Photo Dr. med. Tobias Gehrig

Attending physician

Dr. med. Tobias Gehrig

Tel. 044 922 30 19


Specialist title

  • Specialist in visceral surgery
  • Specialist for surgery

Career

  • Education

    2015-2017 Part-time study program "Health Management and Controlling", Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University with Master of Business degree

    Administration (MBA)

    2008 - 2010 Postdoctoral fellow of the DFG funding program Research Training Group 1126 Intelligent Surgery

    2007 PhD "Possible changes in the mRNA expression of sodium transporters in alveolar epithelial cells through inhibition of potassium channels in

    Hypoxia", experimental work, supervisor: Prof. Dr. med.

    Director of the Department of Sports Medicine, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

    2004 License to practice medicine

    1997-2004 Study of human medicine, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

  • Further training

    2018 Specialist in visceral surgery
    2011
    Specialist in surgery

    2010 - 2014 Assistant doctor and research assistant at the University of Heidelberg, Clinic

    for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery (Prof. Dr. M.W. Büchler)

    2008 - 2010 Postdoctoral researcher in the DFG funding program Research Training Group 1126 Intelligent

    Surgery: "Development of new computer-based methods for the workplace

    of the future in soft tissue surgery"

    since 2008 Research assistant at the University of Heidelberg

    2004-2008 Resident at Salem Hospital Heidelberg (PD Dr. M. v. Frankenberg)

  • Management activity

    Since 2026 Attending physician for visceral surgery, Männedorf Hospital

    Since 2026 Self-employed in the surgical practice Bauchzentrum Rapperswil with attending physician activity

    2025 - 2026 Head of General, Visceral, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery HOCH Health Eastern Switzerland - Linth Hospital site

    (Renaming of the hospital due to the merger of the St. Gallen hospitals)

    2023 Deputy CEO of Linth Hospital, Uznach

    2019- 2024 Head of Department of Surgery and Chief Physician for General and Visceral Surgery,

    Member of the Executive Board, Linth Hospital, Uznach, Switzerland

    2015 - 2019
    Deputy Head of the Department of Surgery, GRN Clinic Sinsheim (Prof. Dr. M. W.

    Büchler) and senior physician at the Surgical University Hospital in Heidelberg

    2014 - 2015 Senior physician in the Department of Surgery, GRN Clinic Sinsheim (Prof. Dr. M. W. Büchler, Dr. T. Simon)

  • Memberships
    • FMH - Swiss Medical Association (Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum)
    • Medical Association of the Canton of St. Gallen
    • Linth Region Medical Association (MVL)
    • Swiss Society for Visceral Surgery (SGVC)
    • Swiss Society for Surgery (SGC)
    • Swiss College of Surgeons (SCS)
    • German Society for Surgery (DGCH)
    • German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV)
    • German Hernia Society (DHG)
    • Surgical Consortium for Minimally Invasive Surgery (CAMIC)
    • Surgical Working Group on Endocrinology (CAEK)