Our Partners
Clinic ,,Open Heart’’ has been collaborating with the ,,Frederick & Jean Morris Foundation’’ of Switzerland since 2001 and this process is still ongoing. Since 2012, the 5th Clinical Hospital has also been involved in this process.
During this period, Swiss physicians and nurses from different field had visited our clinic, who trained Georgian colleagues and had performing surgeries with them.
This collaboration has proved to be very important and successful, as the experience of Swiss physicians and the introduction of new innovations have added great value to our staff and we have been able to provide high quality medical services to Georgian patients.
It is also noteworthy that during this period our leading specialists periodically traveled to Geneva – in Hospital de la Tour, aiming to study on-site, modern and European standards of medicine.
Integrated medical collaboration between Switzerland and 5th Clinical Hospital / Open Heart has yielded good results, and we would like to express our deep gratitude to everyone who has visited our clinic during these years. With their support, the 5th Clinical Hospital/Open Heart is one of the most leading hospital in Georgian medicine.
The Frederick & Jean Morris Foundation contributed greatly in growth, success and development of various field of our clinic. In particular, we would like to underline the support and contribution of Mr. Vladimir Velebit.
During these years, the Foundation has organized many visits to our clinic. Below there is a list of people who have arrived and time to time are still visiting us and helping us to held online consultations , for that we thank them again and confirm our great respect.
Swiss Team
Surgeons
- 2001-2019yy – Vladimir Velebit – Cardiovascular surgery, Swiss board specialist in General Surgery and Swiss board specialist in Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular surgery;
Cardiac and vascular surgery practice at the Hôpital de la Tour, Meyrin-Geneva, Switzerland.
– Vice-president (2009) and President (2010) of the Société Médicale de Genève.
– President of the Foundation Surgical Overseas Services, Geneva, Switzerland.
– Member of the Board of the Frederic and Jean Maurice Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland.
– Head of Clinical Services Open Heart Clinic, Tbilisi, Georgia.
– Primarius Department of Cardio-vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Dr Michel Montessuit – Born Geneva, Specialist in Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Staff surgeon, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva
- 2003y – Dr Marek Bednarkiewicz – Born in Warsaw, Poland, Specialist in Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Staff surgeon, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva
- 2005y – Dr Gregory Khatchatourov – Born in Moscow, USSR, Specialist in Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Staff surgeon, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva and Clinique Cecil Lausanne
- 2006-2007yy – Dr Xavier Muller – Born in Geneva, Specialist in Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Professor and Head of Cardiac and Thoracic surgery, University Hospital in Lucerne Switzerland
- 2005y – Dr René Prêtre -Born in the Jura, Professor and Head of Cardiac and Thoracic surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Lausanne, Head of Congenital Heart surgery, Hôpital Cantonal Geneva
- 2011y – Dr Jorge Sierra – Born in Bogota, Columbia, Specialist in Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Staff surgeon, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva
- 2006y – Dr Ali Dodge – Born in Switzerland, Specialist in Cardio-Vascular Surgery in Lausanne and Zurich, Professor and head of Congenital Heart Surgery, Hamburg Germany, Head of Congenital Heart Surgery, Jackson Mississippi USA
- 2005y – Dr Nicolas Murith – Born in Geneva, Specialist in Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Professor and Head, Vascular Surgery Hôpital Cantonal Geneva
Anesthetists
- 2002-2004yy – Dr Pierre Neidhart – Swiss born Basel, Head of Cardiac Anesthesia Hôpital Cantonal Geneva, Staff Anesthetist, Hôpital de lIsle Berne, Staff Anesthetist Hôpital de la Tour Geneva
- Dr Philippe Masouyé – French born, Staff Anesthetist Hôpital Cantonal Geneva,
- 2007y – Dr Pierre-Guy Chassot – Swiss born in Lausanne, Professor of Anesthesia, Lausanne Medical School, Staff Anesthetist, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Lausanne
