A specialist centre in Nyon
The Centre de l’Obésité et du Métabolisme de la Côte, in Nyon, supports people affected by their weight and its consequences for their health.
Under the direction of Dr Pierre Fournier, the Centre organises multidisciplinary care adapted to each situation. Support can combine nutrition, physical activity, psychological support, medication and surgery.
You can come for a first assessment, to discuss a treatment or to resume follow-up, including after an operation performed in another hospital, in Switzerland or abroad.
Our approach
- Understanding your situation: your history, your health, your expectations and your daily life.
- Building a plan with you: explaining the possibilities and setting goals together.
- Combining the approaches that help: treatments can complement each other and change over time.
- Ensuring continuity: organising long-term support, in liaison with your GP.
When surgery is being considered, the decision is made collectively by the multidisciplinary team, with you.
On how weight can be discussed without judgement, including in healthcare, see Weight stigma and discrimination.
Coordinated care
The Centre’s appointments team receives your request and organises appointments according to your situation. The professionals involved coordinate your care. If your doctor referred you to the Centre, a report is sent to them after the consultation.
The Centre is led by Dr Pierre Fournier, surgeon. Depending on your needs, other professionals are involved, at the Centre or within the care network it works with: you will not meet all of them, and not necessarily in the same place.
Where does care take place?
Consultations in Nyon
The Centre welcomes you at Dr Pierre Fournier’s practice, in Nyon. Some professionals see patients at their own premises. The exact location and practical details are given to you when your appointment is booked.
Dr Pierre Fournier’s practice: Chemin de Monastier 15, Le Corjon building, 3rd floor, 1260 Nyon.
Operations at Hôpital de Nyon
The team’s operations take place at Hôpital de Nyon (GHOL). Hôpital de Nyon is recognised by the SMOB as a primary bariatric surgery centre1.
Support in Nyon and specialist referral centres
You can be welcomed and supported at the Centre in Nyon, including when your BMI is over 50. Your assessment, preparation and follow-up can be organised there. If your operation requires a specialist referral centre, we coordinate this step with the appropriate hospital. Wherever possible, and with the agreement of the host centre, Dr Pierre Fournier performs your operation there himself.
Depending on your situation, the appropriate hospital may be a specialist referral centre in Geneva (HUG), Lausanne or Neuchâtel.
In Switzerland, certain situations are reserved for specialist referral centres2.
Are you a doctor?
Getting to the Centre: address, access and opening hours
Medical review of the French version: Dr Pierre Fournier
Scientific sources and references
Sources accessed on 15 October 2026. Reimbursement rules and information on medicines change over time.
- SMOB. List of recognised centres, as of 1 May 2026. View source
- Swiss Society for the Study of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (SMOB). Directives pour le traitement chirurgical de l’obésité, in force from 1 July 2023 (in French). View source
In this section
- The teamA team of professionals working together for you, coordinated by the Centre’s appointments team.
- Medical directorDr Pierre Fournier, a surgeon, is the director of the Centre de l’Obésité et du Métabolisme de la Côte.
- Getting to the CentreAddress, directions, public transport, parking and wheelchair access: getting to the obesity centre at Dr Pierre Fournier’s practice, Le Corjon building, Nyon.
- ContactA question about your care pathway, an appointment or a document? The Centre’s team will get back to you.