René Prêtre
René Prêtre (born January 30, 1957 in Boncourt ) is a Swiss cardiac surgeon and pediatrician. He was Swiss of the year 2009.
Life
Prêtre grew up with six siblings on a farm in Boncourt. He studied medicine at the University of Geneva . After graduation, he moved to New York, where he operated on victims of violent crime and accidents. He worked in clinics in England, Germany and France. From 2001 to the end of June 2012, Prêtre was chief physician for pediatric cardiac surgery at the Children's Hospital Zurich , and from 2004 to the end of July 2012, Professor at the University of Zurich . He was succeeded by Michael Hübler . Since August 2012, he is a professor and clinical director of cardiac and vascular surgery for adults and children at the University Hospital of Lausanne and professor at the University of Lausanne .
In 2007 he founded the “Le petit cœur” foundation, which operates in Mozambique . Once a year he flies with his team to Maputo for two weeks to operate on children and adolescents who would have no chance of survival without this mission.
Prêtre is divorced and has two daughters with his ex-wife.
Awards
In January 2010 René Prêtre was voted Swiss of the year 2009. At the same time, he was honored with the “SwissAward 2009 - Society category” at the “Swiss Award” television gala for his tireless work on the hearts of the youngest as one of the most renowned surgeons in Switzerland.
Autobiography
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Et au center bat le coeur. Chronique d'un surgeries cardiaque pédiatrique . Paris 2016, ISBN 978-2-08-139753-8 .
- The heart beats in the middle. Of the great responsibility for a small life . Reinbek near Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-498-05278-2 .
Web links
- The Jack of Hearts from the Children's Hospital - portrait of a surgeon , Swiss television , reporter broadcaston January 13, 2010 (28 minutes)
- Birgit Schmid : King of Hearts. ( Memento from December 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: Das Magazin from October 20, 2007
- Pediatric cardiac surgeon René Prêtre - love at first sight , Schweizer Illustrierte of June 22, 2009
- Hero of children's hearts , Schweizer Illustrierte from January 10, 2010
- “Le petit cœur” foundation Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Deborah Lacourrège: “We tick differently from the rest of Switzerland” In: SonntagsBlick from July 20, 2014
- ↑ Appointments from May 8, 2012. In: University of Zurich from May 11, 2012
- ↑ René Prêtre: Zurich has changed me. In: Tages-Anzeiger of July 3, 2012
- ↑ Le Professeur René Prêtre rejoint le CHUV et l'UNIL le 1er août. Press release from the University of Lausanne of July 26, 2012 (PDF file; 65 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prêtre, René |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss cardiac surgeon and pediatrician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boncourt JU |