Portrait Roland von Känel

Roland von Känel
Prof. Dr. med.

Director of Department, Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine

Specialties

  • Stress, stress biology and stress-related diseases
  • Psychocardiology
  • Body symptom disorders (fatigue, pain)

Other competencies

  • Psychiatric comorbidity in somatic diseases.
  • Bio-Psycho-Social Medicine

Career

Since 2018 Director of Department, Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine USZ
Since 2018 Full professor (Ordinarius), Chair of Consiliary/Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics, University of Zurich
2016 – 2022 Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Since 2014 Chief Science Officer and Member of the Executive Board, Burnout Protector GmbH, Küsnacht (ZH)
2014-2018 Head Physician, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Klinik Barmelweid, Barmelweid
2014-2018 Member of the Executive Board, Klinik Barmelweid, Barmelweid
2014 Titular Professor, University of Bern
2012-2014 Full Professor (Ordinarius), Chair of Psycho-somatic and Psycho-social Medicine, University of Bern
2012 Focus on consultation and liaison psychiatry (FMH)
2008 Certified Medical Examiner Swiss Insurance Medicine (SIM)
2008 Specialist FMH for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2007 Herbert Weiner Early Career Award of the American Psychosomatic Society
2004-2014 Member of the Clinic Management, Clinic for General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern
2004-2014 Chief Physician, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern
2004-2012 Associate Professor (Extraordinarius), Chair of Somato-Psychosocial Medicine, University of Bern
2001-2003 Senior Researcher, Co-Head of Behavioral Medicine Laboratory, Institute of Behavioral Science, ETH Zurich.
2001-2003 Senior Physician and Operative Head, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Zurich High Altitude Clinic Davos
2001-2002 Senior Physician, Department of Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
2000 Interdisciplinary Focus Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Medicine SAPPM (FMH)
1999-2001 Postdoctoral / Postgraduate Researcher, Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
1999 Specialist FMH for General Internal Medicine
1993 Doctorate in medicine (thesis on the risk of venous thrombosis)
1992 State Examination and Federal Medical Diploma
1986-1992 Study of human medicine, University of Bern

Memberships

  • American Psychosomatic Society (APS)
  • German College of Psychosomatic Medicine (DKPM)
  • International College of Psychosomatic Medicine (ICPM)
  • European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC)
  • Swiss Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (SGPP)
  • Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine (SGAIM)
  • Swiss Academy of Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Medicine (SAPPM)
  • Association of Swiss Physicians (FMH)
  • Medical Association of the Canton of Zurich (AGZ)

Research focus

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology and -immunology
  • Psychobiology and biological changes in acute and chronic stress.
  • Psychocardiology, specifically psychosocial risk factors and biomarkers for cardiovascular disease.
  • Psychotraumatology, especially medical-induced post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Psychiatric comorbidity in somatic diseases.
  • Psychosocial factors in inflammatory bowel disease.
  • Normal and disturbed sleep
  • Body symptom disorders and functional somatic symptoms and syndromes, specifically chronic pain and chronic fatigue.
  • Work stress, burnout and resilience, especially in the medical profession

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