Portrait Aju Pazhenkottil

Aju Pazhenkottil
Prof. Dr. med.

Attending Physician with extended responsibilites, Department of Nuclear Medicine
Attending Physician, Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine

Specialties

  • Cardiac imaging (cardiac CT/NUK/MRI)
  • Echocardiography
  • Psychocardiology
Appointment

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 39 50

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

2021 Attending Physician with extended responsibilities, Cardiac Imaging, Department of 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

  • Cardiac imaging, multimodal (computed tomography, nuclear medicine examinations, echocardiography)
  • Psychocardiology
  • Burnout and coronary heart disease

Publications

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Member of the Editorial Board

  • European Heart Journal

Reviewer for scientific journals

  • Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • International Journal of Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Medicine

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

For patients

I am happy to arrange personal consultation appointments.

Tel. +41 44 255 15 15
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For international patients

For an appointment for private consultation, please contact our International Office directly.

Tel. +41 44 255 54 54
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For referrer

To refer your patient for private consultation, contact us as follows:

Tel. +41 44 255 15 15
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