Portrait Dominik Schneidawind

Dominik Schneidawind
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology

Other functions at USZ

  • Representative: Stem cells

Specialties

  • Allogeneic stem cell transplantation
  • Autologous stem cell transplantation
  • CAR-T cell therapy

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 37 82

Other competencies

Specialist in hematology (FMH)
Specialist in internal medicine and hematology and oncology (D)
Additional qualification in hemostaseology (D)
Additional qualification in immunology (D)
Additional qualification in palliative medicine (D)
Additional qualification in emergency medicine (D)

Career

since 2022 Senior Attending Physician and Program Director Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Zurich

2019-2022 Attending Physician, Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Tübingen

2012-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Stanford University, USA

2010-2019 Doctor in postgraduate training, Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Tübingen

2004-2010 Study of human medicine, University of Ulm

Most important memberships

Member of the Board of Directors of the USZ Transplant Center
German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO)
German Association for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (DAG-HSZT)

Research focus

– Cellular therapies
– Allogeneic stem cell transplantation
– Graft-versus-Host Disease
– Invariant natural killer T cells
– Chimeric antigen receptors
– Immune dysregulation

Further

2016 DAG-KBT Research Award of the German Working Group for Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

2015 New Investigator Award of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

2014 Best Abstract Award for Basic Science Research of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation