Minimally invasive surgery on newborn babies (e.g. oesophageal atresia or duodenal atresia). Minimally invasive thoracic surgery (e.g. lobectomy for lung malformations or removal of duplication cysts). Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery, pancreas surgery and laparoscopic hernia surgery.
2003 State examination in human medicine (University of Zurich)
2006 ATLS, ACLS, PALS Provider (CH)
2009 ECFMG - USMLE certificate (USA)
2014 Fellowship in Neonatal and Pediatric Surgery (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA)
2016 Fellowship in Pediatric Urology (Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada)
2017 Specialist in Paediatric Surgery (CH)
2017 Master of Science (University of Toronto, Canada)
2022 Baden-Württemberg Certificate in Medical Didactics
Original work - first author
1 Sidler, Martin, Aitken, K. J., Jiang, Jia-Xin, Yadav, Priyank, Lloyd, Erin, Ibrahim, Malak, Choufani, Sanaa, Weksberg, Rosanna, & Bägli, Darius. (2021). Inhibition of DNA methylation during chronic obstructive bladder disease (COBD) improves function, pathology and expression. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 17307. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96155-4
2 Sidler, Martin, Wong, Zeng Hao, Eaton, Simon, Ahmad, Nargis, Ong, Meydene, Morsi, Ahmed, Rees, Clare M., Giuliani, Stefano, Blackburn, Simon, Curry, Joseph I., Cross, Kate M., & Coppi, Paolo De. (2020). Insufflation in minimally invasive surgery: Is there any advantage in staying low? Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.11.026
3 Sidler, Martin, Djendov, Florin, Curry, Joe I., Blackburn, Simon, Giuliani, Stefano, Eaton, Simon, Mullassery, Dhanya, Cross, Kate M., & Coppi, Paolo De. (2019). Potential Benefits of Laparoscopic Repair of Duodenal Atresia: Insights from a Retrospective Comparative Study. European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, EFirst, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1698766
4 Sidler, Martin, Aitken, Karen J., Jiang, Jia-Xin, Sotiropoulos, Chris, Aggarwal, Prateek, Anees, Arsalan, Chong, Cynthia, Siebenaller, Aliza, Thanabalasingam, Thenuka, White, J. Maxwell, Choufani, Sanaa, Weksberg, Rosanna, Sangiorgi, Bruno, Wrana, Jeff, Delgado-Olguin, Paul, & Bägli, Darius J. (2018). DNA Methylation Reduces the Yes-Associated Protein 1/WW Domain Containing Transcription Regulator 1 Pathway and Prevents Pathologic Remodelling during Bladder Obstruction by Limiting Expression of BDNF. The American Journal of Pathology, 188(10), 2177-2194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2018.06.024
5 Sidler, Martin, Aitken, Karen J., Forward, Sarah, Vitkin, Alex, & Bägli, Darius J. (2018). Non-invasive voiding assessment in conscious mice. Bladder, 5(2), 33. https://doi.org/10.14440/bladder.2018.582
6Sidler, Martin, Aitken, Karen, Jiang, Janet, Bijos, Dominika, Belik, Jaques, & Bägli, Darius J. (2017). Finding NeMO-Nerve-sparing Mid-urethral Obstruction: A Pathophysiologically Accurate Model of Rodent Partial Bladder Outlet Obstruction. Urology, 105, 208.e1-208.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2017.03.032
7 Sidler, Martin, Aitken, Karen J., Jiang, Jia-Xin, & Bägli, Darius J. (2017). Nerve-sparing Mid-urethral Obstruction (NeMO) in Female Small Rodents. Journal of Visualised Experiments, 122, e55288-e55288. https://doi.org/10.3791/55288
8Martin, Sidler, Oliver, Diez H., Belkis, Diez-Mendiondo I., Lucas, Wessel M., & Steffan, Loff. (2021). Favourable Outcome of Electively Delayed Elongation Procedure in Long-Gap Esophageal Atresia. Frontiers in Surgery, 8, 701609. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2021.701609.
