PD Dr. med. Domenic Gian Vital is an experienced ENT, head and neck surgeon, who specializes in head and neck (oncologic) surgery (including skin cancers), thyroid and parathyroid surgery. His main concern is providing personal and individualized care to patients of all insurance classes, in close collaboration with referring physicians, general practitioners, and other involved specialists. He holds a teaching appointment at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zürich and participates as a tutor in surgical courses both domestically and abroad. Through continuous professional development, we are able to offer you guideline-compliant treatments in accordance with the latest state of science.
Timline
11/2008 – 05/2009
Research Fellow Neuro-Otology
Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Zurich University Hospital
07/2009 – 12/2010
Resident
Dept. of General Surgery, Spital Zollikerberg
01/2011 – 08/2012
Registrar
Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Zurich University Hospital
09/2012 – 08/2013
Registrar
Dept. of ENT, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur
08/2014 – 12/2014
Registrar
Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Zurich University Hospital
01/2015 – 12/2015
Consultant
Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
University Children’s Hospital Zurich
01/2016 – 06/2017
Consultant
Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Zurich University Hospital
07/2017 – 06/2018
Fellow Head & Neck Surgical Oncology
Head and Neck Tumour Stream, Department of Surgery
The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
08/2018 – 04/2021
Consultant
Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Zurich University Hospital
05/2021 – 02/2026
Head of Cham Clinic
Zentrum für Kopf-Hals-Chirurgie AG
Hirslanden Ärztezentrum Lorze
05/2021 – 02/2026
Partner Doctor
Hirslanden Klinik St. Anna Luzern
since 05/2021
Partner Doctor
Hirslanden AndreasKlinik Cham Zug
since 03/2026
Founder/Owner
HalsGesichtsChirurgie Zürich
since 03/2026
Partner Doctor
Hirslanden Klinik Im Park Zürich
Key facts
10/2008
Final medical exam, University of Zurich
12/2009
Doctorate degree (MD)
Medical Faculty, University of Zurich
01/2015
Board exam FMH in otorhinolaryngology
05/2019
Certificate FMH for head and neck ultrasound
07/2019
Board exam (subspecialisation) FMH in head and neck surgery
01/2021
Habilitation, Venia Legendi
Medical Faculty, University of Zurich
Publications
1.
Vital D, Hegemann SC, Straumann D, Bergamin O, Bockisch CJ, Angehrn D, Schmitt KU, Probst R (2010) A new dynamic visual acuity test to test peripheral vestibular function. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 136: 686-691
2.
Hug U, Vital D, Guggenheim M, Jung FJ, Giovanoli P (2011) Rekonstruktion isolierter Läsionen des N. axillaris: klinische und elektrophysiologische Langzeitresultate. Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir. 43: 351-355
3.
Vital D, Hofer M, Boehler A, Holzmann D (2013) Posttransplant sinus surgery in lung transplant recipients with cystic fibrosis: a single institutional experience. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 270: 135-139
4.
Vital D, Hofer M, Benden C, Holzmann D, Boehler A (2013) Impact of sinus surgery on pseudomonal airway colonization, bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and survival in cystic fibrosis lung transplant recipients. Respiration. 86: 25-31
5.
Vital D, Holzmann D, Boehler A, Hofer M (2013) Nasal polyposis in lung transplant recipients with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros. 12: 266-270.
6.
Morand G, Vital D, Pézier T, Holzmann D, Roessle M, Cozzio A, Huber GF (2013) Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a single institutional experience. J Skin Cancer 2013: 325086
7.
Vital D, Krayenbühl N, Bozinov O, Holzmann D (2013) Access to the crista galli and the foramen caecum in nasal dermal sinus cysts – lessions learned in a single tertiary care centre. Rhinology. 51: 47-53.
8.
Vital D, Holzmann D, Boehler A, Hofer M (2013) Chronic infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis: a risk factor for nasal polyposis after lung transplantation. Transplantation. 95: 1548-1553.
9.
Meerwein C, Vital D, Greutmann M, Schmid C, Huber G F (2014) Totale Thyreoidektomie bei Amiodaron-induzierter Hyperthyreose: Wann übersteigt das Risiko der konservativen Therapie das Risiko der chirurgischen Behandlung? HNO. 62: 100-105.
10.
Vital D, Huber G F, Pézier T F, Roessle M, Probst R, Widmer G M (2014) Epithelial cyst in the posterior triangle of the neck: atypical branchial cyst or cystic lymph node metastasis? Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2014:912347.
11.
Stanimirov Rossi O, Vital D, Soyka MB, Roth TN, Huber GF, Holzmann D (2015) Multilocular sinonasal malignant melanoma: a poor prognostic subgroup? Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 272: 123-129.
12.
Vital D, Morand G, Huber GF, Studer G, Holzmann D (2015) Outcome in squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal vestibule: a single center experience. Head Neck. 37: 46-51.
13.
Holzmann D, Forster NA, Vital D, Giovanoli P (2015) Reconstruction of Defects Involving the Nasal Ala and the Nasolabial Fold: The Role of the Microvascular Prehelical Rim Graft. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 77: 255-261.
14.
Laske RD, Scholz I, Ikenberg K, Meerwein C, Vital DG, Studer G, Rössle M, Huber GF (2016) Perineural Invasion in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity: Histology, Tumor Stage, and Outcome. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 1: 13-18.
15.
Vital D, Holzmann D, Huber GF, Soyka MB, Moch H, Zimmermann DR, Ikenberg K (2017) p16INK4a: A surrogate marker of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal vestibule. Head Neck. 39: 1392-1398.
16.
