Docteur Aurélien Roumy-Khentit

Specialist in
Cardiac and thoracic Vascular Surgery
Languages
French, English

Professional career

2022 - to date
Specialist in cardiac surgery
Hirslanden Cecil Clinic
2022 - to date
Specialist in cardiac surgery
Hirslanden Clinique des Grangettes
2018 - 2022
Senior physician, department of training and research (50%)
CHUV - Lausanne - Switzerland
2015 - 2021
Senior physician in cardiac surgery
CHUV - Lausanne - Switzerland
2013 - 2015
Fellowship in adult and paediatric cardiac surgery
CHU - Strasbourg - France
2009 - 2013
Assistant doctor in cardiac surgery
CHUV - Lausanne - Switzerland
2007 - 2009
Assistant doctor in general surgery
Hôpital Pourtalès - Neuchâtel - Switzerland
2003 - 2007
External to hospitals
CHU - Bordeaux - France
2001 - 2004
Operating assistant
Cliniques St Martin and Tourny - Bordeaux - France

Schools, university & degrees and diplomas

2022
Course in minimally invasive heart valve surgery
EACCME - Innsbruck - Austria
2021
Professional master coach
International Coaching School - Lausanne – Switzerland
2020
MD thesis - Pulmonary complications of ECMO in cardiogenic shock
UNIL - Lausanne – Switzerland
2018
FMH in cardiac and vascular thoracic surgery
Bern – Switzerland
2017
Certification for the Perceval sutureless valve
Paris, France
2016
European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Barcelona – Spain
2015
Radiation protection certification
Lausanne - Switzerland
2012
Edwards Advanced Fellows Program – Surgical treatment of valvular heart disease
Nyon - Switzerland

Wet lab - Minimally invasive mitral surgery
Hamburg - Germany
2012
FMH medical practitioner
Bern – Switzerland
2011
IUD congenital heart disease surgery
Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Marseilles – France
2010
Wet lab - Ross procedure and aortic valve surgery
Zurich - Switzerland

RESAL module 1 - Animal experimentation course
Geneva, Switzerland

ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification
Lausanne - Switzerland
2008
Intensive course in laparoscopic surgery
Timisoara – Romania
2008
FMH basic surgery examination
Bern – Switzerland
2008
Medical diploma (MEBEKO equivalent)
Bern – Switzerland
2007
Diploma at end of second cycle of medical studies
Bordeaux – France

Further information

Teaching and institutional responsibilities

Coordinator of ECOS exams for Master 2 medical students (50% since July 2021)
UNIL and CHUV - Lausanne - Switzerland
Collaboration in the establishment of subjects, monitoring of resits and organisation of exams.

Training of UNIL students and CHUV associates
UNIL and CHUV - Lausanne - Switzerland
Suture course for students.
Development of the ‘block course’ booklet for students of cardiac surgery.
Courses on cardiac anatomy (wet lab) and cardiac surgery techniques for instrumentalists in training.
Course on the basics of cardiac surgery for the CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) for physiotherapists and nurses.

ECMO sector
CHUV - Lausanne - Switzerland
Collaboration in the establishment of the ECMO sector in cardio-respiratory arrest and regular training of instrumentalists.
Training of medical and paramedical staff on the use of ECMO in intensive care.

Areas of interest
  • Valve surgery
  • Coronary surgery
  • Aortic surgery
  • Heart failure surgery, heart transplant and circulatory assistance


Memberships and partnerships

  • Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
  • Société Vaudoise de Médecine (SVM)
  • Association des Médecins du Canton de Genève (AMGe)
  • Partnership with Société Suisse de Chirurgie Cardiaque et Vasculaire Thoracique (SSCCVT)
  • Partnership with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)

Publications & videos

Events & lectures