Portrait Panagiotis Balermpas

Panagiotis Balermpas
Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Radiation Oncology

Other functions at USZ

  • Coordinator Head and Neck Tumor Center

Specialties

  • Multimodal therapy of head and neck tumors
  • Organ-preserving treatment of pharyngeal and laryngeal carcinomas
  • Radiotherapy of skin tumors
Appointment

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 35 67

Other competencies

  • Conducting clinical studies in radiation oncology (head of the study secretariat)
  • Academic teaching for the subject of radiation oncology (Certificate in Didactics in Medicine)
  • MR-Linac based treatment of head and neck tumors
  • Stereotactic radiotherapy
  • Combination of radiotherapy with chemotherapy or antibody therapy
  • Treatment and research into HPV-associated malignancies

Career

Since 01/2021 Chief of Service, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, CH
Since 01/2019 Clinical lead of the Radiation Oncology department at USZ – CIRCLE
Since 01/2019 Lead of the Radiation Oncology study office
10/2018 – 12/2020 Senior Consultant, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, CH
01/2015 – 09/2018 Staff member, SAPHIR radiosurgery – Cyberknife, Schleusenweg 2, Frankfurt, D
11/2013 – 09/2018 Consultant and Faculty member, Department of Radiotherapy, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, D
2016 Habilitation & Privatdozent in Radiation Oncology, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt (title: „Radiotherapy for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: Biology and Treatment Optimization for Primary and Recurrent Disease“
07/2008 – 10/2013 Resident in Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiotherapy, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, D
2010 Doctoral Degree, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, D, Prof. Dr. Bergmann (Onkologie)
10/2001 – 06/2008 Medical Study, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, D

Most important memberships

  • European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
  • European Society of Radiation Oncology (ESTRO)
  • Swiss Society of Radiation Oncology (SSRO)
  • Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
  • German Society of Radiation Oncology (DEGRO)
  • Swiss Head and Neck Society (SHNS)
  • German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK) – RadOnc group
  • European Head and Neck Society (EHNS)
  • European Academy for Tumor Immunology (EATI)
  • German Cancer Society (DKG) and Study Group Radiation Oncology (ARO)

Research focus

  • Head and neck tumors: clinical multimodal treatment, translational radiation oncology, development of new radiation and planning techniques (MR-Linac, automatic target volume definition)
  • Treatment and biology of HPV-associated malignancies
  • Immunology in head and neck and anal carcinomas

Publications

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Further

Journal Editorial Board Member

  • Frontiers in Oncology: section head and neck tumors
  • PloS One
  • Cancers

Participation in Guidelines
S2k-guideline basal cell carcinoma (2018)
ESMO-guidelines for treatment of head and neck cancer in times of COVID-19 (2020)

Investigator in clinical trials (selection)
SUPPORTAN (2008-2011) – Phase III, randomized, multicentric trial
BEVXELOX-RT (2008-2009) – Phase II, single-arm, multicentric trial
PACCIS-RT (2010-2015) – Phase IV, randomized, multicentric trial
POLYPROBE (2011) – translational research, multicentric trial
INVERT head&neck (2013) – Phase IV, single-arm, single-centre trial
DÖSAK-pN1 from 2009 – Phase III, randomized, multicentric trial
SOCCER (2013 –2016) multicentric, observation trial
HNprädBio (2013- 2018) – translational research, multicentric trial
CONKO-007 (2013-2018) – Phase III, randomized, multicentric trial
HYPOSIB (2016-2018) – Phase III, randomized, multicentric trial
HYPOSTAT (2016-2018) – Phase II, single-arm, multicentric trial
MARTHA (2019- ongoing) – Phase II, single-arm, unicentric trial
DOSIS-RCT (2019-ongoing) – Phase III, randomized, multicentric trial
IOSI-RTO-001 (2019-ongoing) – Phase II, single-arm, multicentric trial

For patients

I am happy to arrange personal consultation appointments:

Tel. +41 44 255 35 67
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For international patients

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

Tel. +41 44 255 54 54
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For referrering physicians

To refer your patient for private consultation, contact us as follows:

Tel. +41 43 253 86 31
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