Research at the Department of Angiology

Research interests

• Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
• Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI) and Post-thrombotic Syndrome (PTS)
• Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
• Rare Vascular Diseases

Research team and contact information

Head of Research

• PD Dr. (I) Ph.D. Stefano Barco

Head of Study Coordination

• Dr. Rebecca Spescha

Study Coordination

• Dr. Claudia Leeger
• Eliane Probst-Schärer
• Stéphanie Roth-Zetzsche

Residents and Study Physicians

• Dr. Gabor Forgo
• Dr. Philippe Kaufmann
• Dr. Davide Voci
• Stéphanie Zbinden
• Dr. Riccardo Fumagalli

Doctoral Students and Visiting Scientists

• Julian Kleinwortmann
• Dominika Krišová
• Margarita Serifi
• Marta Szlaszynska
• Simon Wolf

Funding

• Der Schweizerische Nationalfonds (ID 198352, OVID study)
• Johanna Dürmüller-Bol Foundation (unrestricted grant for the OVID study)
• University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich
• International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH)
• Bayer (unrestricted grant for the ARIVA trial)
• Concept Medical (unrestricted grant for the SirPAD trial)
• Boston Scientific (unrestricted grant for the RETHRO study)
• Sanofi (unrestricted grant)
• Bard (unrestricted grant)
• Inari Medical (FLASH registry)
• Medtronic (unrestricted grant and IN PACT BTK phase III trial)
• Daiichi Sankyo (ETNA-VTE study)
• Bentley InnoMed GmbH (unrestricted grant)
• Anthos Therapeutics (ASTER & Magnolia trials)