Vital D, Huber GF, Holzmann D, Moch H, Ikenberg K (2017) The presence of aberrant p53 pattern is a negative prognostic factor in squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal vestibule. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 274: 3503-3512.
17.
Vital D, Morand GB, Holzmann D, Moch H, Ikenberg K (2017) Early Timing of Thyreoidectomy on Graves’ Disease Improves Biochemical Recovery. World J Surg. 41: 2545-2550.
18.
Morand GB, Anderegg N, Vital D, Ikenberg K, Huber GF, Soyka MB, Egger M, Holzmann D (2017) Outcome by treatment modality in sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma (SNUC): A case series, systematic review and meta-analysis. Oral Oncol. 75: 28-34.
19.
Adamo S, Vital DG, Zinkernagel AS, Kollias S, Steiner UC (2017) Carotidynie: eine seltene Manifestation einer nicht so seltenen Erkrankung. Praxis. 106: 1350-1353.
20.
Vital D, Holzmann D, Huber G F, Moch H, Morand G B, Ikenberg K (2018) PD-L1 is a positive prognostic factor in squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal vestibule. Rhinology. 56: 255-260.
21.
Meerwein CM, Nakadate M, Stolzmann P, Vital D, Morand GB, Zweifel DF, Huber G F, Huellner M W (2018) Contrast-enhanced 18F-FDG-PET/CT for Differentiating Tumour and Radionecrosis in Head and Neck Cancer: Our Experience in 37 Patients. Clin Otolaryngol. 43: 1594-1599.
22.
Vital D, Ikenberg K, Moch H, Roessle M, Huber GF (2018) The expression of the cancer testis antigen MAGE A4: A favorable prognostic factor in salivary gland carcinomas related to low tumor grading. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 3: 182-190.
23.
Morand GB, Vital DG, Kudura K, Werner J, Stoeckli SJ, Huber GF, Huellner MW (2018) Maximum Standardized Uptake Value (SUVmax) of Primary Tumor Predicts Occult Neck Metastasis in Oral Cancer. Sci Rep. 8: 11817.
24.
Epprecht L, Mosimann M, Vital D, Holzmann D (2018) Morbidity and Volumetric Progression in Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma in a Long-Term Follow-Up. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 79: 533-537.
25.
Lanz J, Bouwes Bavinck JN, Westhuis M, Quint KD, Harwood CA, Nasir S, Van-de-Velde V, Proby CM, Ferrándiz C, Genders RE, Del Marmol V, Forchetti G, Hafner J, Vital DG, Hofbauer GFL (2019) Aggressive Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Organ Transplant Recipients. JAMA Dermatol. 155: 66-71.
26.
Meerwein CM, Pizzuto DA, Vital D, Morand GB, Stolzmann P, Huber GF, Huellner MW (2019) Use of MRI and FDG-PET/CT to predict fixation of advanced hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma to prevertebral fascia. Head Neck. 41: 503-510.
27.
Morand GB, Ikenberg K, Vital DG, Cardona I, Moch H, Stoeckli SJ, Huber GF (2019) Preoperative assessment of CD44-mediated depth of invasion as predictor of occult metastasis in early oral squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck. 41: 950-958.
28.
Vital D, Ikenberg K, Moch H, Rössle M, Huber GF (2019) The expression of PD-L1 in salivary gland carcinomas. Sci Rep. 9: 12724.
29.
Daniell J, Udovicich C, Rowe D, McDowell L, Vital D, Bressel M, Magarey MJR, Iseli TA, Wong T, Lekgabe E, Cavanagh K, Fua T, Rischin D, Wiesenfeld D (2020) Impact of histological oral tongue cancer margins on locoregional recurrence: A multi-centre retrospective analysis. Oral Oncol. 111: 105004.
30.
Udovicich C, Daniell J, Wiesenfeld D, Bressel M, Rowe D, Vital D, Cavanagh K, Lekgabe E, Wong T, Magarey MJR, Iseli TA, Fua T, Rischin D, McDowell K (2021) Contralateral neck failure in oral tongue cancer: Outcomes from two centers using predefined treatment criteria. Head Neck. 47: 2024-2031.
31.
Ammann Y, Beutner U, Vital DG, Morand G, Broglie Daeppen MA, Born D, Stoeckli SJ, Huber GF (2021) Impact of the new TNM Staging System (8th edition) on oral tongue cancers. Swiss Med Wkly. 151: w20493.
32.
Meerwein CM, Balermpas P, Vital DG, Broglie MA, Soyka MB, Holzmann D (2022) The Role of Regional Disease and Patterns of Treatment Failure in Primary Sinonasal Malignancies. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 36: 157-166.
33.
Rupp NJ, Hoeller S, Brada M, Vital D, Morand GB, Broglie MA, Huellner MW, Freiberger SN (2022) Expanding the clinicopathological spectrum of TGFBR3-PLAG1 rearranged salivary gland neoplasms with myoepithelial differentiation including evidence of high-grade transformation. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 61: 94-104.
34.
Meier M, Schuurmans MM, Vital D, Inci I, Holzmann D, Soyka MA (2023) Impact of extended sinus surgery on allograft infection, allograft function and overall survival in cystic fibrosis lung transplant recipients.Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 280: 4501-4507.
Memberships & Co.
Swiss Medical Association/Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum (FMH)
Swiss Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery (SGORL), Member of the working group for head and neck surgery
Swiss Head and Neck Society (SHNS)
European Head and Neck Society (EHNS)
Swiss Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (SGUM)
Medical Society of Zurich (AGZ)
Medical Society of Zug (AGZG)
Zunft Schwamendingen