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Patrick Myers
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Patrick Myers

Cardiac Vascular Thoracic Surgeon, Member of the Swiss Medical Association (FMH)

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Secretarial

+41 22 785 85 25

Consultations by appointment only.

Hours

Monday
08:30 - 12:00
13:30 - 18:00
Tuesday
08:30 - 12:00
13:30 - 18:00
Wednesday
08:30 - 12:00
13:30 - 18:00
Thursday
08:30 - 12:00
13:30 - 18:00
Friday
08:30 - 12:00
13:30 - 18:00

Place of practice

  • Hôpital de La Tour
    Bâtiment JDM 1
    Avenue J.-D. Maillard 1bis
    CH-1217 Meyrin

Affiliation(s)

  • Member of the Association des Médecins du canton de Genève - AMGe (Association of Physicians of the Canton of Geneva)

  • Member of the Société Suisse de Chirurgie Cardiaque - SSCC (Swiss society of cardiac surgery)

  • Member of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)

  • Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)

  • Member of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet)

Medical specialties

Languages spoken

  • French
  • English

Online

Professional activities

Since 2025
Médecin adjoint du chef de service (Leitender Arzt), Allianz Herzchirurgie Zurich USZ, Zürich
2023 - 2029
Secrétaire général, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
2023 - 2026
Président, CSTNet
2023 - 2026
Directeur international, Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
2015 - 2017
Deputy Chief of department, Cardiovascular Surgery Department Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
2006 - 2015
Chief Resident, Cardiovascular Surgery Department Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Since 2014
Privatdocent Faculty of Medicine, Université de Génève, Geneva, Switzerland
2011 - 2012
Instructor in Surgery Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
2010 - 2012
Fellow, Cardiac Surgery Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
2009 - 2010
Senior Fellow, Cardiac Surgery Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
2006 - 2009
Resident, Cardiovascular Surgery Department Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
2003 - 2009
Resident, Surgical Department Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Teaching activities

Since 2018
Tutor on AMC (Learning in a clinical setting) and UIDS (Unit on introduction to clinical approaches) modules (4th and 5th year medical students) Faculty of Medicine, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Since 2025
Visiting professor, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Heart Institute Houston, USA
Since 2023
Visiting professor, Mount Sinaï Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine New York, USA
2013 - 2017
Head of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Training, Cardiovascular Surgery Department University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Since 2014
Visiting Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Columbia University & Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, USA
Since 2014
Visiting Professor, Department of Cardiac Surgery University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Degrees and qualifications

2013
European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EBCTS) Vienna, Austria
2009
Educational Commission For Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certificate (US federal degree)
2009
Doctorate in Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Université de Génève, Geneva, Switzerland
2003
Swiss medical degree Faculty of Medicine, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland

Professional training

2016
Edwards Sapien 3 THV certification and training (TAVI) Nyon, Switzerland

Research

2018
Health EU - Human avatars to prevent and cure diseases (European project in personalized medicine)

Conferences

2018
Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Cardiology (SSC) and the Société Suisse de Chirurgie Cardiaque – SSCC (Swiss society of cardiac surgery). Basel, Switzerland
2017
Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Vienna, Austria
2017
Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Cardiology (SSC) and the Société Suisse de Chirurgie Cardiaque – SSCC (Swiss society of cardiac surgery). Baden, Switzerland
2017
Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Houston, Texas, USA
2016
Swiss Meeting of the Swiss Society of Cardiology (SSC) and the Société Suisse de Chirurgie Cardiaque – SSCC (Swiss society of cardiac surgery). Lausanne, Switzerland
2016
Annual Meeting of the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) Rome, Italy
2016
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons (AATS) Baltimore, USA
2015
4th European Conference on Pediatric and Neonatal Cardiac Intensive Care (EPNCIC) Montreux, Switzerland
2015
Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Cardiology (SSC) and the Société Suisse de Chirurgie Cardiaque – SSCC (Swiss society of cardiac surgery). Zurich, Switzerland
2014
Annual Meeting of the World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (WSCTS)(Co-organiser) Geneva, Switzerland
2014
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons (AATS) Toronto, Canada
2014
Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Orlando, Florida, USA

Publication

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