Portrait Adrian Ciurea

Adrian Ciurea
Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Vice Director of Department, Department of Rheumatology

Specialties

  • Axial spondyloarthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Psoriatic arthritis

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 29 32
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Other competencies

Research area: Inflammatory rheumatic diseases, axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis

Expertise: Epidemiology, treatment

Career

Since 2018 Vice Director, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich
Since 2012 Senior Attending Physician, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich
2004-2012 Attending Physician, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich
2003-2004 Resident, Department of Rheumatology, Allergology and Immunology, Inselspital Bern
2002-2003 Resident, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich
2001-2002 Resident, Medical Clinic, University Hospital Zurich
2000-2001 Resident, Medical Polyclinic, University Hospital Zurich
1997-2000 Assistant, Institute for Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Zurich
1995-1997 Resident, Medical Department, Männedorf District Hospital
2018 Titular professorship, University of Zurich
2014 CAS Leadership in Organizations of the Healthcare System, Inst. for Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern
2012 Habilitation University of Zurich
2011 Postgraduate course “Effective management in the healthcare sector”, College m, Bern
2009 Certificate of competence in sonography of the musculoskeletal system
2005 Specialist FMH for Rheumatology
2002 Specialist FMH for Internal Medicine
2000 Doctoral thesis “Persistence of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus at very low levels in immune mice”
1994 State examination, University of Zurich

Most important memberships

  • Swiss Society for Rheumatology
  • Foundation Board Swiss Clinical Quality Management in Rheumatic Diseases
  • Board of Trustees of the Swiss Bekhterev Foundation (President)

Research focus

  • Inflammatory rheumatic diseases
  • Axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis

Publications

Publication list

Further

  • Member of the clinic management
  • Research Group Manager