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Graduate, Medical School, University of Lausanne, 1970 Rotating Internship St. Mary’s Hospital, Milwaukee, USA 1970–1971 General Surgery: University Hospital Lausanne, Morges Hospital and University Hospital Sherbrooke, Canada Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. University of Montreal, Canada and University Hospital, Lausanne Hand Surgery: University Policlinic Surgery, Lausanne and Clinique Chirurgicale et Permanence de Longeraie, Lausanne Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Canada FRCS(C) 1977 Board Certification in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1977 Privat Docent of the University of Lausanne 1986 Board Certification in Hand Surgery 1989 Director Clinique Chirurgicale et Permanence de Longeraie, Lausanne 1993 – present Ordinary Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Lausanne 1995 – present Chief Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital, Lausanne 1995 – present President of the Swiss Society of Hand Surgery 1990–1991 President of the Swiss Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery 1997–1998 President of the Claude Verdan Foundation (Museum of the Hand) 1992 – present Member of GEM (French Society for Surgery of the Hand), American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, GAM (French Society of Microsurgery), and EURAPS (European Association of Plastic Surgeons) Swiss delegate at the UEMS, Section Plastic Surgery (Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes) Swiss delegate at the EBOPRAS (European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery) Treasurer of the FESSH (Federation of the European Societies for Surgery of the Hand) 2001 – present Honorary diploma of the Polish Section of the International College of Surgeons 1992. Co-editor of the EMB HS (European Medical Bibliography for Hand Surgery) 1991–1994