A first in Switzerland
Through its 68 departments, led by professors/researchers from the University of Geneva's Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals encompass all medical specialties.
Specific to academic medicine, this combination of expertise ensures that patients receive priority access to all the latest technology and medical advances. The volume of activity in such a large hospital acts as a quality and safety guarantee.
Moreover, the HUG are national benchmark for children's liver disease and paediatric liver transplantation, and for influenza and emerging viral infections. They have a high security diagnostic laboratory (level 4).