About Us
A practice where you are heard.
Most women who come to us have already described their symptoms before. Sometimes more than once. What was missing was rarely the examination itself – it was the time to explain the result so that a decision could follow.
Dr. Wagner's Practice is a gynaecological specialist practice in the heart of Basel's old town. We care for women through every stage of life: preventive care, contraception, fertility, pregnancy, cycle and hormonal complaints, menopause, chronic pelvic pain and surgical procedures.
Spalenvorstadt 3, 4051 Basel · Monday to Friday, 8:00 – 15:00
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stand for
Tests are ordered for a specific clinical question, not routinely just because something might be found.
Sometimes the honest answer is that no treatment is required – or that the recommendation from your previous doctor was correct.
Our task is to give you the basis for that: what the finding means, which paths exist, what each realistically achieves, and what it costs – physically, in time and financially.
Just ask – we will tell you before treatment what basic insurance covers and what you pay yourself.
Dr. med. Anna
Margareta Wagner
I completed my specialist training in gynaecology at Inselspital Bern and then worked for several years as a senior physician at the women's clinics in Biel and Basel. Since 2016 I have run my own practice in Basel.
My path there was unusual: I sat both the Swiss and the American medical licensing exams and focused early on two fields that rarely go together – intimate surgery and ultrasound diagnostics. Both still shape how I work today: I examine myself, and I operate myself.
My areas of focus are the care of high-risk pregnancies, cell and tissue changes of the cervix, hormonal complaints in perimenopause and menopause, chronic pelvic pain including endometriosis and adenomyosis, as well as reconstructive and aesthetic intimate surgery.
What matters to me here: women are often given either a quick prescription or a blanket refusal on these topics. Neither is real counselling. I take the time to explain the connection – even when the honest answer is less convenient than the one hoped for.
For balance, I take part in development cooperation projects that have taken me to India and Somaliland, among other places. The focus there is training local doctors, midwives and students: surgical skills in obstetrics and the use of ultrasound measurably reduce maternal and infant mortality.
Qualifications
- ·Board-certified specialist FMH in Gynaecology and Obstetrics
- ·FMH Gynaecology and Obstetrics · surgical focus in intimate surgery
- ·SGUM certificate of competence in ultrasound, including obstetric ultrasound
- ·SGML certificate of competence in laser medicine
- ·Swiss and American medical licensing exams (USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK, 99th percentile)
- ·International postgraduate diploma in cervical pathology
- ·Over 4,000 gynaecological surgical procedures since 2006, including more than 600 intimate-surgery procedures including vaginoplasty
- ·Uses the “One-Cut Technique” – her own term for a complex, continuously guided incision
- ·Training in cosmetic gynaecology under Dr. Red Alinsod (USA) and in reconstructive surgery under Dr. Amr Seifeldin (Cairo)
- ·Memberships: FMH, SGGG, SGUM, SGML, ESAG, ISCG
- ·Consultations in German and English
What we deliberately don’t do
Good medicine does not mean doing as much as possible. There are five tests and treatments we do not perform without a reason – from the annual Pap smear and the routine hormone panel to surgery for harmless ovarian cysts.
Each point comes with its reasoning and a source.
Read the five pointsScience &
Publications
Research on stem cells from umbilical cord and cord blood, prenatal medicine and obstetrics. Award for the best medical dissertation of the 2005/2006 academic year, University of Basel.
- ·Mesenchymal stem cell research (Wharton's jelly), Laboratory for Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Bern
- ·Dissertation: «Leydig cell injury as a consequence of an acute graft-versus-host reaction» – Award for best M.D. Thesis 2005/2006
- ·Basic immunological research, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel
- ·Swisscord Commission, Swiss Blood Stem Cells – introduction of umbilical cord blood donation at the Women's Hospital Bern
- ·Surbek D, Wagner A. «Stem cells from umbilical cord blood and umbilical cord and their significance in obstetrics». In: Schneider H, Husslein P-W, Schneider K-TM (eds.), Die Geburtshilfe.
- ·Surbek D, Wagner A, Schoeberlein A. «Perinatal stem cell therapy». In: Cetrulo CL, Cetrulo KJ, Cetrulo CL Jr. (eds.), Perinatal Stem Cells, 2009. ISBN 978-0-470-42084-3.
- 01Messerli M, Wagner A, Sager R, Mueller M, Baumann M, Surbek DV, Schoeberlein A. Stem cells from umbilical cord Wharton's jelly from preterm birth have neuroglial differentiation potential. Reprod Sci. 2013.
- 02Wagner AM, Krenger W, Holzgreve W, Bürkli P, Surbek DV. Use of human embryonic stem cells and umbilical cord blood stem cells for research and therapy: a survey among health care professionals and patients in Switzerland. Transfusion. 2013.
- 03Wagner AM, Krenger W, Suter E, Ben Hassem D, Surbek DV. High acceptance rate of hybrid allogeneic-autologous umbilical cord blood banking among actual and potential Swiss donors. Transfusion. 2012.
- 04Wagner AM, Surbek D, Nicoloso G, Bart T, Schwabe R, Castelli D, Troeger C, Baerlocher GM. Umbilical cord blood stem cell donation: current status. Swiss Medical Forum. 2011.
- 05Portmann-Lanz CB, Baumann MU, Mueller M, Wagner AM, Weiss S, Haller O, Sager R, Reinhart U, Surbek DV. Neurogenic characteristics of placental stem cells in preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010.
- 06Wagner AM, Schoeberlein A, Surbek D. Fetal gene therapy: opportunities and risks. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2009.
- 07Schreiber-Facklam H, Wagner AM, Staehler K, et al. «Exterritorial» lymphocytic hypophysitis within an ovarian teratoma during pregnancy: a possible sentinel lesion? Pathol Res Pract. 2008.
- 08Surbek D, Schoeberlein A, Wagner AM. Perinatal stem-cell and gene therapy for hemoglobinopathies. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008;13(4):282–90.
- 09Wagner AM, Beier K, Christen E, et al. Leydig cell injury as a consequence of an acute graft-versus-host reaction. Blood. 2005;105(7):2988–90.
In addition, conference presentations and abstracts, including at the annual meetings of the SGGG (2008–2011), on umbilical cord blood, mesenchymal stem cells and second-opinion 3D ultrasound of the fetal heart.
The Practice
Our premises are located in a 19th-century townhouse on Spalenvorstadt, just a few minutes from the marketplace. We are easy to reach by tram and bus; a lift takes you comfortably to the first floor.
We work with modern ultrasound equipment, our own procedure room for outpatient surgery, and a treatment room for infusions and laser therapy.
An Appointment With Us
You can book online or call us. When booking, briefly tell us what it's about – that way we can schedule the right type of appointment and give you the preparation notes you need in advance.