Portrait Michael Scharl

Michael Scharl
Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Vice Director of Department, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Specialties

  • Immunotherapy-associated colitis
  • Colorectal carcinoma
  • Microbiome

Other competencies

  • Gastroscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Sonography
  • Liver biopsy

Career

Since 08/2022 Associate Professor ad personam of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, focus on Translational Microbiome Research.
Since 09/2020 Senior Attending Physician, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital Zurich
Since 10/2019 Head of Translational Microbiome Research Center, University Hospital Zurich
09/2019-08/2020 Attending Physician with extended responsibilities, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital Zurich
Since 08/2017 – 07/2022 Holder of the Peter Hans Hofschneider Endowed Chair in Molecular Medicine, Assistant Professor at the University of Zurich.
Since 08/2017 Head of Research, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital Zurich
09/2016-08/2019 Attending Physician, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital Zurich
06/2016-08/2016 Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital Zurich
05/2009-05/2016 Residency at the University Hospital Zurich
06/2007-04/2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of California, San Diego, California, USA

Most important memberships

  • American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
  • European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO)
  • American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
  • Swiss Society of Gastroenterology (SGG)
  • Associate Editor by Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, Section Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Editorial Board of the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis
  • Scientific Committee of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization
  • President of the Hartmann Müller Foundation for Medical Research, Zurich
  • Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Scientific Research of the University of Zurich

Research focus

  • Intestinal microbiome
  • Gastrointestinal pathophysiology
  • Gastrointestinal Immunology
  • Chronic inflammatory bowel disease
  • Colorectal carcinoma
Website ScharlLab

Publications

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Vested interests

Since Assignment Client City
18.06.2026 Kongresspräsident und Redner Österreichische Gesellschaft für probiotische Medizin Graz, AT