CURRICULUM

Employment history

Studio Dr. med. Stephan Schlunke, Switzerland        Jan 2015 – Present
Owner

• Carrying out approximately 250 scheduled and emergency operations per year
• Conducting an on call service for the emergency department
• Following up with patients after surgery including intensive care treatments
• Providing my private practice for vascular and general surgery including trauma
• Daily patient ultrasound examinations (vascular and general)
• Teaching at the scrub nurse school & podologist school  (CPS-MT Lugano)

Ospedale regionale La Carità Locarno, Switzerland                   Jun 2009 – Dec 2014
Vice Head of General Surgery Department and Emergency Department

• Overseeing a team of 3 residents, 7 interns and 75 nurses
• Recruiting interns and providing training to residents and interns
• Carrying out approximately 600 scheduled and emergency surgical procedures per year (approximately 300 teaching procedures)
• Conducting patient follow ups for ambulatory care and on the surgical ward
• Participating in the hospital hygiene comity, maintaining a high level of quality control
• Responsible of surgical department achieving joint commission international accreditation (2008 – 2011)
• Contributing to european Excellence EFQM 5 stars award for Quality Management (2014)
• Teaching at the scrub nurse school  (CPS-MT Lugano)

Ospedale regionale La Carità Locarno, Switzerland                   Jul 1998 – May 2009
Senior Resident of General Surgery Department and Emergency Department

• Teaching interns on the ward
• Taking responsibility for implementing the vascular surgery department
• Conducting approximately 600 surgical operations per year and carrying out operations within the surgical emergency department

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Gabriel-Montpied Clermont-Ferrand, France Foreign Consultant in Vascular Surgery Department       Jan 1998 – Jun 1998

• Providing an excellent level of patient care
• Final specialist fellowship in the vascular surgery department

Departement Chirurgie Kantonsspital Luzern, Switzerland       Sep 1995 – Dec 1997
Resident of General Surgery Department and Emergency Department

• Operating as a Resident for general surgery, visceral surgery and traumathology
• Resident of the Emergency Department

Service de Chirurgie Générale Hôpital Cantonal Fribourg, Switzerland        Resident of Surgery and Emergency Department         Jan 1993 – Aug 1995

• Resident in general and vascular surgery
• Resident of the Emergency Department and Intensive Care

Servizio di Chirurgia Ospedale Beata Vergine Mendrisio, Switzerland              Intern of General Surgery and Traumathology               Nov 1991 – Dec 1992

• Completing internship in general surgery, visceral surgery and traumathology
• Internship in the Emergency Department

Education & Training

Medical Doctor 1991                University Fribourg & University Basel, Switzerland

General Surgery Specialization 1998           Foederatio Medicorum Helvetica (FMH), Switzerland

European Board of Vascular Surgery 2001    European Union of Medical Specialists UEMS

Traumathology Specialization FMH 2006

Vascular Surgery Specialization FMH 2006

CRM-Simulator Instructor 2013                             InPass Patientensicherheit, Switzerland

Other Certificates and Prizes

Italian Open Waters Sailing License for Recreational Crafts         2013  Capitaneria di Porto, Savona, Italy

First Prize Video Session European Society of Vascular Surgery        2011  ESVS Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece           

Languages
                  Spoken                                Written
French:    Native language            Native language
German:  Native language            Native language
English:    Fluent / Proficient user (C2)        Fluent / Proficient user (C2)
Italian:    Fluent / Proficient user (C2)        Fluent / Proficient user (C2)
Spanish:    Basic user (A1-A2)            Basic user (A1-A2)

Interests
Sailing, Fencing, Traveling, Psychology, Photography, Wine making

Humanitarian activities

• On talent list as General Surgeon for Mercy Ships (project halted because of Covid-19)
• Medical associate of collaboration and sustain project for Latch Hospital  (Yemen), 2009 – 2013
• Responsible medical doctor in partner project of Swiss Hospital Twining in gynecological hospital of Botosani (Romania), 2001 – 2003