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Dieter Mayer

Dieter Mayer MD, FEBVS, FAPWCA

Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Dr. Dieter Mayer, MD, FEBVS, FAPWCA, completed his studies of medicine in Basel, Switzerland, in 1987. After various postgraduate engagements, in 1996, Dr. Mayer passed the Swiss board examination of general surgery. The certification by the European Board of Vascular Surgery followed in 2002.

By specializing in Vascular Surgery, the long grown interest in wound healing became the center of Dr. Mayer’s work. As Head of Wound Care of the University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, since 2001, he established the first dedicated and truly interdisciplinary university wound clinic in Switzerland. Dr. Mayer regularly teaches students in vascular surgery and wound healing and is involved in major projects to support wound healing as a specialty of its own.

He is a board member of the Swiss Association for Wound Care and advisor of the umbrella organization of the German speaking societies for wound care. Since 2009, Dr. Mayer has been a fellow of the American Professional Wound Care Association. Since 2010 he has been a reviewer for the Cochrane Collaboration (Cochrane Wound Group). 2013 Dr. Mayer joined the Editorial board of the Journal Advances in Skin and Wound Care. As a senior vascular consultant and an Assistant Professor for Vascular Surgery, Dr. Mayer cares for all aspects of vascular diseases at the University Hospital in Zurich. As a wound healer, he networks throughout the world in an effort to support and make a difference in wound healing.
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