Dr.ssa med. Alice Vanoni-Colombo
Specialist physician
FMH specialist in surgery
Introduction
Dr Alice Vanoni-Colombo is an FMH specialist in surgery with experience in general and visceral surgery. After her medical degree at the University of Lausanne, she trained in Ticino and French-speaking Switzerland, including a period in the visceral surgery department of Lausanne University Hospital.
Since 2021 she has been a senior physician in the visceral surgery department of the Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, at the Civico and Italiano sites. Since 2025 she has combined her hospital work with a private practice as a general surgeon.
Alongside clinical practice she is committed to teaching: she has contributed to studies in colorectal surgery, taught laparoscopy in Lausanne and is trained in robotic surgery.
With patients she combines the determination of a surgeon with kindness and the ability to listen. She puts each person at the centre of their care, taking time for their questions, paying attention to their needs and following them through to full recovery.
Training and experience
- FMH specialist title in Surgery (2021)
- General surgeon in private practice, Ticino (since 2025)
- Senior physician and associate physician, Visceral Surgery Service, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Civico and Italiano sites (since 2021)
- Locum senior physician, Surgery Service, Groupement Hospitalier de l'Ouest Lémanique, GHOL (2019–2021)
- Resident physician, Visceral Surgery Service, CHUV, Lausanne (2017–2019)
- Resident physician, General Surgery, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano (2015–2016 and 2017)
- Resident physician, Intensive Care Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Civico site (2016)
- Training in robotic surgery, Intuitive (since 2025)
- Instructor, basic laparoscopy course, CHUV (2019)
- Advanced course in colorectal surgery and hernia repair, International Gastrointestinal Surgery Workshop, Davos (2021)
- Fluoroscopy expert course (2019)
- Advanced Trauma Life Support, ATLS (2016)
- Co-author of scientific publications in visceral and colorectal surgery
- Degree in Medicine, University of Lausanne (2014)