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 and Venereology (Board-Certified Specialist)
  • Mohs surgery, skin cancer surgery, dermatologic surgery (ESMS Trainer)
  • Angiology (Board-Certified Specialist), Phlebology (Board Certification), Wound Management, Laser Surgery of the Skin (Board Certifications I–V) (Laser Trainer)
Appointment

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 25 33
VCard

Other competencies

President of the JH Rahn Foundation for the Support of Continuing Education and Clinical Research in the Fields of Dermatological Surgery, Phlebology, and Wound Healing

Career History

2008 Professor (Titularprofessor)
2001 Associate Professor (Privatdozent)
Since 1999 Head of department of the dermatology ward, dermatosurgery and phlebology incl. Wound treatment
1999 Diploma from the European Society for Mohs Surgery
1999 Member of the European Society of Mohs Micrographic Surgery (ESMS)
1997 Board Certification Exam
1996-1999 Dermatologic Surgery and Mohs Surgery
1996 Specialist in angiology
1995-1996 Internal Medicine and Angiology
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
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
1988-1994 General Surgery, Dermatology & Venereology
1988 State examination
1982-1988 Medical studies in Zurich

Most important memberships

  • Board of Medical Societies
  • Past President of the International Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ISDS) (2023 – 2024)
  • Past President of the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology (SSDV) (2011 – 2015)
  • Past President of the Swiss Society of Phlebology (SSP) (2019 – 2023)
  • Past President of the Workforce for Dermatologic Angiology (ADA) of the DDG (2000-2004)
  • Past Board Member of the Swiss Institute of Medical Education (SIME/SIWF/ISFM) (2010 – 2022)
  • Past Board Member of the Foederatio Medicorum Chirurgicorum Helvetica (FMCH) (2007 – 2020)
  • Past Founder Vice President of the Swiss Association of Wound Treatment (SAfW) (1996 – 2000)
  • Board of Research Cooperations
  • Founder and President of the JH-Rahn-Foundation for Dermatologic Surgery, Phlebology and Wounds (since 2010)

Key Research Areas

  • Skin cancer surgery, especially skin cancer surgery in old age, especially local anesthesia
  • Scars and keloids
  • Chronic wounds, especially hypertonic ulcers Martorell, especially compression therapy
  • Hidradenitis suppurativa
  • Prurigo nodularis

More

Pledge for doctors (Swiss oath, modern version): Taken on 01.11.2018 in Montreux

Vested interests

Since Assignment Client City
11.06.2010 Stiftungsratspräsident JH Rahn-Stiftung, Zürich JH Rahn-Stiftung mit Sitz in Zürich Zürich

For patients

Tel. +41 44 255 31 55

For international patients

Tel. +41 44 255 54 54

For Referring Physicians

To the referral form