Career
| 2018-2022 | Medical Co-Director, Medical Management, University Hospital Zurich |
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| 2016-2018 | Head of Trauma, Derma, Rheumatology, Plastic Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Physical and Occupational Therapy, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2010-2019 | Medical Director of the Surgical Polyclinic of the University Hospital Zurich |
| 2009-2017 | Member of the Faculty Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Head of the Department of Surgical Specialties |
| Since 2008 | National Delegate to the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS) and Examiner |
| 2008 | Head ad interim of the Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2006 | Full Professor of Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Zurich and Director of the Clinic for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2005 | Appointment as Deputy Head of the Clinical Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vienna General Hospital |
| 2003 | Habilitation in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: “Functional improvement of microneurovascular grafts in the context of neuromuscular reconstructions”, Medical University of Vienna |
| 1998-2002 | Study visits Department of Plastic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Division of Plastic Surgery, Universitade Estadual Paulista, SaoPaulo, Botucatu Division of Plastic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2002 | Specialist (Swiss Medical Associaction) Hand Surgery |
| 2000-2002 | Ward Senior Physician |
| 1997-2006 | Senior Physician, Clinical Department of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery, University Department of Surgery, Vienna General Hospital |
| 1997 | Specialist (Swiss Medical Association) for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery |
| 1993-1997 | Resident Physician then Senior Resident Physician Clinic for Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 1992 | Dissertation University of Zurich, “Influence of ozone on physical performance”. |
| 1990-1992 | Assistant Surgeon, University Hospital Zurich |
| 1989 | Federal State Examination, University of Zurich |
| 1985-1989 | Medical studies in Zurich (3rd propaedeutic course, state exam) |
| 1983-1985 | Medical studies in Fribourg (1st and 2nd propaedeutic course) |
Most important Memperships
- Swiss Society for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (1997), Board Member 2009-2012
German-speaking Association for Microsurgery (1998), board member 2005-2017, president 2005-2009 - International Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, later World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (1999)
- Austrian Society for Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery (2000-2007)
- German-speaking Working Group for Hand Surgery DAH (2001) European Association of Plastic Surgeons EURAPS (2003)
- Founding Member of the European Microsurgical Research Association (2003)
- European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery ESPRAS (2003)
- International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive & Aestethic Surgery IPRAS (2004)
- Federation for European Societies for Surgery of the Hand FESSH (2005) Austrian Society for Tumor Orthopedics AMSOS (2005)
- National Delegate of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS) (2008)
- Swiss National Sarcoma Advisory Board SwissSARCOS (2013)