Martin Meuli

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Martin Meuli (* 1955 in Chur ) is a Swiss doctor, director of the surgical clinic at the Children's Hospital Zurich and full professor at the University of Zurich . He is considered a pioneer in pediatric and fetal surgery .

Life

He is married to Claudia Meuli (née Simmen), who is also a professor and chief physician at the Clinic for Plastic , Reconstructive and Hand Surgery at the Aarau Cantonal Hospital .

Martin Meuli is a specialist in pediatric surgery FMH with a focus on neonatal and fetal surgery as well as burn surgery and plastic surgery. [Association of Swiss Doctors] He is also a researcher in the field of neonatal and fetal surgery as well as in the field of so-called tissue engineering (growing skin in the laboratory). Since 2003 he has headed the pediatric surgery clinic at the University Children's Hospital in Zurich and has played a key role in making it the leading center for pediatric surgery in Europe.

After completing his medical degree in Zurich in 1981, he completed basic training in anesthesia , general surgery and urology (1982–1986). Between 1987 and 1992 further training as a specialist in pediatric surgery at the University Children's Hospital in Zurich. 1993–1995 Research Fellow at what was then the world's only center for fetal surgery, the Fetal Treatment Center University of California , San Francisco Medical Center. Habilitation at the University of Zurich (1996) on the subject of fetal surgery for spina bifida .

In 2007 he made headlines with the first separation of Siamese twins in Switzerland in 24 years. In 2010 he was one of the world's first surgeons to operate on a fetus in the womb. His original specialty, however, are operations on children with severe burns .

Meuli dedicates a significant part of his research to the topic of fetal surgery for spina bifida (myelomeningocele). Numerous pioneering publications in the field have resulted in the clinical introduction of fetal surgery for spina bifida in human patients. In 2010 he carried out a fetal operation for spina bifida (open back) in Switzerland for the first time. Since then, Meuli has successfully carried out more than 30 of these very rare operations and has thus established himself internationally as one of the top surgeons in this field.

In the field of burn and plastic surgery, Meuli developed the vision 20 years ago of growing the patient's own skin in the laboratory for the treatment of burns and other skin problems. Under his leadership, a team of basic scientists achieved this breakthrough. The first patients are currently being treated with this novel method.

Meuli has published over 120 scientific papers.

He is a member of numerous national and international specialist societies, as well as broad activity as a co-editor and reviewer for renowned scientific journals. He was also President of the Swiss Society for Pediatric Surgery and is its delegate to the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons. Finally, he is co-director of the Center for Fetal Diagnostics and Therapy at the University Hospital and the Children's Hospital Zurich.

Quotes

"These studies are intended for scientists, not for taxi drivers or Migros sales clerks." Martin Meuli during a press conference in May 2019 about a study on the mortality rate at the Zurich Children's Hospital.

literature

  • Peter Rothenbühler , Magdalena Ceak, Sonja L. Bauer: Martin Meuli - Operation on the unborn child. The pioneer. Fetal surgery. The patients. Werd & Weber, Thun 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The singer at the operating table In: Tages-Anzeiger from 9 September 2011
  2. ^ Siamese twins separated In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of June 29, 2007
  3. ^ Treatment of the open back in the womb In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of July 29, 2011
  4. ↑ Fire accident: Drawn for life In: K-tip from Feb. 2, 2000
personal data
SURNAME Meuli, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss doctor and pioneer in pediatric and fetal surgery
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Chur