Research area
Systemic sclerosis, fibrosis, interstitial lung disease in collagenoses.
Expertise: clinical trials, drug development strategies, biomarkers, RNA-omics, animal models, registry analysis, in vitro functional testing for fibrosis.
Career
| 2016 | Director of the Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich |
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| 2015-2017 | Visiting Professor University of Florence, Italy |
| 2015 | Visiting Professor Stanford University, USA |
| 2013 | Professor ad personam, University of Zurich |
| 2012 | Certificate of Advanced Studies in Healthcare Management, University of St. Gallen |
| 2012 | Visiting Professor University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 2009-2016 | Senior Attending Physician and Director Scleroderma Program, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital |
| 2006-2009 | Attending Physician, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2006 | Specialist FMH for Rheumatology |
| 2004/2005 | Specialist FMH for Internal Medicine |
| 2005 | Habilitation as Privatdozent for Rheumatology, University of Zurich |
| 2004-2006 | Resident, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich |
| 1998-2004 | Postdoctoral Researcher Center for Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich |
| 1997 | Doctoral thesis at the University of Erlangen |
| 1989-1996 | Medical studies, University of Erlangen, Germany |
Most important memberships
- Chair Executive Committee of the FOREUM Foundation (Foundation for Research in Rheumatology)
- Co-Chair of ERS/EULAR Guidelines (European Respiratory Society)
- Member scientific evaluation board, Pfizer Research Foundation
- Member Foundation Board, SCQM (Swiss Clinical Quality Management in Rheumatic Diseases)
- Member Walter-Siegenthaler-Gesellschaft für Fortschritte in der Inneren Medizin
- Scientific advisory board of the AbbVie Rheumatology Grant
- Scientific advisory board GILS (Gruppo Italiano per la Lotta alla Sclerodermia) Foundation
- Member scientific committee Swiss Society of Rheumatology (SGR)
Research focus
- Systemic sclerosis
Publications
Publication listFurther
- Head of the Center for Experimental Rheumatology at the University Hospital Zurich