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The team

Led by PD Dr. Mathieu Assal, Dr. Victor Dubois-Ferrière and Dr. Lisca Drittenbass, the Centre ASSAL Center is composed of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, surgeons, researchers, podiatrists and specialized nurses.

The Centre ASSAL brings all the skills and knowledge required to treat foot, ankle and leg pathologies. Our unique multidisciplinary approach ensures you receive comprehensive care prioritizing non-surgical treatment options.

Associates

PD Dr Mathieu Assal

PRIVAT-DOCENT, UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA
PAST PRESIDENT
SWISS FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY

PD Dr. Mathieu Assal specializes in foot and ankle surgery. Internationally recognized orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, he established the Centre ASSAL for Foot Care and Surgery in Geneva in 2012. He and his team of specialists treat acute and chronic disorders of the lower limbs. PD Dr. Mathieu Assal is also well-known for his extensive clinical research contributions, as well as for designing new surgical techniques and developing new surgical approaches that are now used world-wide.

Dr Lisca Drittenbass, M.D.

PRESIDENT
SWISS FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY
EXECUTIVE MBA IN HEALTHCARE

Dr. Lisca Drittenbass specializes in foot and ankle surgery. She was Chief Resident at the Luzerner Kantonsspital, one of Switzerland’s largest hospitals, between 2010 and 2013. She then joined Centre ASSAL as an Associate Physician, where she still works today as an Associate Doctor. Dr. Lisca Drittenbass is the current President elect and a Board Member of the Swiss Foot and Ankle Society (SFAS). She also holds an Executive MBA in healthcare management, delivered by Université HEC Lausanne.

Dr Victor Dubois-Ferrière

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SWISS FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY

Dr. Victor Dubois-Ferrière specializes in foot and ankle surgery. He has spent most of his career at the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), mainly as an assistant doctor and head of the foot and ankle surgery team within the Orthopedic Surgery and Motor Traumatology Department. He did a year of expertise (fellowship) at the prestigious University of McGill, in Canada. Dr Dubois-Ferrière joined the Centre ASSAL for Foot Care and Surgery as an Associate Doctor on January 1, 2021.

Assistant doctors

Dr Antoine Acker

SMA-CERTIFIED IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
FOOT AND ANKLE SPECIALIST

Filippo Pierobon

SMA-CERTIFIED IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
FOOT AND ANKLE SPECIALIST

Dr Nils Reymond

SMA-CERTIFIED IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
FOOT AND ANKLE SPECIALIST

Dr Maximilian Schindler

SPECIALIST IN PHYSICAL, REHABILITATION MEDICINE AND SPORTS MEDICINE (SEMS), FMH

Consultant doctors

Dr Silvia Bonfanti

SPECIALIST IN PHYSICAL, REHABILITATION MEDICINE AND SPORTS MEDICINE (SEMS), FMH

Dr Marc Francillon

SMA-CERTIFIED IN PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
SPORTS MEDICINE SPECIALIST

Care team

Giuseppina Ciraudo

NURSE SPECIALIZED IN GENERAL CARE

Pierre Clement

SPECIALIST IN PLASTER AND ORTHOPAEDIC SUPPORT

Rachel Guillot

PODIATRIST

Mathieu Hauwel, PhD

PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Thomas Müller

PODIATRIST

Sophie Remy

NURSE

Christian Zuodar

NURSE SPECALIZED IN ORTHOPAEDIC CASTING AND BRACES

Administrative team

Anne-Lise Anthoine

MEDICAL SECRETARY

Cynthia Bret

MEDICAL SECRETARY

Roseline Bruckner

MEDICAL SECRETARY

Sara Claro

BILLING MANAGER

Ahlam El Mokhlis

MEDICAL SECRETARY

Cécile Mazuy

MEDICAL SECRETARY

Natacha Moniez

HUMAN RESSOURCES ASSISTANT AND MEDICAL SECRETARY

Catherine Neri

PROJECT MANAGER
CEO ASSISTANT

Hélène Sauterel

CLINICAL MANAGER AND SURGICAL ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR

Ghislaine Sendabad

MEDICAL SECRETARY

Pierre-Alexandre Vogt

HOSPITALITY OFFICER

Chloé Hadji

Responsable Marketing, Communication

Thibault Heinzer

Financial director

Natacha Viez

Administrative assistant

L’équipe scientifique

David Chevalier

CHEF DE RECHERCHE, SPECIALISTE EN INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIQUE

Sophie Leroux

DIRECTRICE DE LA RECHERCHE CLINIQUE, EXPERTE EN GÉNOMIQUE

Lucas Moreau

RESPONSABLE DES ESSAIS CLINIQUES, SPÉCIALISTE EN PHARMACOVIGILANCE