Portrait Thomas Schachtner, Executive MBA HSG

Thomas Schachtner, Executive MBA HSG
Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Nephrology

Other functions at USZ

  • Representative: Kidney Transplant Center

Specialties

  • Kidney transplant
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Renal replacement procedure
Appointment

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 33 84
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Other competencies

  • Specialist for Internal Medicine (FMH)
  • Specialist in nephrology (FMH)
  • Hypertensiologist DHL

Career

2023 Titular professorship for internal medicine at the University of Zurich
Since 2023 Senior attending physician in the Department of Nephrology at the University Hospital Zurich
2020-2023 Attending physician in the Department of Nephrology at the University Hospital Zurich
2019 Specialist in nephrology FMH
2018-2019 Resident in the Department of Nephrology at the University Hospital Zurich
2018 Habilitation (Facultas Docendi and Venia Legendi) in internal medicine at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
2017 Specialist for internal medicine
2015-2018 Clinician Scientist Fellowship at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
2012 Doctorate at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (summa cum laude)
2011-2018 Assistant doctor at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK)
2011 License to practice medicine
2006-2011 Medical studies at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
2004-2006 Medical studies at the Ludwig-Maximilian University (LMU) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Most important memberships

  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Transplant Center USZ
  • Representative of the University Hospital Zurich for kidney transplantation in the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS)
  • Representative of the University of Zurich (UZH) at the Scientific Commission of the Swiss Society of Nephrology (SGN)
  • Zurich Kidney Center (ZKC) of the University of Zurich (UZH)
  • Swiss Society of Nephrology (SGN)
  • European Renal Association (ERA)
  • American Society of Transplantation (AST)
  • American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Research focus

  • Molecular diagnostics of kidney transplant biopsies
  • Donor-derived cell-free DNA for risk assessment of rejection reactions
  • Molecular HLA-epitope matching for risk assessment of allosensitization
  • Characterization of virus-specific immunity before and after kidney transplantation
  • Characterization of allo-specific immunity before and after kidney transplantation

Publications

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Further

  • International Executive MBA at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in General Management

For unsolicited applications for doctoral theses and master’s theses, please contact me directly by e-mail.

Appointment

Tel. +41 44 255 33 84

For referring physicians

Please contact us as follows to refer your patient to us:

Tel. +41 44 255 33 84

International patients

For an appointment for private consultation, please contact our International Office directly.

Tel. +41 44 255 54 54