Other competencies
- Advanced Neuroimaging, Big Data, and Prognostic Modelling
- Functional seizures and seizure-like disorders
- Brain death diagnostics
Career
| Since 2023 | Senior Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich |
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| Since 2021 | Head of Epileptology Department, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2019 – 2023 | Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2015 – 2019 | Postgraduate Research Fellowship, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, United Kingdom |
| 2014 – 2018 | Senior Resident, Clinic for Neurology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen |
| 2016 | Specialist title FMH Neurology |
| 2013 | Certificate of competence SGKN Electroencephalography |
| 2009 – 2014 | Resident, Clinic for Neurology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen |
| 2003 – 2009 | Medical studies at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria |
Most important memberships
- Management Group Member, Epilepsy Panel, European Academy of Neurology (EAN)
- Chair of the Leadership Development Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
- Deputy Editor for eLearning of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN)
- Working Group Leader, CAS Physician Associates, Swiss Federation of Clinical Neuro-Societies (SFCNS)
- Past-Chair of the Career Development Commission, International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
- Past-Chair of the Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
- Swiss Epilepsy League
- American Epilepsy Society (AES)
- Swiss Neurological Society (SNS)
- Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (SGKN)
Research focus
- Acquired epilepsy and epileptogenesis
- Neurodegeneration and brain-health in epilepsy
- Advanced neuroimaging for epilepsy
- Big data, causal inference, and prognostic modelling
- Status epilepticus and acute symptomatic seizures
- Stopping medication for epilepsy