Associate Professor of Surgery
PERSONAL DATA
Hans U. Baer, MD
| Name | Hans U. Baer |
| E-Mail |
hans.baer(at)baermed.ch |
| Date of Birth |
22. March 1951 |
| Birthplace |
Bäretswil (ZH) |
| Martial Status |
Married and father of two children |
Address
Baermed.
Centre of Abdominal Surgery
Witellikerstrasse 40
CH-8032 Zurich
info(at)baermed.ch
http://www.baermed.ch
| Phone |
+41 (0)44 387 30 70 |
| Fax |
+41 (0)44 387 30 90 |
Languages
German (native language)
English (professional language)
French (fluently)
Italian (good oral knowledge)
Indonesian (knowledge)
ACADEMIC CAREER
| 2003 |
Specialist in Visceral Surgery (FMH - Swiss Medical Association) |
| 1997 | Professor of General Surgery (University of Berne) |
| 1993 | Venia docendi in General Surgery (University of Berne ) |
| 1986 | Specialist in Surgery (FMH - Swiss Medical Association) |
| 1985 | Doctor medicinae (University of Zurich): |
| "Capillary damage after frostbite of the fingers evaluated by Fluorescence-video-microscopy" | |
| (Prof. Dr. med. A. Bollinger) | |
| 1978 | Degree of the Swiss Confederation for Doctors (University of Zurich) |
| 1971 | General Qualification for University Entrance (Type B with Latin) at Grammar School Zürcher Oberland in Wetzikon |
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
| 2004 - | Founder of the Centre of Abdominal Surgery (Baermed.) |
| Visceral Surgery Centre, Clinic Hirslanden Zurich | |
| 1999 - 2004 | Founder and Partner of the Digestive Disease Institute |
| Gastroenterology Centre, Clinic Hirslanden Zurich | |
| 1993 - 1999 | Vice-Chairman of Prof. M.W. Büchler (Director) |
| Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Inselspital Berne | |
| 1992 - 1993 |
Interim Chairman |
| Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Inselspital Berne | |
| 1991 - 1992 | Senior Registrar I of Prof. L.H. Blumgart and Prof. A. Czerniak |
| Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Inselspital Berne | |
| 1986 - 1990 | Senior Registrar of Prof. L.H. Blumgart |
| Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Inselspital Berne | |
| 1980 - 1986 | Surgical Registrar and Senior Registrar of Prof. A. Akovbiantz (Director) |
| Department of Surgery, Stadtspital Waid Zurich | |
| 1978 - 1980 | Surgical Resident of Dr. med. R. Stahel (Director) |
| Department of Surgery, Kreisspital Wetzikon |
OCCUPIED SEMINARS AND COURSES
| 1995 - 2001 | Hirt Institute Inc. in Zurich |
| Hirt Method (Leadership, Strategy, Organisation, Management) | |
| 1992 - 1995 | Management Training A - E Inselspital in Interlaken |
| A.E. Herzig , Qualified Psychologist | |
| 1996 - 1997 |
Management Training of the Swiss Society of Surgery (3 x 1 week) |
| 1976 - 1980 | Military Career in the Swiss Armed Forces Lieutenant |
| |
- Platoon Leader Medical Platoon (1976-1980) |
| - Central School for Officers I (1981) | |
| - Captain, Commander of the Medical Company (Kdt San Kp 96) (1981-1987) | |
| - Major, Commander Medical Battalion (Kdt Spit Abt 78) (1988-1994) | |
| - Colonel, Commander of the Course on the Law of Armed Conflict (Kdt FDK LOAC) (2003) |
MEMBERSHIPS
- Swiss Society of Surgery
- Swiss Society of Visceral Surgery
- Swiss Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Swiss Association for Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery
- Swiss Association of the Study of the Liver (SASL)
- European Digestive Surgery (EDS)
- German Society of Surgery
RESEARCH
| 1993 |
Baer HU |
| Laparoscopic liver resection in the domestic pig | |
| Company grant of Autosuture (Switzerland) | |
| Research budget: Fr. 60 ' 000.- | |
| 1994 - 1997 |
Baer HU, Friess H, Zimmermann A, Büchler MW |
