Portrait Thomas Kündig

Thomas Kündig
Prof. Dr. med. Director of Department, Department of Dermatology

Other functions at USZ

  • Research manager Department of Dermatology

Specialties

  • Immunodermatology / autoimmune skin diseases
  • Inflammatory skin diseases / psoriasis and eczema
  • General dermatology and allergology

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 34 71
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Other competencies

Awards:

  • 1999 Georg-Friedrich Götz Prize
  • 2014 Swiss Technology Award winner

Career

2019 Appointment as Full Professor of Dermatology and Allergology and Director of the Department of Dermatology USZ
2017 Associate Professor of Immunodermatology
2016 Head of Outpatient Clinic, Day Clinic, Research and Laboratories, Department of Dermatology USZ
2006 Head of Research and Laboratory Department, Deputy Head of Polyclinic, Department of Dermatology USZ
2004 – 2006 Senior Attending Physician in Experimental Immunotherapy, University Hospital Zurich
2003 Animal experimenter
2003 Specialist examination in allergology and clinical immunology
2002 Specialist in dermatology and venereology
1999 – 2004 Attending Physician Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Prof. G. Burg
1998 Venia legendi in Experimental Immunology
1995 – 1999 Senior Assistant Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Prof. G. Burg
1992 – 1995 Post-doc Deptartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Prof. T.W. Mak
1991 Post-Graduate Course in Experimental Medicine and Biology (Prof. Zinkernagel)
1989 – 1992 Post-doc in Immunology, Inst. for Experimental Pathology, Prof. R.M. Zinkernagel
1988 – 1989 Assistant Surgeon, Wetzikon District Hospital
1988 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
1988 Doctoral thesis in respiratory physiology University of Zurich (Prof. E.A. Koller)
1987 State examination University of Zurich

Most important memberships

  • Board of the Swiss Society for Dermatology & Venereology (SGDV)
  • Board of Directors European Dermatology Forum (EDF)
  • Member of the Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology (SGAI)
  • Member of the Dermatology Research Working Group (ADF)
  • Member of the European Association for Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)

Research focus

Translational research in immunology, allergology & dermatology

Vested interests

Since Assignment Client City
15.04.2026 Aktionär Dermagnostix Freiburg im Breisgau, DE
01.07.2025 Verwaltungsrat XBiotech Corp. Austin TX, US
01.01.2025 Aktionär 44ai AG Olten
01.03.2023 Vorstandsmitglied European Dermatology Forum (EDF) Zürich
01.01.2023 Präsident wiss. Beirat Schweiz. Inst. für Allergie und Asthmaforschung (SIAF) Davos
01.01.2021 Vorstandsmitglied Schweiz. Gesellschaft für Dermatologie und Venerologie Bern
01.04.2020 Aktionär Oncobit AG Schlieren
01.03.2020 Aktionär Saiba Biotechnology AG Pfäffikon (SZ)
01.11.2019 Aktionär Derma2go Zürich
01.10.2019 Präsident Bruno Bloch Stiftung Zürich
01.12.2014 Aktionär und Verwaltungsrat EVAX AG Münchwilen