Statement / Motivation
"Patient first!" The patient and his expectations should always be at the center of the entire diagnostic and therapeutic process. Only a multidisciplinary team with an unbiased approach can provide the patient with the best treatment: This is the philosophy of Heart Center, where we as a team can offer all the most advanced and modern therapies that are in the best interest of the patient (patient-centered care).
July 2023
Clinical Professor at University of Nicosia, Faculty of Medicine
June 2023
Honorary Professor at Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital Xiamen University
November 2020 - today
Heart Center Hirslanden Zurich, Witellikerstrasse 36, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland: Cardiac Surgeon, Structural Interventionalist
October 2019 - November 2020
University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse, 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland Department of Cardiovascular Surgery; Senior Physician; Co-responsible for TAVI and valve structure program (mitral and tricuspid).
March 2018 - today
Program Manager of the Hybrid Room at the University Hospital Zurich
Apr – Jun 2014 Visiting Invasive Cardiologist, HSC Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Apr – Sep 2016 Invasive Cardiologist Suita Tokushukai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
December 2017 - today
Co-Direktor des Certificate of Advanced Study in Structural Valve Intervention an der Universität Zürich
Mai 2016 - today
Private lecturer (Venia Ligendi) at the University of Zurich, Faculty of Medicine
Nov 2015 - today
UniversitySpital Zurich, Rämistrasse, 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Senior physician; co-responsible for TAVI and valve structure program (mitral and tricuspid).
October 2014 - October 2015
UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Rämistrasse, 100, 8091, Zürich, Switzerland Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Senior physician; co-responsible for TAVI and valve structure program (mitral and tricuspid valve).
2008 - Jun 2014
University Hospital San Raffaele, via Olgettina 20132, Milan, Italy Cardiac Surgery; Director Prof. Ottavio Alfieri. Resident Percutaneous and surgical treatments of valvular heart disease, heart failure animal model, bench model, clinical research.
January 2014 - Jun 2014
University Hospital San Raffaele, via Olgettina 20132, Milan, Italy Department of Interventional Cardiology; Director Prof. Antonio Colombo. Fellowship. Clinical activities in Cath-Lab: first operator in coronary and peripheral interventions (more than 100 interventions as first operator, including coronarography, peripheral diagnostics, coronary PTCA); second or third operator in structural interventions (TAVI, PFO or ASD closure, PVL treatment, aortic valvuloplasty).
Juni 2012 - Januar 2013
Medical University of Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover (Germany) Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery; Fellowship Aortic Surgery
2010 - Jun 2014
University Hospital San Raffaele, via Olgettina 20132, Milan, Italy Department of Immunology and Clinical Oncology; Department of Private Medicine Consultants Clinical Responsibilities
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2010 - June 2014
PhD in Cardiology at Maastricht University, defense of the dissertation "Open Issues and future challenges in transcatheter mitral intervention". Supervisor: Prof. Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca
2010 June 2014
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Specialist in Cardiac Surgery (70/70 cum laude) with the experimental dissertation entitled: "Percutaneous remodeling of the tricuspid valve with a novel cinching device: acute and chronic experience in an in vivo animal model" (Supervisor: Prof. Ottavio Alfieri).
2002 - 2008
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Medicine and Surgery MD (110/110 cum laude and honorable mention) with the experimental dissertation entitled: "Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Preclinical Results of a New Annuloplasty Technique for Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation" (Supervisor: Prof. Ottavio Alfieri).
1999 - 2002
Teuliè Military School, Milan, Italy (100/100 with Honorable Mention) Ancient Greek and Latin, Literature, Military Instructor d High School Diploma (Classical Studies).
Transcatheter valve therapies
TAVI (transfemoral and alternative approaches).
Transcatheter mitral valve repair (edge-to-edge, annuloplasty, other approaches)
Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (transapical and transeptal)
Transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention (repair and replacement),
Verschluss paravalvulärer Lecks.
Non-valvular structural interventions
PFO closure, ASD closure, VSD closure
Valve surgery
Repair and replacement of mitral, aortic, tricuspid and pumonary valves
Interventional and multimodality imaging expert
Preclinical development of valve therapies.
Simulations and Training
German, English, French, Italian
German, English, French, Italian
Name
Leonora Zuberi
Function
Surgical technical assistant
E-Mail
praxistaramasso@herzzentrum.ch
Juni 2021
Surgical technical assistant
Name
Monika Fässler
Function
Medical practice assistant
E-Mail
Taramasso@herzzentrum.ch
