Other competencies
- Advanced Neuroimaging
- Functional seizures and seizure-like disorders
- Brain death diagnostics
Career
| Since 2021 | Head of Epileptology Department, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich |
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| Since 2019 | Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2015 – 2019 | Postgraduate Research Fellowship, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, United Kingdom |
| 2014 – 2018 | Senior Resident, Clinic for Neurology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen |
| 2016 | Specialist title FMH Neurology |
| 2013 | Certificate of competence SGKN Electroencephalography |
| 2009 – 2014 | Resident, Clinic for Neurology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen |
| 2003 – 2009 | Medical studies at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria |
Most important memberships
- Chairman of the Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
- Member of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE, esp. congress commission, leadership working group)
- Associate Editor for eLearning of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN)
- Swiss Epilepsy League
- American Epilepsy Society (AES)
- Swiss Neurological Society (SNS)
- Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (SGKN)
Research focus
- Imaging for epilepsy
- Neurodegeneration in epilepsy
- Stopping medication for epilepsy
- Status epilepticus
- Epilepsy after a stroke
- NMDA receptors in neurological diseases
- Swallowing disorders after a stroke