Profile
After obtaining my qualification as a specialist in maxillofacial surgery, I worked for four years as a senior physician at the University Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hôpital de l'Ille in Bern.
I then further developed my skills in temporomandibular joint surgery (TMJ surgery), the treatment of facial malformations and orthognathic surgery during a one-year fellowship in Oxford (England), an internationally renowned centre in these fields.
Since then, I have regularly given lectures at national and international conferences, written specialist articles and, in October 2021, I was admitted as a member of the European Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgery (ESTMJS).
Education
2008–2011
1999–2005
Dentistry, University of Zurich
Human medicine, University of Bern
Specialist medical training, specialisation
10/2021
09/2018
01/2016
Appointment as Fellow of the European Society of TMJ Surgery (ESTMJS)
European recognition as a specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery
Fellow of the European Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, FEBOMFS
FMH specialist title in oral and maxillofacial surgery
Promotion
01/2012
07/2006
Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Dentistry: The Impact of Frozen Sections on Surgical Margins in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity and Lips: A Retrospective Analysis 1998–2008, University of Zurich
Doctoral thesis in medicine: ‘Methodology of Meta-Analyses Published in Leading General and Specialist Journals, 1993–2002: Bibliographic Study’, University of Bern
Professional experience
Since 2026
2021–2025
2021–2025
2018–2021
2017–2018
2016–2017
2011–2016
2008–2011
2008
2006–2008
Practice owner, «Centre de chirurgie maxillo-faciale», Fribourg
Surgical practice at the Vuillemin SA Centre for Maxillofacial Surgery, Fribourg (part-time)
Independent practice at Falkenplatz Dental Implants & Maxillofacial Surgery, ZKF, Bern (part-time)
Consultant, University Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Ille Hospital, Bern
Clinical Fellow, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, England
Senior Physician, University Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Inselspital Bern
Resident, University Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Inselspital Bern
Resident, Surgical Emergency Centre, Sonnenhof Hospital, Bern (part-time, during dental studies)
Resident, Anaesthesia Clinic, Bürgerspital Solothurn
Resident, Clinic for General, Visceral, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, Bürgerspital Solothurn
Member of the following societies
- Swiss Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (SSCOMF)
- Swiss Association for the Study of Maxillofacial Surgery and Stomatology (SAKM)
- Working Community for Osteosynthesis (AO-CMF)
- European Association for Cranio-, Maxillofacial Surgery (EACMFS)
- European Society of TMJ-Surgery (ESTMJS)
- Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
- Swiss Dental Association (SSO)
- Bern Cantonal Medical Society
- General Medical Council (GMC)
Approved doctor at the following hospitals
- Hirslanden Bern (L’Hôpital de Permanence, OPERA)
- Fribourg Cantonal Hospital
- Olten Cantonal Hospital
- Solothurn Hospital (Bürgerspital)