Dr. med. Caroline S. Fritz

Since March 2024 Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Plastic Surgery Pyramide (formerly Centre for Plastic Surgery), Zurich

Since March 2024 Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Face Atelier, Zurich

Since March 2024 Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Breast Atelier, Zurich

2020 - 2024 Assistant doctor in plastic surgery, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital

2019 - 2020 Resident in Plastic Surgery, Centre for Plastic Surgery, Pyramide am See Clinic, Zurich

2018 - 2019 Assistant doctor in plastic surgery, Thurgau Hospital

2016 Doctorate in the field of gynaecology, title: "Three-dimensional measurement of breast volume using breast photographs"

2016 - 2018 Assistant doctor in the Department of Surgery, Waid City Hospital, Zurich

2018 Intensive care unit, Waid City Hospital, Zurich

2015 3rd tertial of the internship year, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA

2015 2nd tertial of the practical year, Surgery, Waid City Hospital, Zurich

2014 - 2015 1st tertial of the practical year, Gynaecology, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Germany

2013 Clinical traineeship in orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich

2013 Clinical traineeship in plastic surgery, Kaiserswerther Diakonie, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Düsseldorf, Germany

2012 Clerkship in general surgery, Duisburg Hospital, Germany

2012 Clinical traineeship in gynaecology, Duisburg Hospital, Germany

2015 Studied human medicine

2011 1st state examination

2014 2nd state examination

2015 3rd state examination

2009 Philipps University Marburg, Germany

2009 Malteser St. Anna Hospital Duisburg, nursing internship

2006 - 2007 Pomfret School, Pomfret, CT, USA, year abroad

2000 - 2009 Archbishop's Suitbertus Grammar School, Düsseldorf, Germany

General higher education entrance qualification (Matura)

1996 - 2000 Franz-Vaahsen Primary School, Düsseldorf, Germany

Member of the Swiss Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Member of ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery)

Member of the FMH Swiss Medical Association

• Fritz C, Meroni M, Fritsche E, Rajan G, Scaglioni MF. Free double-paddle posterior tibial artery perforator flap for hypopharyngeal reconstruction: A case report and literature review. Microsurgery. 2021 Oct;41(7):660-665. doi: 10.1002/micr.30790. Epub 2021 Jul 21. PMID: 34289177.
• Fritz C, Meroni M, Tartanus J, Fuchs B, Scaglioni MF. Pedicled double-paddle vertical posteromedial thigh flap for double-layer closure and reconstruction of upper thigh defect after sarcoma resection: A case report. Microsurgery. 2022 Oct;42(7):722-727. doi: 10.1002/micr.30948. Epub 2022 Aug 10. PMID: 35946575.
• Fritz C, Meroni M, Scaglioni MF. Pedicled double-paddle conjoined medial sural artery perforator flap for popliteal defect coverage after skin tumour excision: A case report. Microsurgery. 2024 Jan;44(1):e31050. doi: 10.1002/micr.31050. Epub 2023 Apr 6. PMID: 37022117.

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