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Portrait Aju Pazhenkottil, Executive MBA HSG

Aju Pazhenkottil, Executive MBA HSG
Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine
Attending Physician, Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine

Specialties

  • Specialist in multimodal non-invasive cardiac imaging (cardiac CT, MRI, PET, SPECT, echocardiography)
  • Specialist in cardiology FMH
  • Focus on psychocardiology

Departments

Appointment

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 39 50
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Other specialties

  • Cardiac imaging and heart-brain interaction research

Other competencies

  • Cardiac computed tomography (CCT Level 3 of the European Association of Cardiology (ESC))
  • Nuclear cardiology (cardiac SPECT and cardiac PET)
  • Cardiac MRI (CMR Level 3 of the European Association of Cardiology (ESC))
  • Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography
  • Psychocardiology consultation

Career

Since 2021 Senior Attending Physician, Cardiac Imaging, Clinic for Nuclear Medicine
2020 – 2021 Fellowship in Cardiac MRI, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
2021 Psychosomatic and psychosocial medicine SAPPM
2016 Habilitation in Cardiology, University of Zurich
Since 2016 Attending Physician, Department of Cardiology and Attending Physician, Cardiac Imaging, Department of Nuclear Medicine, USZ and since 2019 additionally Attending Physician, Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine
Since 2015 Attending Physician, Cardiac Imaging, Department of Nuclear Medicine, USZ
2015 Specialist in cardiology FMH
2012-2015 Resident, Department of Cardiology, USZ
2010-2012 Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, USZ
2009-2010 Resident, Cardiac Imaging, Department of Nuclear Medicine, USZ
2008 State examination in human medicine, University of Zurich Stay abroad during medical studies: Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Memberships

  • Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
  • European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)
  • Swiss Society of Cardiology (SGK)
  • Member of the SGK Quality Commission
  • Zurich Society of Cardiology (ZGK)

Research focus

Clinical and translational research in multimodal cardiac imaging with a special focus on the pathophysiology of coronary artery disease. Central research interests include heart-brain interaction and the role of psychosocial factors and mental health in the development and prognosis of cardiovascular diseases.

Publications

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Further

  • Editorial board member and reviewer for numerous scientific journals

PD. Dr. med. Aju Paul Pazhenkottil, Department of Cardiology and Heart Center

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