Organize your stay and discover Lausanne

Your Care Pathway: The "Lausanne Week"

Elite expertise, precise diagnosis, lasting relief.

To support our patients traveling from across Switzerland and abroad, we have developed the Lausanne Week. This exclusive outpatient protocol is designed to maximize clinical outcomes while respecting your time and travel constraints.

Under the leadership of Dr. Pietramaggiori and Dr. Scherer, world-renowned pioneers in the surgical management of headaches, you will follow an ultra-specialized four-step pathway to treat your migraines or Arnold’s neuralgia (occipital neuralgia).

A Comprehensive 4-Step Program

Our methodology is built on total personalization. Every day is a crucial milestone toward your recovery:

Day 1: Expertise and Specialized Consultation

Your journey begins with an in-depth meeting with Dr. Pietramaggiori or Dr. Scherer. During this initial consultation, we analyze your medical history, map your pain zones, and establish a rigorous clinical assessment.

Day 2: High-Tech Diagnostics and Confirmation

Precision is the key to success. We perform a high-resolution ultrasound examination to visualize the nerves and structures involved. If necessary, a diagnostic block (infiltration) is performed: this confirms with certainty the exact origin of your pain and validates the surgical treatment plan.

Day 3: Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment

The procedure is performed on an outpatient basis. Using advanced minimally invasive techniques, we act directly on the physical cause of your pain (nerve decompression). This approach significantly reduces recovery time while targeting maximum effectiveness.

Day 4: Post-Operative Check-up and Recovery Plan

The day after the procedure, a follow-up visit ensures proper healing and provides you with all necessary post-operative recommendations. You will leave with a clear recovery plan and the peace of mind that comes from being treated by global experts.

Why Choose the Lausanne Week?

Excellence at the service of your quality of life.

Precision Diagnosis: We don’t just treat symptoms; we identify the structural cause of your pain.
Personalized Pathway: Every patient is unique. Your protocol is adapted in real-time based on the diagnostic results of Day 2.
High Specialization: By combining top-tier specialists with advanced imaging technology, we offer optimal success rates for complex cases of migraines and Arnold’s neuralgia.
Time Optimization: A complete process in just 4 days—ideal for patients living outside the canton or traveling from abroad.

If you arrive by plane:

The airport is GVA: Genève aéroport.

Take the train to Lausanne.

From the airport, there is direct access to the train station, which is clearly marked Gare CFF.

Take the train to LAUSANNE, either direct or inter-regional (the latter takes a little longer).

Then once you have arrived in Lausanne: in front of the station, take either a cab or the bus in front of the station.

On the station side, either take bus no. 3 towards Bellevaux, stop Jomini (walk up the street for about 1 min), or bus no. 21 towards Blécherette, stop Jomini, Beaulieu, in which case cross the road and walk up the street (1 min).

Or rent a car at the airport:

Take the Geneva airport freeway to the Lausanne Blécherette exit.

Then follow signs for Beaulieu Avenue des Bergières 10, 1004 Lausanne.

Parking is available at Beaulieu, and the practice is less than 5 minutes’ walk away.

For your stay

Lausanne offers a huge choice of hotels and other accommodation options.

From a practical point of view, the Ibis hotel is very close to our clinic.

From the Ibis hotel to the practice: 7min walk (there are 450 m).

Ibis hotel address:

Hotel Ibis Lausanne Centre
Rue du Maupas 20
1004 Lausanne
0041 21 340 07 07

From the Ibis hotel to the practice: 7min walk (there are 450 m).

From the train station to the Hotel Ibis: by car/taxi or bus no. 3 or no. 21 and stop at the Saint Roch stop (bus no. 3 and no. 21).

From the CFF station to the practice: by car/taxi or bus no. 3 or no. 21. Bus stops: Jomini (bus n°3) or Beaulieu-Jomini (bus n°21).

Discover Lausanne

Lausanne is a small Swiss town on Lake Leman. The city is the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (the Olympic Museum is worth a visit during your link trip).

The town extends vertically from the lake towards the heights of Lausanne. The lake offers an infinite number of walks from the Metro M2 terminus station “Ouchy”.

From the clinic, you can visit the heart of the city in just 5 minutes. The Gothic Cathedral, built between the 12th and 13th centuries, is one of the city’s most visited historical landmarks. At special times of the year, it is possible to enter the cathedral by night and visit the summit, home to the watchman who shouts out the hours from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., 365 days a year. This “guardian of the city of Lausanne” has been a tradition for over 600 years. The night view from the top of the cathedral is breathtaking.

Downtown Lausanne is bustling with activity, home to bows, stores and restaurants to suit all tastes, yet remains a quiet, human-scale city that can be explored on foot.