PD PhD MD Dr med Jeremy Meyer is Senior Consultant Surgeon in the Division of Digestive Surgery at the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) and Privat-Docent at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva.
He is a specialist in digestive surgery, minimally invasive surgery, colorectal surgery, and proctology. He is also coordinator and founding member of the Colorectal Cancer Center, the first center certified by the European Cancer Centers (ECC) in French-speaking Switzerland for the care of patients with colorectal cancer. He is also consultant in digestive surgery for the Swiss Cancer Institute, and member of the Cantonal Ethics Committee of Geneva.
Dr Jeremy Meyer is originally from Geneva, where he completed his secondary education at the Collège de Saussure before studying medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva.
He subsequently specialized in surgery at the University Hospitals of Geneva, followed by international fellowships at the University Hospitals of Cambridge (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, United Kingdom) and at the Brabant North Hospital (Amphia Ziekenhuis, Netherlands).
Dr Jeremy Meyer also received extensive training in robotic surgery on the Da Vinci Xi platform (Intuitive Surgical) through an official and competitive fellowship of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP). He now practices on the new platform Da Vinci 5.
These training experiences in internationally renowned expert centers enabled him to acquire strong expertise in general surgery, digestive surgery, colorectal surgery, and proctology, validated by the following specialist qualifications:
Specialist in General Surgery (FMH, Switzerland)
Specialist in Visceral Surgery (FMH, Switzerland)
Specialist in Colorectal and Proctological Surgery (FEBS, Europe)
Specialist in Minimally Invasive Surgery (FEBS, Europe)
With a strong commitment to improving patient care and contributing to scientific progress, Dr Jeremy Meyer complemented his clinical training with three years of fundamental research at the Surgical Research Unit and at the Cell Therapy Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine of Geneva. His research focused on mechanisms of liver regeneration, pancreatic islet transplantation in diabetic patients, and studies on colorectal cancer. These research years led to the following qualifications:
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Doctor of Medical Sciences (PhD)
Privat-Docent (PD)
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research (CAS)
Dr Jeremy Meyer has published more than 160 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as around ten book chapters in the field of surgery. He has been invited as a speaker and has presented his scientific work at more than one hundred national and international congresses. His current H-index is 29.
Dr Jeremy Meyer has also received more than ten awards, including prizes for research projects, specialist examinations, and doctoral theses.
He currently holds the following positions:
Associate Attending Surgeon in the Department of Visceral Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva
Coordinator of the Colorectal Cancer Center, University Hospitals of Geneva
Privat-Docent (Senior Lecturer and Researcher) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
Consultant in Digestive Surgery at the Swiss Cancer Institute
Member of the Cantonal Research Ethics Committee of Geneva
Member of the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Surgery / British Journal of Surgery Open
He is also a member of the following professional societies:
Swiss Society of Surgery (SSC)
Swiss College of Surgeons (SCS)
Swiss Society of Visceral Surgery (SSCV)
European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP)
European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
Swiss Minimally Invasive Surgery (Swiss-MIS)
Association of Physicians of Geneva (AMG)
Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)
His main fields of expertise include:
Colorectal surgery
Minimally invasive surgery
Robotic surgery
Colon cancer
Rectal cancer (highly specialized medicine, national accreditation)
Diverticular disease
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Proctology
General surgery (cholecystectomy, hernia repair)