Dr. Frank-Martin Haecker

Prof. Dr. Frank-Martin Haecker is a German and Swiss-board-certified Pediatric Surgeon who specializes in pediatric urology and the conservative and surgical treatment of chest wall deformities. He has worked as Consultant at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Switzerland in St. Gallen and the Schmerzklinik in Basel and served the Department of Pediatric Surgery in Basel’s University Children’s Hospital as Attending Surgeon and the Hospital of Baden-Baden, Germany as Resident, General Surgery.

Education:

• Medical Doctor, Tubingen, Germany, 1998
• Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Basel, Switzerland, 2007
• Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Basel, Switzerland, 2014

Experience:

• Consultant, Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2017-2018
• Consultant, Schmerzklinik Basel, Switzerland, 2017-2018
• Consultant, University Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland, 2007-2017
• Senior Consultant, Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Freiburg, Germany, 2014-2016
• Attending, Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland, 2000-2007
• Resident, General Surgery, Hospital of Baden-Baden, Germany, 1999-2000
• Resident, Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Tubingen, Germany, 1991-1999

Memberships:

• CWIG (Chest Wall International Group), president and member of the executive committee
• International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG), member
• European Pediatric Surgical Association (EUPSA), Member
• European Society for Pediatric Urology (ESPU), Member
• German Society for General Surgery, Member
• German Society for Pediatric Surgery, Member
• Federatio Medicorum Helveticorum (FMH), Member
• Swiss Society for Pediatric Surgery, Member
• Swiss Society for Pediatric Urology (SWISSPU), Member and member of the executive board

Clinical Expertise & Services Offered:

• General Pediatric Surgery, including Newborn Surgery and Oncological Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery including Chest Wall Deformities
• Pediatric Urology