Portrait Michael Weller

Michael Weller
Prof. Dr. med.

Director Department of Neurology
Head of the Brain Tumor Center Comprehensive Cancer Center Zurich
Member of the Board of the Clinical Neurocenter

Specialties

  • Neuro-Oncology

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 55 00
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Career

Since 2008 Chairman, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich
2005-2007 Chairman, Department of General Neurology, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
1997-2005 Senior physician, Department of General Neurology, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
1995-1996 Resident, Department of General Neurology, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
1993-1994 Habilitation Fellow, German Research Foundation, Section of Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
1992 Fogarty Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Neuroscience Branch, Bethesda, Maryland
1991 Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
1989-1990 Internship, Department of General Neurology, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
1982-1989 Medical School, Cologne, Germany

Most important memberships

  • Swiss Neuro-Oncology Society
  • Swiss Neurological Society
  • German Neurological Society
  • German Cancer Society
  • European Association for Neuro-Oncology
  • Society for Neuro-Oncology
  • European Society of Medical Oncology
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology

Research focus

  • Glioblastoma
  • Immunotherapy of brain tumors
  • Metastasis in the central nervous system

Publications

See publications

Other offices

  • Board, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
  • President, Swiss Neuro-Oncology Society