This series on “Robotic Thoracic Surgery: Established Procedures & Current Trends” is edited by Prof. Gregor J. Kocher from Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Gregor J. Kocher, MD, MBA (IHM)
Thoracic Surgery, Hirslanden Clinic Beau Site, Bern & Lindenhof Hospital, Bern, Switzerland; University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Dr. Kocher received his medical training at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. After finishing his residencies in General Surgery, he was awarded the specialist title in General Surgery. Thereafter he started his specialization in General Thoracic Surgery at the University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland. Dr. Kocher was awarded the specialist title in General Surgery & General Thoracic Surgery by Swiss Medical Association and received MBA in international healthcare management (IHM). He is also a member of the European Board of Thoracic Surgery.
A few years later he worked in different hospitals in Europe as a fellow with a special interest in VATS (Peter B. Licht, Odense, Denmark) and RATS (Franca Melfi, Pisa, Italy) as well as chest wall surgery (Mustafa Yüksel, Istanbul, Turkey), and lung transplantation & tracheal surgery (Walter Klepetko, Vienna, Austria). After that he became Chief physician at the Department of General Thoracic Surgery at the University Hospital in Bern and was Associate Professor at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
Dr. Kocher is currently in private practice as a Consultant in Thoracic Surgery at Hirslanden Clinic Beau Site in Bern & Lindenhof Hospital in Bern, Switzerland.
His main interests are within the field of uniportal VATS surgery as well as RATS techniques and surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma. He has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as numerours conference abstracts and book chapters in the international literature.
Series outline
- Robotic thymectomy
- Multiport robotic anatomic lung resections
- Biportal robotic anatomic lung resections (with CO2-Insufflation)
- Uniportal/biportal robotic anatomic lung resections (without CO2)
- Uniportal robotic anatomic lung resections
- Robotic first and supernumerary rib resection
- Robotic diaphragm plication
- Robotic sympathectomy
- Robotic resections of mediastinal tumors
Disclosure:
The special series “Robotic Thoracic Surgery: Established Procedures & Current Trends” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Visualized Surgery without any funding or sponsorship. Gregor J. Kocher is serving as the unpaid Guest Editor for the special series.