Cardiovascular surgery / Chirurgie cardiovasculaire
Vladimir Velebit
Swiss board specialist in General Surgery and Swiss board specialist in Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular surgery
Cardiac and
vascular surgery practice at the Hôpital de la Tour, Meyrin-Geneva, Switzerland
Vice-president (2009) and
President (2010) of the Société Médicale de Genève
President of the Foundation Surgical Overseas Services,
Geneva, Switzerland
Member of the Board of the Frederic and Jean Maurice Foundation, Geneva,
Switzerland
Head of Clinical Services Open Heart Clinic, Tbilisi, Georgia
Primarius Department of Cardio-vascular Surgery, University Hospital,
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
International experience
- Lead teams to evaluate possibilities and cooperation with:
- Nicosia and Limassol, Cyprus 1992
- Bucharest, Roumania 1995 and 1997
- Tripoli, Lybia 1997
- Worked at the Magdalena Clinic Special Hospital for Cardiac Surgery, Krapinske Toplice near Zagreb, Croatia 1998-1999. Completed international cooperation project concerning the development of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovine from 1997 (Financed by the Medaid Foundation since February 2000) Completed March 2002
- Completed international project in the new cardiac centre in Skopje, Macedonia from 2000-2004 (Financed partly by Medaid and then by the Frederic and Jean Maurice Foundation)
- Completed a government funded project in Algiers, Algeria between 2002-2004
- Completed project at the Open Heart Clinic in Tbilisi Georgia from June 2002 to December 2007 (Financed by the Frederic and Jean Maurice Foundation)
- Preparing new projects in Kosovo and in Baku, Azerbaijan
Titles and honorary positions
- Head of the Cardiovascular Department Hopital de la Tour 2002-2007
- Head of Clinical Services Open Heart Clinic , Tbilisi, Georgia 2005-
- Primarius Department of Cardio-vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001-
- Member of the Board of the Medaid Foundation, Liechtenstein 1999-
- Member of the Board of the Frederic and Jean Maurice Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland, 2000-
- Member of the Board of the Fondation de la Tour pour la Recherche Cardio-vasculaire, Meyrin, Switzerland
- President of the Foundation Surgical Overseas Services, Geneva, Switzerland 2008-
- Reviewer of the European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 1999-
- Vice-president (2009) and President (2010) of the Société Médicale de Genève
Online publications
- Velebit V, Montessuit M, Bednarkiewicz M, Khatchatourian G, Mueller X, Neidhart P. The development of cardiac surgery in an emerging country: a completed project. Tex Heart Inst J [Internet]. 2008 [cited 2009 Apr 8];35(3):301-6. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=18941604
- Henrichot E, Juge-Aubry CE, Pernin A, Pache J, Velebit V, Dayer J, Meda P, Chizzolini C, Meier CA. Production of chemokines by perivascular adipose tissue: a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis? Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol [Internet]. 2005 Dec [cited 2009 Apr 8];25(12):2594-9. Available from: http://atvb.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/25/12/2594
- Velebit V. Sternal sinus 17 years after a Bentall procedure. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg [Internet]. 2003 Dec [cited 2009 Apr 8];24(6):1036. Available from: http://ejcts.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/24/6/1036
- Christenson JT, Maurice J, Simonet F, Velebit V, Schmuziger M. Open chest and delayed sternal closure after cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg [Internet]. 1996 [cited 2009 Apr 8];10(5):305-11. Available from: http://ejcts.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/reprint/10/5/305
- Velebit V, Christenson JT, Simonet F, Maurice J, Schmuziger M, Hauser H, Didier D. Preoperative diagnosis of a pulmonary artery sarcoma. Thorax [Internet]. 1995 Sep [cited 2009 Apr 8];50(9):1014-5; discussion 1016-7. Available from: http://thorax.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/50/9/1014
- Velebit V, Schöneberger A, Ciaroni S, Bloch A, Maurice J, Christenson JT, Simonet F, Schmuziger M. "Acquired" left ventricular-to-right atrial shunt (Gerbode defect) after bacterial endocarditis. Tex Heart Inst J [Internet]. 1995 [cited 2009 Apr 8];22(1):100-2. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=7787460
- Velebit V, Hauser H. Percutaneous biopsy of a pulmonary artery guided by computed tomography. Tex Heart Inst J [Internet]. 1995 [cited 2009 Apr 8];22(3):276-7. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=7580371
- Schmuziger M, Christenson JT, Maurice J, Simonet F, Velebit V. Reactive thrombocytosis after coronary bypass surgery. An important risk factor. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg [Internet]. 1995 [cited 2009 Apr 8];9(7):393-7; discussion 397-8. Available from: http://ejcts.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/reprint/9/7/393
- Christenson JT, Simonet F, Maurice J, Bloch A, Velebit V, Schmuziger M. Mitral regurgitation in patients with coronary artery disease and low left ventricular ejection fractions. How should it be treated? Tex Heart Inst J [Internet]. 1995 [cited 2009 Apr 8];22(3):243-9. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=7580362
- Velebit V, Christenson JT, Maurice J, Simonet F, Schmuziger M. A patent internal mammary artery graft decreases the risk of reoperative coronary artery bypass surgery. Tex Heart Inst J [Internet]. 1994 [cited 2009 Apr 8];21(2):125-9. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=7914765
- Radovancevic B, Poindexter S, Birovljev S, Velebit V, McAllister HA, Duncan JM, Vega D, Lonquist J, Burnett CM, Frazier OH. Risk factors for development of accelerated coronary artery disease in cardiac transplant recipients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg [Internet]. 1990 [cited 2009 Apr 8];4(6):309-12; discussion 313. Available from: http://ejcts.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/reprint/4/6/309
- Steffenino G, Meier B, Finci L, Velebit V, von Segesser L, Faidutti B, Rutishauser W. Acute complications of elective coronary angioplasty: a review of 500 consecutive procedures. Br Heart J [Internet]. 1988 Feb [cited 2009 Apr 8];59(2):151-8. Available from: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=2963656
- Steffenino G, Meier B, Finci L, von Segesser L, Velebit V. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of right and left internal mammary artery grafts. Chest [Internet]. 1986 Dec [cited 2009 Apr 8];90(6):849-51. Available from: http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/reprint/90/6/849.pdf
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