Publications
Multiple publications and presentations at national and
international professional meetings on different subjects
of plastic and aesthetic surgery.
Memberships and affiliations
• Member of the Swiss Medical Association.
• Member of the Swiss Society of Plastic, Reconstructive
and Aesthetic Surgery.
• International member of the American Society for
Aesthetic Surgery ASAPS, former Chairman of the
Patient Safety Committee.
• Member of the International Society of Aesthetic Surgery
ISAPS, member of the Patient Safety Committee.
• Member of the International Federation of Plastic,
Reconstructive and Aesthetic Societies IPRAS.
• Founding member of the European Workshop of
Advanced Plastic Surgery EWAPS.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Aesthetic
Surgery Journal.
Curriculum vitae
of Claude Oppikofer M.D.
Born 1954
Nationality Swiss
Training
• Medical University in Lausanne and Zürich.
• Swiss Federal Diploma of Medicine, 1979.
• Doctor of Medicine, 1981.
• Residencies of general surgery and hand surgery, Swiss
board 1987.
• Swiss board of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic
surgery (FMH) 1990.
Postgraduate clinical training in plastic surgery
• 1986 to 1991 : In Lausanne, Bern and Zürich, training in
plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.
• Chief resident of the Department of Plastic Surgery,
University Hospital in Bern.
Office activity
• Private practice in Montreux since 1992.
• Medical director and CEO of Chirurgie Plastique
Riviera. the centre for plastic and cosmetic surgery
and medicine located at the heart of Montreux, with
its own operating facilities and cosmetic institute, he
first office for plastic surgery with an ISO 9001:2000
certification for quality management.
Hospital activity
• Consultant and chief of Plastic Surgery at Hôpital
Riviera-Chablais, Vevey and Aigle.
• Consultant for Aesthetic Surgery at Clinique La Prairie.
Languages
• French : mother tongue.
• German : mother tongue.
• English : fluently.
• Italian : good knowledge.