Prof. Dr. med. Roberto Corti

Specialist in
General Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Languages
German, English, Italian

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Core competencies

Core competencies

Non-invasive cardiology 

Invasive cardiology 

  • Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting
  • Diagnostic coronary angiography
  • Right heart catheterisation
  • Angiography/aortography 

Heart valve interventions

Intervention in the event of structural heart disease

  • Atrial septal defect (ASD defect) closure
  • Ventricle septal defect (VSD defect) closure
  • Patent foramen ovale defect (PFO defect) closure
  • Left atrial appendage (LAA) closure
  • Treatment of aortic coarctation with stenting
  • Biopsy of the cardiac muscle for diagnosis
  • Ablation of kidney arteries for hypertension
  • Stenting of the main neck artery (carotid)
  • Stenting of the kidney arteries
  • Stenting of the abdominal artery for abdominal artery aneurysm (AAA)

 

Professional career

Jul 2013
HeartClinic Hirslanden, Zurich
Jul 2007 - Jun 2013
Consultant interventional cardiologist Director Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratories Cardiology Department, University Hospital Zurich
Sep 2002 - Jun 2007
Attending Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher)
Sep 2001
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, The Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA (Prof. Juan J. Badimon, Prof. Valentin Fuster)
Mar 2000 - Sep 2002
Research Fellowship, Cardiovascular Biology Research Laboratory, The Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA (Prof. Juan J. Badimon, Prof. Valentin Fuster)
Jul 1998 - Feb 2000
Fellowship, Cardiology, Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Thomas Lüscher)
Jul 1997 - Jun 1998
Research Fellowship Cardiovascular Research, Cardiology, Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Thomas Lüscher, Prof. Georg Noll)
Jul 1996 - Jun 1997
Fellowship, Internal Medicine Department, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona (Prof. Claudio Marone, Prof. Augusto Gallino)
Jul 1995 - Jun 1996
Fellowship, Surgery Department, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona (Prof. Philippe Gertsch)
Apr 1993 - Mar 1995
Fellowship, Internal Medicine Department, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona (Prof. Claudio Marone, Prof. Augusto Gallino)

Schools, university & degrees and diplomas

Mar 2011
Promotion to Professor faculty of medicine
Jul 2004
Habilitation in Cardiology, University of Zurich
Dec 2003
Specialty Board Examination Cardiology, Institut für Aus., Weiter- u. Fortbildung IAWF, Abt. für Ausbildungs- u. Examensforschung AAE, Bern
2001
Promotion to Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, US
Sep 1997

Specialty Board Examination Internal Medicine, Institut für Aus-, Weiter- u. Fortbildung IAWF, Abt. für Ausbildungs- u. Examensforschung AAE, Bern, Switzerland

Apr 1996
Doctor Degree, University of Zurich
1995
Ultrasound Certification, Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Ultraschall in Medizin und Biologie (SGUMB), Davos Clavadel, Switzerland
Apr 1995 - Jun 1995
Dissertation, School of Medicine, University of Zurich
Dissertation title: Treatment of critical limb ischemia
Nov 1992
MD Degree, School of Medicine, University of Zurich
1985 - 1992
School of Medicine, University of Zurich

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Memberships and partnerships

Swiss Society of Angiology (SGA)
Swiss Society of Cardiology (SGK)
Swiss Society of Internal Medicine (SGIM)
Arbeitsgruppe Lipide und Atherosklerose (AGLA)

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