Nurses
- 2002-2004yy – Véronique Laurent – Born in Belgium, Operating theatre nurse, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva
- 2002-2004yy –Ksenija Ištvanic – Born in Yugoslavia, Operating theatre nurse, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva, Currently in Split Croatia
- 2002-2004yy – Warren Weir – Born in Australia, Intensive care nurse, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva, currently in Australia
- 2003y – Catherine – Born in France, Intensive care nurse, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva
- 2006y – Michèle Margot – Born in Geneva, Nurse practitioner, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire Geneva
- 2003y – Marie – Born in France, Intensive care nurse, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva
Other Medical Staff
- 2002-2005yy – Ninek Ištvanic – Born in Yugoslavia, Perfusionist, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva,
Currently head of Perfusion Split Hospital, Croatia
- 2002, 2003,20014, 2010yy – Roger Krahenbuhl – Born in Switzerland, Perfusionist, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva, Gérard, Born in France, Perfusionist, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva,
- 2003 & 2007yy – Vanessa Latini – Born in Geneva, Medical Student, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire Geneva, Currently Medical Doctor in private practice in Geneva
- 2009 & 2016yy – Martine Courbier – Born in Marseille, France, optometrist, daughter of Professor of Cardiac Surgery in Marseille, France
- Anita Tyriseva – Born in Yugoslavia, Physical therapist, Respiratory care, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva
Maurice Foundation members
- 2001 & 2007yy – Bernadette Maurice – Born in Geneva, Medical Doctor, widow of Jean Maurice
- 2004 & 2015yy – Ottavia Maurice – Born in Italy, translator and previous employee of the International Red Cross Committee, Widow of Frederic Maurice
- 2004 & 2015yy – Alexandre Mossaz – Born in Geneva, Medical Doctor in Private practice in Geneva, 3rd and current President of the Frederic and Jean Maurice Foundation, Geneva
- 2004 & 2015yy – Jean-François Marti – Born in Geneva, Lawyer in private practice, 1st President of the Frederic and Jean Maurice Foundation, Geneva
- 2013-2014yy – Peter Sonderegger – Born in Zurich, Psychologist, former employee of the International Red Cross Committee, 2nd President of the Frederic and Jean Maurice Foundation, Geneva
- 2012-2014yy – Antoine Hadengue – Born in France, Medical doctor and Professor of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire Geneva
- 2007,2014 & 2015yy – Pierre Meyer – Born in Switzerland, Medical doctor and specialist in abdominal surgery, Staff surgeon, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva
- 2015y – Marc Zimmermann – Born in Switzerland, Medical doctor and specialist in Cardiology and Electrophysiology
Friends and family
- Dr Eric Vollenweider – Born in Algeria, Medical doctor specialist in Gastroenterology, in private practice in Geneva
- 2010y – Dr Jean-Dominique Demottaz – Born in Geneva, Medical doctor specialist in Orthopedic Surgery, in private practice in Geneva
- 2005y – Dr Dragiša Zarih – Born in Yugoslavia, Cardiac Anesthetist, Staff anaesthetist Clinique de Genolier, Switzerland
- 2005y – Jim Bissell – Born in USA, CEO Hôpital de la Tour Geneva
- 2005y- Nicolas Velebit – Born in Geneva, son of Laurence and Vladimir Velebit
- 2002,2004,2010,2012,2014yy – Dr Laurence Velebit – Born in Geneva, Medical doctor specialist in Pediatrics, in private practice in Geneva, mother of Nicolas and wife of Vladimir Velebit
- 2012y – Antoine Maurice – Born in Geneva, Diplomat and journalist, Editor in chief of the Tribune de Geneve
- 2007y – Alexis Wagner – Born in Switzerland, geologist, spent more than 20 years in the Himalaya with the Swiss Foreign Aid Fund, cousin to Laurence Velebit
- 2008y – Bayram Kose – Born in Turkey, medical equipment specialist
- 2009y – Dr Antoine Bloch – Born in Lausanne, Médical Doctor and specialist in Non-Invasive Cardiology, Chief of Cardiology, Medical Director, Hôpital de la Tour Geneva
- 2014y – Véronique Hadengue – Born in France, archivist and artist, wife to Antoine Hadengue
- 2002y – Marguerite Deyhle – Born in Switzerland, assistant to Dr Vladimir Velebit