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[LWS3-1]Evolution of lung transplantation in the early period to current situation
Walter Weder (Professor Emeritus, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Zurich, Cuurent：Thoraxchirurgie Bethanien, Switzerland)
Walter Weder is Professor of Surgery and former Director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich（USZ）, Switzerland. Currently his office is at Thoracic Surgery Clinic Bethanien, Zuerich. He was educated at the Medical School of the University of Zurich and at Stanford University, graduated in Zürich and became a thoracic surgeon after his surgical training at USZ and a Research Fellowship in Lung Transplantation at Washington University（Joel D. Cooper）, St. Louis, U.S.
He is member of many national and international medical societies, including AATS, ESTS, IASLC, EACTS, ESMO, STS, ISHLT and ERS.
Professor Walter Weder is the founding president of the Swiss Society of Thoracic Surgery, of the Lung transplant group of Swisstransplant and the former president of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery（ESTS）. He was visiting professor at Harvard University in Boston, MSKCC in NYC and Shanghai chest hospital.
In 1992, Professor Walter Weder performed the first lung transplantation in Switzerland and more than 600 transplantations. In 1994 he did the first thoracoscopic lung volume reduction procedure worldwide. In 2004, he started a robotic surgery program with the Da Vinci for mediastinal disease and lung cancer. He described as first an accelerated treatment for post-pneumonectomy empyema. Over the years, his research activity both clinical and translational research, focused on lung transplantation, thoracic malignancies, especially malignant mesothelioma and locally advanced lung cancer, as well as emphysema surgery. He was a mentor of many thoracic fellows from Switzerland, Europe, Japan and China
He is an author of over 550 peer-reviewed scientific publications.
He is member of many national and international medical societies, including AATS, ESTS, IASLC, EACTS, ESMO, STS, ISHLT and ERS.
Professor Walter Weder is the founding president of the Swiss Society of Thoracic Surgery, of the Lung transplant group of Swisstransplant and the former president of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery（ESTS）. He was visiting professor at Harvard University in Boston, MSKCC in NYC and Shanghai chest hospital.
In 1992, Professor Walter Weder performed the first lung transplantation in Switzerland and more than 600 transplantations. In 1994 he did the first thoracoscopic lung volume reduction procedure worldwide. In 2004, he started a robotic surgery program with the Da Vinci for mediastinal disease and lung cancer. He described as first an accelerated treatment for post-pneumonectomy empyema. Over the years, his research activity both clinical and translational research, focused on lung transplantation, thoracic malignancies, especially malignant mesothelioma and locally advanced lung cancer, as well as emphysema surgery. He was a mentor of many thoracic fellows from Switzerland, Europe, Japan and China
He is an author of over 550 peer-reviewed scientific publications.