| 10/2023 |
Award of the Venia Legendi of the University of Zurich for the field of “Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery” and thus admission as a permanent member of the Faculty Assembly of the Faculty of Medicine of the UZH |
| Since 12/2022 |
Director of Department, Department of Cardiac Surgery USZ and Heart Alliance Director |
| 2021 |
Appointment as Full University Professor, State University Tetova, Macedonia |
| Since 9/2018 |
Chief Physician, Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Stadtspital Triemli Zurich |
| 2016 |
Senior Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zurich (within the Alliance for Cardiac Surgery Zurich) |
| 2016 |
Appointment as Associate University Professor, Faculty of Medicine, State University Tetova, Macedonia |
| 2015 |
Appointment as Doctor honoris causa (Dr. h. c.), State University Tetova, Macedonia |
| 2014 |
Appointment as “Extraordinary Professor”, Faculty of Medicine in Skopje, Macedonia |
| 2009 |
Deputy Chief Physician/Head Physician, Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Stadtspital Triemli Zurich |
| 2009 |
Award of the academic title “Privatdozent” and thus the teaching authorization (venia legendi) for the subject “Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery”. |
| 2009 |
Habilitation in cardiac surgery; topic: “Cardiac surgery treatment options in patients with preoperatively impaired ventricular function”. |
| 2008 |
Attending Physician, Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 2007 – 2008 |
Specialist in Cardiac Surgery, Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 2001 – 2006 |
Resident at the Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 2000 – 2001 |
Physician in Internship, Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 2000 |
Doctorate in medicine |
| 2000 |
Licensed as a physician by the Regional Council of Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 1993 – 2000 |
Study of human medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
| 1990 – 1992 |
Medical studies, University of Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) |
| 1985 – 1989 |
Medical Secondary School, Tetovo (Macedonia) |
