Prof Chris Berney
MB, MD, PhD, FMH, FRACS
Specialist General & Hernia Surgeon
Swiss & Australian Trained
Introduction
Prof Chris Berney is an eminently experienced hernia surgeon with 30+ years of experience. He has made an immense contribution to medical and surgical research with 85+ published peer reviewed papers of original research and some 56+ published scientific abstracts, chiefly in the area of hernia surgery.
He is an advanced laparoscopic (“keyhole”) surgeon, which is known as ‘minimally invasive surgery’ as it involves smaller scars, less post-operative pain and a faster recovery for the patients when compared to older surgical techniques such as ‘open surgery’.
Areas of Research Interest:
Advanced laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery; Laparoscopic abdominal wall reconstruction; complex hernia surgery; needlescopic and robotic surgery; endocrine and minimally invasive surgery; and endoscopy.
30+
Years
Experience
Experience
2,000+
Laparoscopic Inguinal
Hernia Data Entry Alone
Hernia Data Entry Alone
<1%
Recurrence
Rate
Rate
<1%
Chronic Groin
Pain
Pain
Prof Berney is a highly qualified minimally invasive laparoscopic (keyhole) specialist and renowned international hernia surgeon with over 30+ years of medical and surgical experience, with 20+ years dedicated to the field of hernia surgery and abdominal wall reconstruction.
With more than 7,500+ surgical procedures performed using the techniques that he has refined over his career, his patients enjoy outstanding results with very high long-term satisfaction index and improved quality-of-Life.
With over 2,000+ cases recorded in the NHI database, Prof Berney has the world largest collection of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repairs, using the safest and non-traumatic fibrin glue for mesh fixation. The main advantages (compared to stapled mesh fixation) of this technique include no risk of vascular, nerve, or bladder injuries; significantly reduced incidence of acute postoperative or chronic groin pain, and reduced hernia recurrence rate that is <1%.
Prof Berney has outstanding results that have been largely published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at various international conferences and meetings.
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Qualifications
GESA Certification (Gastroscopy & Colonoscopy), Gastroenterological Society of Australia
2002
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), Specialist in General Surgery
2002
PhD (Medicine), UNSW
1999
FMH, Specialist in General Surgery, Switzerland
1997
Doctorate of Medicine (MD), University of Geneva, Switzerland
1991
Medical Degree (MB), University of Geneva, Switzerland
1988
Tropical Medicine Certificate, University of Geneva, Switzerland
1986
Scientific Papers
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Academic Research Degrees (PhD & MD)
- MD Thesis: Tumeurs endocrines du pancreas. Corrélation anatomo-pathologique dans 24 cas genevois. (1991). Thesis No. 9254. University of Geneva.
- PhD Thesis: Studies on genetic markers and in particular nm23 in sporadic colorectal cancer: predictors of liver metastasis. (1999). University of NSW, Sydney, Australia.
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Published Original Papers
View Prof Chris Berney’s scientific publication record, including his areas of research, at the links:
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