New basic organization from 2026

The Swiss College of Surgeons (SCS) is pleased to welcome the Swiss Plastic Surgery (SPS) Society as an official basic organisation within the College starting in 2026.

This affiliation marks an important step in strengthening our Family of Swiss Surgical Specialties. Plastic surgery holds a central position in contemporary interdisciplinary surgical practice — combining reconstruction, functional restoration, burns treatment and aesthetic surgery. Its integration within the College underlines our common dedication to excellence in surgical science, patient care, and innovation.

The SCS looks forward to fostering close collaboration with the SPS, particularly in the domains of education, training, and professional development. Joint initiatives such as the integrated Core Surgical Curriculum (CSC), interdisciplinary training programs, and interdisciplinary symposia will serve to enhance the quality and cohesion of both general and specialized surgical education in Switzerland.

We extend our warmest welcome to the members of the Swiss Plastic Surgery and look forward to a productive partnership within the framework of the Swiss College of Surgeons.

Report from the Board

On June 3-4, 2025, the SCS Board met for a retreat in Fribourg.

  • In addition to routine business, one focus was on the lessons learned from this year's SCS Congress in Lausanne, which was fortunately attended by many young doctors (increase of 17% to a total of 495 young surgeons), who made active use of the courses on offer.

  • The theme for the SCS Congress from June 10-12, 2026 in Lucerne is “THE SURGICAL COLLECTIVE: JOINING FORCES FOR PROGRESS”. Surgeons working together and pursuing common goals, interests and activities. The focus is on collaboration and joint efforts.

  • The Core Surgical Curriculum shows an increasing number of participants and the CCrISP courses, held for the first time in 2024, are also popular.

  • The Senior Editor of SwissKnife gave a positive assessment now that SwissKnife has been published in digital form for a good year.

  • Over the next few months, the Board will be working in working groups on the topic of “Upcoming surgeons”. We want to optimize the transition from university to everyday surgical practice.

  • On the subject of “Misconduct”, a code of conduct and an e-learning module will be developed to raise awareness of this issue among SCS members.

  • As a further activity, the SCS would like to become more involved in a humanitarian pilot project.

  • During the retreat, the General Assembly was held electronically for the first time. The transmission went smoothly and the votes on the respective motions went without a hitch. From July 2025, the Board will be led by the newly elected President, Prof. Stefan Holland-Cunz, MD.

CSC Rounds

With the Core Surgical Curriculum (CSC), basic surgical training has been restructured and focused on competencies. This must now be implemented in everyday clinical practice at the training centers. With CSC Rounds, we want to provide periodic information on the topic and offer a forum for questions.

The next CSC-Round will take place on Tuesday 04.11.25 from 5.00-6.00 pm. You can take part by using the following zoom link:

Zoom Link

Meeting-ID: 819 0842 6737
Kenncode: 198188

The next but one CSC-Round will take place on Thursday, 04.12.2025 from 5.00-6.00 pm. You can take part by using the following zoom link:

Zoom Link

Meeting-ID: 810 9591 0679
Kenncode: 348678

to the Core Surgical Curriculum

Award winner 2025

We congratulate all award winners of the SCS Annual Meeting 2025.

to the award winners

Change of president

At the General Assembly on 3 June 2025, Professor Stefan Holland-Cunz (right) was elected the new President of the Swiss College of Surgeons. He is Chief Physician for Paediatric Surgery in both Basel cantons and has been a member of the SCS Committee since June 2022. On 1 July, he will succeed Professor Dieter Hahnloser, who co-founded the SCS in 2017 and has been its president since June 2021. We would like to thank the outgoing President for his great commitment to the development of the SCS and wish his successor every success in his new role.

Nationwide introduction of the CSC

On 17.4.2025, the SIWF granted the SCS permission to offer the CSC with the 21 EPAs integrated into it without further conditions on the basis of the pilot work carried out to date. Following consultation with all grassroots organizations, the SCS recommends the use of the prEPAred app, which many clinics are already familiar with. The costs for using the basic version of this app will be covered by the SIWF. This creates all the prerequisites for introducing the CSC throughout Switzerland. Further information under Core Surgical Curriculum. For questions about the CSC, please refer to the CSC rounds.

More information

Statement: Television report « Temps Présent »

Statement

General Assembly 2024

The President of the SCS, Dieter Hahnloser, bid farewell to three founding and board members at the SCS General Assembly on May 30, 2024 in Davos. He thanked them for their many years of contribution to the development of the Society. Raffaele Rosso was named the first honorary member of the SCS, as he was the spiritus rector of the SCS and a driving force behind the establishment of the new umbrella organization for specialist surgical societies. The General Assembly also unanimously elected the following surgeons to the Board of Directors: Matteo Bernasconi, Florian Dick, Christian Toso and Frédéric Triponez

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