Dr. Pascal

About Me

Pascal Mosimann, Neurologist, based in Switzerland. A stroke is a serious medical condition that affects the brain of 15 million people each year. Since the 1990s, continuous technological improvement have enabled more lives to be saved year after year. Interventional neuroradiologists (also known as endovascular neurosurgeons) can remove blood clots in the brain and perform other operations in a minimally invasive way by puncturing an artery in the groin or the arm, guided by modern imaging technology.

There is nothing easier than that! I’m a plumber that looks after the blood pipes supplying your brain. If a pipe (brain vessel) is blocked and deprives a part of the brain from oxygen and nutrients, I’m there to re-establish the flow by unblocking it. If a pipe is broken and leaks (intracranial bleeding) I’m there to repair it. Brain arteries are very delicate structures, we’re talking about a few millimeters in diameter here, sometimes even smaller. So you need to maneuver very precisely and delicately. What fascinates me in this field, is this interaction between minimally invasive surgery, engineering and biochemistry. Endovascular neurosurgery is actually quite recent, dating back to the 1980s and 1990s when the first brain aneurysms (fragile outpouchings of cerebral arteries that can rupture and bleed), could be successfully treated without opening the skull. For about 10 years now, technology allows to efficiently reopen clogged brain arteries by removing blood clots, which has had a revolutionary societal impact.

• Name Pascal Mosimann
• Nationality Switzerland
• Phone +(1) 437 996 9778
• Email Pascal.Mosimann@gmail.com
• Skype pascal.mosimann
• Language English, French & German