Career
| 2018-2022 | Medical Co-Director, Medical Directorate, University Hospital Zurich |
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| 2016-2018 | Head of the Medical Division Trauma, Derma, Rheumatology, Plastic Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy TDR, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2010-2019 | Medical Director of the Surgical Polyclinic of the University Hospital Zurich |
| 2009-2017 | Member of the Faculty Committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich, Head of the Department of Operative Subjects |
| Since October 2008 | National Delegate to the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS) and Examiner |
| 2008 | Head ad interim of the Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2006 | Full Professor of Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Zurich and Director of the Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2005 | Appointment as Deputy Head of the Clinical Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vienna General Hospital |
| 2003 | Habilitation in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: “Functional improvement of microneurovascular grafts in the context of neuromuscular reconstructions”, Medical University of Vienna |
| 1998-2002 | Study visits Department of Plastic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital Division of Plastic Surgery, Universitade Estadual Paulista, SaoPaulo, Botucatu Division of Plastic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2002 | Specialist FMH Hand Surgery |
| 2000-2002 | Attending Physician in charge of the ward |
| 1997-2006 | Attending Physician, Division of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vienna General Hospital |
| 1997 | Specialist FMH for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Senior Physician, Clinic for Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 1993-1997 | Resident then Senior Resident at the Department of Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Zurich |
| 1992 | Dissertation University of Zurich, “Influence of ozone on physical performance” |
| 1990-1992 | Resident Surgeon, University Hospital Zurich |
| 1989 | Federal State Examination, University of Zurich |
| 1985-1989 | Medical studies in Zurich (3rd propaedeutic course, state examination) |
| 1983-1985 | Medical studies in Fribourg (1st and 2nd propaedeutic course) |
Most important memberships
- Swiss Society for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (1997), board member 2009-2012
- German-speaking working group for microsurgery (1998), board member 2005-2017, president 2005-2009
- International Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, later World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (1999)
- Austrian Society for Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery (2000-2007)
- Deutschsprachige Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie DAH (2001) European Association of Plastic Surgeons EURAPS (2003)
- Founding Member of the European Microsurgical Research Association (2003)
- European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery ESPRAS (2003)
- International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive & Aestethic Surgery IPRAS (2004)
- Federation for European Societies for Surgery of the Hand FESSH (2005) Österreichische Gesellschaft für Tumororthopädie AMSOS (2005)
- National Delegate of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS) (2008)
- Swiss National Sarcoma Advisory Board SwissSARCOS (2013)