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Internal medicine 

Specialisation is a trend in all professions, including medicine. However, in the early stages, diseases most frequently will demonstrate zero signs or only non-specific signs and symptoms. It is therefore important to have a general assessment (check-up), which generates a broad overview of the body, including an examination of various organs (ultrasound, bone density measurement, lung function tests, blood analysis) and their interaction with one another. Risk factors differ from person to person. Family medical history is also an important factor. If necessary, it is possible to transfer patients to specialists or to our partner hospital, the Luzerner Kantonsspital, which is the largest central hospital in Switzerland. 
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Prof Dr Verena Briner

Prof. Dr. med. Verena Briner

  • FRCP, Specialist in Internal Medicine and Nephrology
  • Medical Director, Medical Center Waldhotel

Graduated from University of Bale, Switzerland. She has worked at the University Hospital in Bale and Bern, Switzerland, the Hammersmith Hospital in London, and the University Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado, USA. She is a professor at the University of Bale and a visiting professor at the University of Lucerne. For many years, she headed the Department of Medicine at the central hospital in Lucerne, the Luzerner Kantonsspital, and is now the Medical Director of the Medical Center at the Waldhotel. 

Her expertise in internal medicine and complex diseases is ideal preparation for her to be able to lead the medical check-ups and medical treatment of rehab patients.

Dr Christoph Knoblauch

Dr. med. Christoph Knoblauch

Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology

Graduated from the University of Zurich. He was trained at the University Hospital Bern. He heads internal medicine and gastroenterology at LUNIS Hospital in Stans. Dr Knoblauch is a hands-on and highly skilled gastroenterologist. He performs endoscopies on our guests, such as gastroscopy and vaginal examinations, colonoscopy and liver biopsies, among other procedures in the safe environment of the hospital in Stans. He is a consultant at the Waldhotel.

Dr Martin Sykora

Dr. med. Martin Sykora

Surgeon & Specialist for OBESITY

After completing a doctorate at the University of Heidelberg, he trained as a surgeon with a focus on visceral surgery at German hospitals. He acquired special skills in laparoscopic abdominal surgery. 
As Head of Surgery at the Cantonal Hospital Nidwalden he manages one of the largest obesity centers in Switzerland, which also includes the center hospital in Lucerne. Through additional studies, he has earned the title of "European Certified Obesity Specialist (SCOPE)".

At the Waldhotel he is a specialist in overweight therapy and carries out weight loss operations.  He also controls and oversees all hernias, gallbladders, bowels and rectum surgeries.

Dr Charlotte Meier Buenzli

Dr Charlotte Meier Buenzli

Anaesthesiologist & Emergency Medicine

Graduated from the University of Bale and trained at various Swiss hospitals, such as the University Hospital Bale and large hospitals such as the Kantonsspital Aarau and St. Gallen. In addition, she has a postgraduate Master’s degree in Public Health. Dr Meier is the head of the Department of Anaesthesiology and is also a skilled expert in emergency and intensive care and pain medicine at LUNIS Hospital in Stans. She is a consultant at the Waldhotel. 

Analysis in medical laboratory

Diagnostics and treatments at the Waldhotel

  • Clinical examination
  • Abdominal ultrasound
  • Bone densitometry (DEXA)
  • Body composition (proportion of fat, muscle, bone)
  • Energy metabolism (indirect calorimetry)
  • Pulmonary function test, plethysmography
  • Chest and bone x-ray
  • ECG and stress test (bicycle)
  • Comprehensive blood and urine analysis (laboratory tests)
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Diagnostics and treatments at our partner medical centres

  • CT and PET scan and magnetic resonance imaging 
  • Gastroscopy, liver biopsy, renal biopsy, colonoscopy 
  • Bronchoscopy 
  • Nephrology Hemodialysis 
  • Endocrinology and diabetology
  • Weight loss operations 
  • Operations of the abdominal organs (esophagus, stomach, intestine, gallbladder, liver, pancreas, etc.) 
  • Operations of the rectum 
  • Operations of the thoracic organs (lungs, heart, esophagus) 
  • Operations of abdominal wall fractures (e.g., inguinal hernia) 
  • Diagnosis and therapy (including surgery) of blood vessels 
  • Orthopedic diagnostics and therapy (including operations) 
  • Gynecological operations 
  • Obstetrics 
  • Child planning teraphy
     

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