Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Kadner

Core competencies

• Minimal-invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS)
• Heart Valve Reconstruction & Replacement
• Correction of Congenital Heart Defects
• Surgical Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Aortic Root Surgery (David- & Bentall-Operation)
• Aortic Surgery
• Coronary Revascularization (Bypass-Surgery)

Professional career

2025 - Clinique du Coeur, Clinique Cecil – Hirslanden, Lausanne (CH)

2023 - 2024 Chief surgeon, Deptartment of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Center,

Inselspital - University of Bern (CH)

2009 - 2023 Consultant,Deptartment of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Center,

Inselspital - University of Bern (CH)

2011 Associate Professor for Cardiac Surgery, University Bern, Switzerland

2010 Swiss Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2007 - 2009 Fellowship, Klinik für Herz- und Gefässchirurgie,

Inselspital - Universität Bern, Bern (CH)

2009 Assistant Professor for Cardiac Surgery, University Bern, Switzerland

2007 Fellowship, Department of Pediatric and Adult Heart Disease -

Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Paris (F)

2006 - 2007 Fellowship, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,

Inselspital - University Hospital Bern (CH)

2005 Fellowship, Department of Congenital Cardiac Surgery,

Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades - Université de Paris, Paris (F)

2004 - 2006 Staff surgeon, Department of Congenital Cardiac Surgery,

Children’s Hospital - University Zurich (CH)

2004 Assistant Professor for Cardiac Surgery, University Zurich, Switzerland

2000 - 2004 Resident, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery,

University Hospital - University Zurich, (CH)

2000 Resident, Department of Cardiac Surgery,

Klinikum Grosshadern - Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich (D)

1998 - 2000 Fellowship, Division of Cardiac Surgery,Xenotransplantation Laboratory -

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (USA)

1991 - 1998 Medicine study, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen (D)