9 Martin, Sidler, Odeh, Rakan I., Skelton, Teresa, Zu'bi, Fadi, Naoum, Naimet K., Azzawayed, Ibraheem Abu, Alyami, Fahad A., Lorenzo, Armando J., Farhat, Walid A., & Koyle, Martin A. (2018). Intraoperative blood transfusion in paediatric patients undergoing renal transplant-Effect of renal graft size. Pediatric Transplantation, 22(3), e13119-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.13119
10. Zu'bi, F., Sidler, M., Harvey, E., Lopes, R. I., Hojjat, A., Naoum, N., Pokarowski, M., Lorenzo, A. J., Farhat, W. A., Papanikolaou, F., & Santos, J. Dos. (2017). Stone growth patterns and risk for surgery among children presenting with hypercalciuria, hypocitraturia and cystinuria as underlying metabolic causes of urolithiasis. Journal of Pediatric Urology, 13(4), 357.e1-357.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2017.06.022
11 Schroeder, Annette, Aitken, Karen J., Jiang, Jia-Xin, Sidler, Martin, Tolg, Cornelia, Siebenaller, Aliza, Jeffrey, Nefateri, Kirwan, Tyler, Leslie, Bruno, Wu, Changhao, Weksberg, Rosanna, Delgado-Olguin, Paul, & Bägli, Darius J. (2020). Persistent myopathy despite release of partial obstruction: in vivo reversal of dysfunction and transcriptional responses using rapamycin. FASEB Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 34(3), 3594-3615. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201900547rr
12 Gupta, Alisha, Sidler, Martin, Poll, Daan van, Patel, Nikita, Eaton, Simon, Muthialu, Nagarajan, & Coppi, Paolo De. (2019). Thoracic versus abdominal approach to correct diaphragmatic eventration in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.10.040.
13 Sidler-Maier, Claudia C., Mutch, Jennifer A., Sidler, Martin, Leivadiotou, Dimitra, Payandeh, Jubin B., & Nam, Diane. (2018). Augmented latissimus dorsi transfer: initial results in patients with massive irreparable posterosuperior rotator cuff tears. Shoulder & Elbow, 232, 175857321775083-175857321775089. https://doi.org/10.1177/1758573217750832
14 Mutch, Jennifer, Sidler, Martin, Sidler-Maier, Claudia, Axelrod, Terry, & Nam, Diane. (2017). The fulcrum axis: an accurate measure of glenoid version on radiographs and computed tomography. Shoulder & Elbow, 985, 175857321772829-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/1758573217728291
15 Ting, Kenneth, Aitken, Karen J., Penna, Frank, Samiei, Alaleh Najdi, Sidler, Martin, Jiang, Jia-Xin, Ibrahim, Fadi, Tolg, Cornelia, Delgado-Olguin, Paul, Rosenblum, Norman, & Bägli, Darius J. (2016). Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) Infection Induces Proliferation through Enhancer of Zeste Homologue 2 (EZH2). PLoS ONE, 11(3), e0149118-16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149118
16 Spontaneous urinary bladder regeneration after subtotal cystectomy Increases YAP/WWTR1 signalling And downstream BDNF expression: implications for smooth muscle injury responses.
17 Sidler, Martin, Shah, Pratik, Ashworth, Michael, & Coppi, Paolo De. (2019). Laparoscopic resection of pancreatic neck lesion with Roux-en-Y pancreatico-jejunostomy. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 40, 71-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2018.10.018
18 Diez, Oliver H., Sidler, Martin, Amrhein, Peter, Rose, Markus A., Alazki, Ammar, Bahr, Micha, & Loff, Steffan. (2020). Endoscopic treatment of a tracheal mucosal tunnel after multiple recurrences of a trachea-esophageal fistula. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 59, 101513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2020.101513
a.) Physiological and epigenetic adaptation processes of the urinary bladder to infravesical obstruction
b.) Minimally invasive surgery in the newborn
2010 Young investigator award - Swiss Society for Paediatric Surgery
2016 Basic science research prize - European Society for Paediatric Urology (ESPU)
2018 Travelling Fellowship for best presentation - British Assosiation of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons (BAPES) Meeting
2023 James Herbert Johnston Prize - German Society for Paediatric Surgery