Dr. med. Beatrice Arroyo

Accredited doctor at the Genolier Clinic, CH

Deputy Head of Anaesthesiology, HFR Fribourg – Cantonal Hospital, from January 2020
Head of Paediatric Anaesthesia (HFR)
Member of the working group on ‘Paediatric Anaesthesia Standards in Switzerland’ (SSAP/SGKA)
Medical Simulation Instructor

Paediatric Anaesthetist
Armand-Trousseau Hospital – APHP (Public Health Assistance – Paris Hospitals) – France

Senior Registrar in Anaesthesiology (1.5 years)
Fribourg Cantonal Hospital (PD Dr Lennart Magnusson)
Key areas of expertise: paediatric anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia, teaching

Fellow in Paediatric Anaesthesia (1 year)
Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand
National Centre for Paediatric Anaesthesia and Congenital Heart Surgery

Senior Registrar in Anaesthesiology (2.5 years)
Geneva University Hospitals (Prof. Martin Tramèr)
- Emergency doctor for REGA-Geneva, HUG helicopter base (2.5 years)
- Fellowship in Paediatric Anaesthesia (6 months)
- Senior Registrar in Paediatric Intensive Care (6 months)

Resident in Anaesthesiology (1.5 years)
Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland 

Resident in Anaesthesiology (1 year)
Hôpital de l’île, Bern, Switzerland 

Resident in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (1 year)
Fribourg Cantonal Hospital

Resident in Internal Medicine (2 years)
Fribourg Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland (Prof. Daniel Hayoz)
Specialist rotations: Intensive Care (6 months), Nephrology

Junior Doctor (6 months)
Clinique Romande de Réadaptation Suva Care, Sion, Switzerland

The CRICKET-Trial: an international, multicentre observational study entitled ‘Critical Events in Anaesthetised Children Undergoing Tracheal Intubation’, principal investigator for the HFR.

De la Grandville B, Petak F, Albu G, Pichon I, Habre W. “High inspired oxygen fraction
impairs lung volume and ventilation heterogeneity in healthy children: A double-blind,
randomised controlled trial”. British Journal of Anaesthesia

PhD thesis supervised by Prof. Walid Habre, University of Geneva: “Effects of oxygen concentration on respiratory physiology in paediatric anaesthesia: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial.” Clinical study: “Impact of intraoperative high inspired oxygen fraction on pulmonary function, surgical site infection, postoperative nausea and vomiting in paediatric anaesthesia: the OXPED study”

Reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

De la Grandville B, Arroyo D, Walder B. Etomidate in critically ill patients. Con: “Do you really want to weaken the frail?” European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Course on Good Clinical Practice, Clinical Research Centre, Geneva

Pneumorenal syndrome in a case of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (Abstract, SSMI Basel 2009)

SGUM POCUS 5 (Regional Anaesthesia and Vascular Puncture), Zurich

EUSIM Level 2 Instructor Course in Simulation (Fouad Marhar), Toulouse

Doctor of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland

SMSH Training Course in Medical and Therapeutic Hypnosis (IRHyS), Geneva

iHeartScan Echocardiography Course, University of Melbourne

FMH Specialist Qualification in Anaesthesiology

Simulation Instructor Course, Eusim, Nottwill

Swiss Speciality Examination in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Bern, Switzerland

SSMUS Emergency Medicine Course, Lausanne

Cours ACLS, ATLS, PALS

Basic Course in High-Frequency Ultrasound, Fribourg (SGUM)

Federal Medical Degree, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Science and Modern Studies A-Level with distinction, Collège Claparède, Geneva, Switzerland

Training programme for the Anaesthesiology Department at HFR

Simulation Instructor, HFR Healthcare Training Centre Start4Neo (neonatal resuscitation) and Paediatric Resuscitation Instructor, HFR

Member of the Teaching Committee of the Anaesthesiology Department

Simulation Instructor, SimulHUG, Geneva

Training in ultrasound-guided vascular puncture at the HUG, Quadrimed

Member of the Teaching Committee of the Anaesthesiology Department at the HUG