Portrait Alexandre Theocharides

Alexandre Theocharides
Prof. Dr. med.

Head of Clinical Studies CCCZ, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology
Senior Attending Physician, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology

Specialties

  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN)
  • Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
  • Hematological diagnostics
Appointment

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 37 82

Other competencies

  • Translational hematology, clinical research (bench to bedside)
  • Clonal hematopoiesis (CHiP, ARCH)
  • General hematology

Career

Since 2020 Attending Physician with extended responsibility, Hematology, USZ
Since 2018 Privatdozent Hematology, University of Zurich
Since 2015 Coordinator Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma Center, USZ
Prof. Dr. Max Cloëtta Research Center
2013 – 2020 Attending Physician Hematology, USZ
2011 – 2012 Hematology resident, Inselspital Bern
2008 – 2011 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Toronto (Lab: Prof. John Dick)
2005 – 2007 Resident in Hematology, University Hospital Basel
2003 – 2005 Swiss Postgraduate course (Lab: Prof. Radek Skoda)
2001 – 2002 Resident in Internal Medicine, Bruderholz Cantonal Hospital
1998 – 2000 Doctoral thesis, Gastroenterology, University of Basel
1994 – 2000 Medical studies at the University of Basel

Most important memberships

  • FMH Hematology
  • FAMH Hematology
  • Swiss Society for Hematology (SGH/SSH)
  • European Hematology Association (EHA)
  • Swiss Association for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)

Research focus

  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
  • Acute myeloid leukemia
  • Clonal hematopoiesis (CHiP, ARCH)
  • Xenograft models for hematologic neoplasms
  • Macrophage immune checkpoints
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Publications

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Further

  • Ellermann Prize 2014, Swiss Society for Hematology
  • Research Award 2011, Clinical Research Day of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bern
  • Translational Research Training in Hematology (TRTH), EHA/ASH, 2014