Docteur Enrico Brönnimann

Specialist in
Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
Languages
French, German, Italian, English

Core competencies

  • Paediatric urology
  • Minimally invasive and robotic surgery
  • General paediatric surgery
  • Inguinal hernias and hydroceles
  • Undescended testis
  • Recurrent urinary tract infections in children
  • Functional urinary disorders (incontinence, bladder dysfunction)
  • Renal conditions such as hydronephrosis and ureteropelvic junction obstruction
  • Vesicoureteral reflux
  • Hypospadias
  • Varicoceles

 

Professional career

Nov 2022 - to date
Independent physician (FMH board-certified paediatric surgeon), Hirslanden Clinique des Grangettes, Geneva (Switzerland)
2023 - to date
Consultant, Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Urology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne (Switzerland)
2023 - to date
Consultant, Paediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital (HUG), Geneva (Switzerland)
Nov 2022 - Apr 2023
Consultant, Paediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital (HUG), Geneva
2017 - 2022
Senior Registrar, Paediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital (HUG), Geneva (Switzerland)
2018 - 2019
Clinical fellowship in paediatric urology, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, Paris (France)
2013 - 2017
Registrar, Paediatric Surgery, University Children’s Hospital Basel (UKBB), Basel (Switzerland)
2008 - 2013
Resident, General Surgery, University Hospital Basel (Switzerland)
2007 - 2008
Resident, General Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Aarau (Switzerland)
2006 - 2007
Resident, Visceral Surgery, Clinica Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo (Italy)
2005 - 2006
Resident, General Surgery, Regional Hospital Thun (Switzerland)
2005 - to date
Military physician, Swiss Armed Forces

Schools, university & degrees and diplomas

2019
Interuniversity Diploma in Paediatric Urology, Université Paris Descartes
2018
FMH Board certification in Paediatric Surgery
2014
FMH Board certification in General Surgery
2008
MD/Doctorate: “Analysis of the quality of surgical treatment in gastric and oesophageal cancer”, Department of Visceral Surgery, University of Basel (Switzerland)
1997 - 2004
Federal Medical Diploma, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel

Further information

Additional information

Dr Enrico Brönnimann is an FMH board-certified paediatric surgeon and general surgeon, with particular expertise in paediatric urology as well as minimally invasive and robotic paediatric surgery.
He holds the FMH advanced subspecialty training in specialized paediatric surgery – upper and lower urinary tract paediatric urology (SSCP, 2025). His clinical practice focuses on the diagnosis and surgical treatment of congenital and acquired urinary tract conditions in children, using minimally invasive and robotic techniques when appropriate.
In parallel with his clinical activity, he is the founder and course director of the Paediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery and Urology Course at the Swiss Foundation for Innovation and Training in Surgery (SFITS) in Geneva. He serves as Secretary General of the Swiss Society of Paediatric Surgery (SSCP / SGKC) and is a board member of the Swiss Paediatric Urology Society (SwissPU). He regularly organises and teaches courses and is invited as faculty to national and international scientific meetings.
He practices at the Child and Adolescent Centre of Clinique des Grangettes, collaborating closely with paediatricians, paediatric surgeons and other paediatric specialists to ensure coordinated, multidisciplinary care for children and adolescents.

Memberships and partnerships

  • European Society for Paediatric Urology (ESPU) (2023)
  • Geneva Paediatric Society (extraordinary member) (2023)
  • Association des médecins de Genève (AMGe) (2022)
  • Swiss Paediatric Urology Society (SwissPU / SWISS PU) (2018)
  • European Paediatric Surgeons’ Association (EUPSA) (2016)
  • Swiss Society of Paediatric Surgery (SSCP / SGKC) (2015)
  • Swiss Society of Surgery (SGC) (2014)
  • Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum (FMH) (2004)

Events & lectures