Portrait Thomas Frauenfelder

Thomas Frauenfelder
Prof. Dr. med.

Director of the Institute, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Specialties

  • Thoracic radiology
  • Imaging of the female breast

Other competencies

  • 3D post-processing of image data

Career

Since 8/2022 Full Professor, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Zurich
Since 8/2022 Institute Director, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, USZ
8/2019 until 7/2022 Associate Professor of Thoracic Radiology, UZH
7/2011 until 7/2022 Vice Institute Director, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, USZ
7/2011 until 12/2021 Head of Medicine, Medical Imaging Division, USZ
2/2010 to 7/2022 Senior Attending Physician, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, USZ
2009 Venia legendi, UZH
4/2005 to 1/2010 Attending Physician, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, USZ
Since 2005 Specialist in radiology, FMH
1999 Doctor of Medicine, UZH
1998 Degree in medicine at the UZH

Most important memberships

  • Member of the Swiss Society of Radiology (SGR-SSR)
  • Member of the European Society of Radiology (ESR)
  • Member of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)
  • Member of the Swiss Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (SSCVIR)
  • Member of the European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI)
  • Member of the international Mesothelioma interesting Group (iMiG)
  • Member of the interuniversity expert panel for early lung cancer detection in Swiss (CH-LSIG)

Research focus

Thoracic radiology

  • Characterization of early stages of pulmonary fibrosis using texture analysis and innovative methods of quantification with regard to prognosis and progression
  • Assessment of lung tumors, in particular malignant pleural mesothelioma with regard to staging, therapy monitoring and prognosis of the outcome of medical or surgical therapies
  • Value of artificial intelligence for the delineation of pathologies on the conventional chest X-ray.

Publications

Publication list

Further

  • 10/2006 to 10/2008: Further training in management (Master of Advanced Studies ZFH in Managed Health Care)
  • 2019: Obtaining the European Diploma of Thoracic Imaging