Other competencies
- Right heart catheterization at rest and under stress
- Comprehensive diagnostics and complex therapies for all forms of pulmonary hypertension
- Acute and chronic pulmonary embolism including chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
- Specialized lung function and ergometric assessment methods
- Altitude medicine including altitude simulation testing
- Diagnosis and treatment of Osler’s disease
Career
| Since 05.2020 | Professor ad personam, University of Zurich |
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| 05.2018 | Honorary Professor, Kyrgyz State University |
| 09.2016 | Titular Professor, University of Zurich |
| since 2011 | Head of the Clinic for Pneumology, University Hospital Zurich |
| 12.2010 | Certificate of advanced studies in business administration, University of Zurich |
| 01.2010 | Privatdozentin (Habilitation), University of Zurich |
| 2009 | Certificate of Professional Skills in Emergency Medicine |
| 02.2007 | Specialist in pulmonary diseases FMH |
| since 2007 | Senior Physician for Internal Medicine and Pneumology, University Hospital Zurich |
| 06.2003 | Specialist in internal medicine FMH |
| 1999 | Certificate of professional skills for abdominal ultrasound |
| 1998 | Doctorate in Medicine, University of Bern |
| 1997 | Medical state examination |
| 1990 | Matura type B and E (Ancient Languages and Economics, 1990) |
Most important memberships
- Swiss Skylab Foundation (since 2016)
- Pulmonary vascular research institute (since 2014)
- Swiss Society of Emergency Medicine (since 2009)
- Swiss Respiratory Society (since 2007)
- European Respiratory Society (since 2006)
- American Thoracic Society (since 2006)
- Swiss Society of Pulmonary Hypertension (since 2005)
- Swiss Society for Ultrasonography in Medicine (since 2005)
- Swiss Society of Internal Medicine (since 2003)
Research focus
- Pulmonary hypertension
- High-altitude physiology and medicine
- Sleep apnea diagnostics and therapy
Publications
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- Co-founder of the Swiss-Kyrgyz High Altitude Medicine and Research Initiative