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Oliver Distler
Prof. Dr. med.

Director of Department

Other functions at USZ

  • Center Manager

Specialties

  • Systemic sclerosis
  • Collagenoses
  • Systemic diseases
Appointment

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 29 70
VCard

Research area

Systemic sclerosis, fibrosis, interstitial lung disease in collagenoses.

Expertise: clinical trials, drug development strategies, biomarkers, RNA-omics, animal models, registry analysis, in vitro functional testing for fibrosis.

Career

2016 Clinic Director of the Clinic for Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich
2015-2017 Visiting Professor University of Florence, Italy
2015 Visiting Professor Stanford University, USA
2013 Professor ad personam, University of Zurich
2012 Certificate of Advanced Studies in Healthcare Management, University of St. Gallen
2012 Visiting Professor University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2009-2016 Senior Physician and Director Scleroderma Program, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital
2006-2009 Senior Physician, Clinic for Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich
2006 Specialist FMH for Rheumatology
2004/2005 Specialist FMH for Internal Medicine
2005 Habilitation as Privatdozent for Rheumatology, University of Zurich
2004-2006 Resident, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich
1998-2004 Postdoctoral Researcher Center for Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich
1997 Doctoral thesis at the University of Erlangen
1989-1996 Medical studies, University of Erlangen, Germany

Most important memberships

  • Walter Siegenthaler Society for Advances in Internal Medicine
  • SGR, Swiss Society for Rheumatology
  • Swiss Society for Pulmonary Hypertension
  • American College of Rheumatology
  • Hartmann-Müller Foundation
  • Pfizer Research Award Foundation
  • SCQM Foundation
  • EUSTAR (European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group)
  • Deputy of the University of Zurich in the Swiss Academy of Sciences

Research focus

  • Systemic sclerosis

Publications

Publication list

Further

  • Division Head for Traumatology, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Plastic Surgery and Emergency Medicine at the University Hospital Zurich
  • Head of the Center for Experimental Rheumatology at the University Hospital Zurich

For patients

To make an appointment for private consultation, contact us as follows:

Tel. +41 44 255 26 87
Mail rheumaklinik@usz.ch
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For international patients

For an appointment for private consultation, please contact our International Office directly.

Tel. +41 44 255 54 54
Mail international@usz.ch
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For referrer

To refer your patient for private consultation, contact us as follows:

Mail dispo.ruz@usz.ch
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