Priv. Doz. (A) Dr. med. Christoph Tausch

Dear patients and referring physicians!

Welcome!

I am pleased to welcome you here on the Swiss Surgery website.

The clarification and treatment of patients with breast diseases and in particular breast cancer has occupied me for over 30 years. Patients with breast cancer require special attention, as many questions and fears arise in this formative life situation; That is why I am personally looking after my patients, both in the clarification phase and in the perioperative phase. I feel fortunate that I can fall back on a proven interdisciplinary team at the Breast Center Zurich, because the treatment is usually not just the operation and a tailor-made, comprehensive treatment plan is required, which is defined in common tumor boards before and after the operation.

Through constant exchange and further training as well as through participation in national and international studies and through the use of all technical achievements, I can offer you surgical treatment that is state-of-the-art. The techniques of modern oncoplastic surgery combine safe breast cancer surgery, complete removal with aesthetic considerations in order to preserve the patient’s physical integrity.

Seeing grateful, healed patients in the follow-up consultation even after years is my motivation for the constant evaluation and improvement of our treatment.

We warmly welcome patients of all insurance classes.

I am available for a personal conversation!

Priv. Doz. (A) Dr. med. Christoph Tausch

Career

since 2021	Swiss Surgery – Expertise in Cancer & Operative Treatment
since 2017	Director, Breast Center Zurich
2016	Habilitation in surgery, Innsbruck Medical University
since 2012	Team leader surgery, Breast Center Zurich
since 2008	Practice, Breast Center Zurich
2006 – 2008	Senior Physician, General Hospital Linz (Prof. Wolfgang Wayand)
2003 – 2008	Practice, Linz
1998	Stay at the Senology Center, Clinic Gerresheim Düsseldorf (Prof. Werner Audretsch)
1997	Stay at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (Dr. Patrick Borgen)
1994 – 2003	Senior Physician, Barmherzige Schwestern Hospital Linz (Prof. Martin Aufschnaiter)
1993	Stay at the Istituto nazionale tumori, Milano (Prof. Umberto Veronesi)
1989-1994	Training as a specialist in surgery, Barmherzige Schwestern Hospital Linz (Prof. Martin Aufschnaiter)
1988 – 1989	Regular doctor, Reutte / Tyrol hospital
1981-1987	Study of human medicine, University of Innsbruck

Practiced at

Swiss Surgery

Hirslanden Clinic / attending physician

Clinic in the park / attending physician

Pyramid Clinic / attending physician

Einsiedeln Hospital / medical consultant

Leuggern Hospital / medical consultant

Core competencies

Surgery specialist specializing in breast surgery

Comprehensive diagnostic work-up of benign and malignant breast diseases in an interdisciplinary team

Core and vacuum biopsies of the breast

Breast-conserving operations taking into account all oncoplastic interventions

Mastectomies taking skin and nipplesparing mastectomies into account

Sentinel node biopsy, targeted axillary dissection and axillary lymph node dissection

Implantation of port-a-cath systems and PICC catheters (thoracic, brachial)

Technical Equipment

Ultrasound with fine needle, core and vacuum-assisted biopsy

Ultrasound targeted gel clip and radio frequency clip application

Mammography with tomosynthesis and contrast enhanced mammography as well as vacuum-assisted biopsy

MRI with vacuum-assisted biopsy

Intraoperative radiotherapy

Sentinel Node Biopsy with blue dye, radionuclide, indigocyanine or Sentimag technology

Preoperative mammography-targeted and intraoperative ultrasound-targeted marking of findings

Intraoperative specimen sonography and radiography

Clinical and professional activities

1999 – 2001	Head of the Breast Cancer Working Group of the ACO-ASSO (Austrian Society for Surgical Oncology)
since 1999	Board member ABCSG (Austrian Breast and Colorectal Study Group)
since 2014	Board member of the Swiss Society for Senology
since 2014	Board member of the Austrian Society for Senology
since 2016	Director Diploma of Senology of the Swiss Society of Senology
since 2016	Chairman of the Breast Cancer Center at the Hirslanden Clinic’s Tumor Center
since 2019	Advisory Board EUBREAST
since 2020	Principal Investigator of the SAKK 23/18 ABCSG 54 VISION Trial