Other competencies
- Electroneuromyography certificate (SGKN)
- Certificate of competence in electroencephalography (SGKN)
- Lesions of peripheral nerves and their ultrasound diagnosis
- “Clinical Trial Management (CAS, Certificate of Advanced Studies)
- Head of post-Covid consultation hours
- Head of Consultation for Inflammatory Neuromuscular Diseases
- Medical Leadership (CAS)
Career
| Since 2019 | Deputy Head, Neuromuscular and ENMG Consultation at the University Hospital in Zurich |
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| Since 2016 | Attending Physician in Neurology at the University Hospital in Zurich |
| 2016 | Habilitation in neurology, specializing in neuroimmunology, University of Zurich |
| 2012 – 2015 | Senior Assistant at the Institute for Exp. Immunology, University of Zurich and in Neurology at the University Hospital in Zurich |
| 2008 – 2011 | Resident in neurology at the University Hospital in Zurich and in the Department of Psychiatry/ Acute and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Zurich |
| 2004 – 2006 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dep. of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA |
| 2004 | Research stay at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada |
| 2002 – 2008 | Resident in neurology at the University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany |
Most important memberships
- Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
- Association of Swiss Assistant and Senior Physicians (VSAO)
- Swiss Neurological Society (SNS)
- Zurich Neurological Society
- Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (SGKN)
- EAN Scientific Panel Muscle and NMJ disorders
Research focus
- Study leader of the project “High-dimensional Profiling of Immune Cell Populations in Neuromuscular Diseases with Specific Focus on Cytokines” (NeuroMyoCyTOF)
- Association with the Institute of Experimental Immunology, UZH (Prof. Becher)
- Collaborations among others
- with the Department of Thoracic Surgery, USZ (study on myasthenia biomarkers)
- with the Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich (Dr. Latorre; study on inflammatory neuropathies/Guillain-Barré syndrome)
- The role of glial cells in the pathogenesis of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases