster presentation
2016
2016 Francophone Congress on Interventional Cardiology Paris: poster presentation
2016
Congress of the Swiss Society of Cardiology 2016 Lausanne: poster presentation
2016
EuroPCR 2016 Paris: oral presentation
2016
Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2016 Washington: 2 poster presentations
2014
2015 Francophone Congress on Interventional Cardiology Paris: poster presentation
2014
Congress of the Swiss Society of Cardiology 2014 Interlaken: poster presentation
2014
European Congress of Internal Medicine 2014 Geneva: poster presentation

Publication

2022
Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair Ebook. Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.
2022
Endocarditis – Diagnosis and Treatment. IntechOpen.