Portrait Jürg Hafner

Jürg Hafner
Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Vice Director of Department, Department of Dermatology

Other functions at USZ

  • Head of Dermatosurgery, Skin Cancer Surgery and Mohs Surgery, Laser Medicine and Aesthetic Medicine Department of Dermatology
  • Head of Phlebology and Wound Treatment Department of Dermatology
  • Management Board Hidradenitis suppurativa Department of Dermatology

Specialties

  • Dermatology/venereology (SIWF/FMH)
  • Dermatosurgery, Mohs Surgery (ESMS)
  • Angiology (SIWF/FMH), Phlebology (USGG/SIWF)

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 25 33
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Career

2008 Professor (Titularprofessor)
2001 Associate Professor (Privatdozent)
Since 1999 Head of department of the dermatology ward, dermatosurgery and phlebology incl. Wound treatment
Since 1994 Establishment and management of the Department of Dermatosurgery, specializing in skin cancer surgery. Micrographic surgery on a frozen section (Mohs Micrographic Surgery) and in formalin-paraffin (Tübinger Torte or Slow Mohs)
Since 1994 Establishment and management of the Department of Phlebology and Wound Treatment
1999 Member of the European Society of Mohs Micrographic Surgery (ESMS)
1996 Specialist in angiology
1994 Specialist in dermatology and venereology
1990-1996 Resident in General Surgery, Dermatology and Venereology, Internal Medicine and Angiology in Muri (AG), Zurich (USZ) and Geneva (HUG), as well as Visiting Physician in Munich, Kassel and Tübingen
1989 Research, Dissertation
1982-1988 Medical studies in Zurich

Most important memberships

  • Member of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) (1999)
  • Member of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) (2004)
  • Member of the German Dermatological Society (DDG) (2009)
  • Member of the European Dermatology Forum (EDF) (2018)
  • Member of the German Society for Dermatosurgery (DGDC) (1997)
  • Member of the Italian Society of Dermatosurgery and Oncology (SIDCO) (2022)
  • Member of the British Society for Dermatologic Surgery (BSDS) (2023)

Honorary memberships

  • Honorary member of the French Society of Dermatology (SFD) (2017)
  • Honorary member of the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology (SSDV) (2018)
  • Corresponding member of the Finnish Society of Dermatology (2018)

Research focus

  • Dermatosurgery: Dermatosurgical skin cancer therapy for the elderly, local anesthesia
  • Phlebology and wound treatment: arterial circulatory disorders, compression treatment, Martorell’s hypertonic ulcer and calciphylaxis
  • Serious skin diseases: Chronic prurigo, hidradenitis suppurativa

Publications

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For patients

Tel. +41 44 255 31 55

For international patients

Tel. +41 44 255 54 54

For referrering physicians

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