Neurosurgery at the University of Lausanne

THE UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE was founded in 1537. The faculty of medicine was created in 1890, and the service of surgery was directed by Cesar Roux. Ro ux, a well-known surgeon, was visited by Harvey Gushing during 1900-1901. I n the early 1930s, Jean Rossier from Lausanne trained with Gushing, but Ros sier passed away in 1942. Eric Zander created the division of neurosurgery in 1959; it became an independent service in 1967. Nicolas de Tribolet serv ed as chairman from 1984 until 1994, when he was asked to take charge of th e merger of the university services of Geneva and Lausanne. In October 1997 , Jean-Guy Villemure joined him in the newly merged department, becoming ch airman in Lausanne, while de Tribolet is chairman in Geneva and head of the department comprising both services.