Area of expertise
Specialty
Pediatric Cardiology
Diseases
Pulmonary Hypertension, Congenital Heart Defects
Experience
Director of the University Center of Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and Lausanne University Hospital
Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland. From 2016
Professor, University of Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland. From 2016
Pulmonary Hypertension Program Director, Geneva University Hospitals
Geneva, Switzerland. From 2014
Professor, Geneva University Hospitals
Geneva, Switzerland. From 2011
Head, Child and Adolescent Department, Pediatric Specialties Service, Geneva University Hospitals
Geneva, Switzerland. From 2011
Education
Specialist in Pediatric Cardiology, University of Geneva
1998
Specialist in Pediatrics, University of Geneva
1993
MD, University of Geneva
1986
Biography
Dr. Maurice Beghetti is a Swiss medical professional and specialist in pediatric cardiology. He currently serves as the Director of the University Center of Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at both the Geneva and Lausanne University Hospitals in Switzerland, as well as a Professor at both institutions. Dr. Beghetti is also the Pulmonary Hypertension Program Director at Geneva University Hospitals, a role he has held since 2014. Dr. Beghetti received his MD from the University of Genev
Affiliations
Former President, Swiss Society of Pediatric Cardiology
Swiss Pediatric Society
Swiss Society for Intensive Medicine
European Society for Pediatric Intensive Care
European Association for Pediatric Cardiology
Awards
Edouard Chérigié Prize from the FNMR “Heart diseases affecting the heart: crossing the diaphragm wall” Francophone Days of Radiology (JFR); Paris October
2016
Prize of the Swiss Society of Cardiology “Associations between physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular disease risk factors among pre-pubertal obese children and their mothers”
2009
La Francophonie Clinical Research Prize in Pediatrics “Left ventricular mass increases before puberty in obese children and is associated with systemic hypertension”
2009
Prize of the Interfaculty Department of Sport and Health, University of Lausanne “Is 24-hour blood pressure associated with physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes?"
2004
Fanconi Prize, Swiss Pediatric Society
2003
Publications
Dr. Maurice Beghetti has more than 250 original peer-reviewed articled
Dr. Maurice Beghetti has written 2 books and more than 25 book chapters