Portrait David Blum

David Blum
Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Radiation Oncology

Other functions at USZ

  • Medical Director Palliative Care Center

Specialties

  • Palliative Care IdS
  • Medical Oncology FMH
  • Internal Medicine FMH

Contact

Tel. +41 43 253 64 45
VCard

Other competencies

  • Early palliative care
  • Symptom control
  • Multimodal cachexia therapy

Career

Since 05/2019 Assistant Professor Palliative Care UZH
Medical Director Palliative Care Center USZ
2016 – 2019 Specialist 2nd Medical Clinic Oncology UKE; Palliative Medicine; Hamburg Germany
2014 – 2016 Attending Physician Palliative Care Center Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen
2011 – 2014 International PhD Palliative care EURO IMPACT – Marie Curie PhD training
European Palliative Research Center, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine NTNU, Norway
King’s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, London
2007 – 2011 Oncology/Palliative Care DIM Kantonsspital St.Gallen
2005 – 2007 Internal Medicine Waid City Hospital
2003 – 2005 Internal Medicine Linth Hospital Uznach

Most important memberships

  • Palliative ch
  • ESMO

Research focus

  • Digitalization in palliative care
  • Patient reported outcomes
  • Cachexia research
  • Early Integration Palliative Care

Prof. Dr. med. David Blum Competence Center Palliative Care

Vested interests

Since Assignment Client City
03.01.2022 Chefarzt STZ STZ Zürich
03.01.2022 Präsident Gruppe Palliativ Supportiv Geriatrische Onkologie Swiss Cancer Institute Bern
03.01.2022 Vorstand, Vizepräsident Palliative.ch Bern
03.01.2022 Vorstand und Lehre Palliativakademie St Gallen