Other competencies
- Endoscopic diagnostics and laser surgical treatment of laryngeal and pharyngeal diseases
- Minimally invasive treatment of lymph nodes (sentinel lymph node biopsy)
- Treatment of esophageal diverticula (so-called Zenker’s diverticula)
- Treatment of benign and malignant salivary gland diseases
- Treatment of benign and malignant skin tumors in the head and neck area
- Diagnosis and surgical removal of glomus caroticum (paragangliomas)
Career
| 2025 | Master of Health Business Administration (MHBA), Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg |
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| 2024 | Senior Attending Physician, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2023 | Habilitation (Priv. Doz.), University of Zurich |
| 2022-2023 | Senior Attending Physician, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne |
| 2020-2022 | Fellowship in advanced surgical oncology, microvascular reconstruction and robotic surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada |
| 2021 | Global Online Fellowship (GOLF) with Honors, International Federation of Head & Neck Oncological Societies (IFHNOS) New York City, USA |
| 2019 | Specialist title FMH for neck and facial surgery |
| 2019 | Tutor for neck ultrasound SGUM |
| 2017-2020 | Attending Physician, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2017 | Specialist FMH for otorhinolaryngology |
| 2016-2017 | Attending physician, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne |
| 2013-2015 | Master of Science (M.Sc.), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada |
| 2012 | Dissertation (Dr. med), University of Bern |
| 2009 | State examination, University of Bern |
| 2003 | Type A Matura, Collège Sainte Croix, Fribourg/Freiburg |
Most important memberships
- Swiss Society for Otorhinolaryngology (SGORL)
- American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)
- Swiss Head & Neck Society (SHNS)
- European Head & Neck Society (EHNS)
- Working Group for Head and Neck Surgery Swiss Society for Otorhinolaryngology (SGORL)
- Group for Sonography of the Head and Neck of the Swiss Society for Ultrasound Medicine (SGUM)
- Written Examination Committee for Global Online Fellowship (GOLF) of the International Federation of Head & Neck Oncological Societies (IFHNOS)
- McGill Alumni Association
- American Thyroid Association®
Research focus
- Metabolic tumor imaging
- Molecular profiling of thyroid cancer
- Molecular profiling of salivary gland tumors