| The influence of transforming growth factors betas and their receptors on expanding and invading hepatocellular carcinomas (human tissues) | |
| Swiss National Foundation for the support of scientific research | |
| Research budget: Fr. 148'901.- | |
| 1994 | Baer HU, Krähenbühl L |
| Development of laparoscopic surgery in the rat | |
| Grant of the Swiss Working Group of laparoscopy and thoracoscopy | |
| Research budget: Fr. 10'000.- | |
| 1998 |
Collaborator with research grants: |
| Dr. Mohammed Abu-Shadi | |
| Grant of the Government of Egypt for 3 years | |
| PhD study under supervision of H.U. Baer und R.R. Friiss | |
| 1998 - 2001 | Baer HU, Friess H, Zimmermann A |
| The influence of transforming growth factors betas and their receptors on expanding and invading hepatocellular carcinomas (human tissues) | |
| Swiss National Foundation for the support of scientific research | |
| Research budget: Fr. 160'000.- | |
| 2002 | Establishment of the Foundation for Molecular and Biological Tumour |
| Research in Zurich |
RESEARCH AWARDS
- Swiss National Fund Project Nr. 32-40 851.94, 1994-1998. The influence of transforming beta growth factors and their receptors on expanding and invading hepatocellular carcinomas.
- Union of Swiss Surgical Society, September 1994. Second Price for outstanding experimental research: laparoscopic liver lobe resection in domestic pigs.
TEACHING
Postgraduate training of surgeons and fellows during operations, clinically, and on ward rounds ("bed-side-teaching")
(Clinic Hirslanden Zurich)
Examiner of the diploma of the Swiss Confederation for Doctors
(written and oral examinations)
Supervision of students with electives in surgery since 1999
Group-Teaching and Supervision at the Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery
(Inselspital Berne: 1986 - 1999)
Supervision of student theses (dissertations):
M. Rhyner
The value of the surgical intrahepatic Segment III Bypass.
(round ligament approach)
Analysis supervised by Dr. med. H.U. Baer and Prof. Dr. med. L.H. Blumgart
E. Eschmann
Enlarged cardiophrenic lymph-nodes in hepatocelluar carcinoma: a prognostic factor?
(round ligament approach)
Analysis supervised by P. Vock and H.U. Baer, 1994.
B. Nadig
Comparison of cholodocho-duodenostomy and cholodocho-jejunostomy for the treatment of benign biliary obstruction.
(round ligament approach)
Analysis supervised by A. Glättli and H.U. Baer, 1995.
S. Bechinger
Therapy of the malignant bile duct obstruction.
(round ligament approach)
Analysis supervised by A. Glättli and H.U. Baer, 1995.
M. Bühlmann
Small Bowl Tumours: Therapy, course and prognostic factors. A retrospective Analysis 1984 - 1993
(round ligament approach)
Analysis supervised by M. Naef and H.U. Baer, 1996.
V. Kuzinkovas
Laparoscopic versus open Nissen fundoplication in the rat: Induced immunotrauma and its impact on peritoneal adhesion formation.
(round ligament approach)
Analysis supervised by L. Krähenbühl and H.U. Baer, 1997.
P. Berberat
Expression oft TGF-bs and its receptors in liver cirrosis
(round ligament approach)
Analysis supervised by H. Friess and H.U. Baer, 1996.
C. Glaser
Laser doppler flow measurement for the evaluation of cyclosporin A induced renal subcapsular Hypoperfusion.
Kontinuierliche Messung des kapillären Blutflusses in der Rattenniere unter Cyclosporin A.
(round ligament approach)
Analysis supervised by M. Naef and H.U. Baer, 1997.
B. Mettke
The experimental hepatocellular carcinoma in the ACI rat: Modification of growth and expression of growth factors by "high dose rate" brachy therapy.
(round ligament approach)
Analysis supervised by H.U. Baer, C.R. von Briel and A. Zimmermann, 2003.