Department of Vascular Surgery

Inselspital Bern

The Department is the largest vascular surgery center in Switzerland, performing over 300 aortic procedures annually at the Swiss Aortic Center Bern and providing comprehensive vascular care in collaboration with the Angiology at the University Vascular Center Bern.

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Profile

  • Provides the full range of modern vascular surgery techniques, including both open and endovascular procedures
  • Serves as the center for aortic disorders in Switzerland in cooperation with the Department of Cardiac Surgery
  • Provides advanced, state-of-the-art vascular medicine as part of the University Vascular Center Bern, in close partnership with the Department of Angiology
  • Maintains close clinical partnerships with the vascular clinics of Biel (SZB) and Thun (STS)
  • Offers competency-based medical education for undergraduate and postgraduate training

External Partners

Clinical Trials Unit Bern, CVRC, EVRC, RCPAD, ETH Zürich

Grants

  • Sitem-Insel Support Funds SISF 2023/2024: Evaluation of a novel magnetically steerable guidewire and a mobile electromagnetic navigation system for catheterization and stenting of reno-visceral arteries, Dr. med. Silvan Jungi, an interdisciplinary project of the University Clinic for Vascular Surgery, Nanoflex Robotics AG and ETH Zürich
  • USGG Promotion Award 2024: Evaluation of the effect of remote monitoring of blood pressure and heart rate on the course of disease in patients with acute aortic dissection, Dr. med. Daniel Becker, an interdisciplinary project of the University Clinics for Vascular Surgery, Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology