Portrait Jan Krützfeldt

Jan Krützfeldt
Prof. Dr. med.

Attending Physician with extended responsibilites, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition

Specialties

  • Thyroid ultrasound
  • Autoimmune thyroiditis
  • Thyroid carcinoma
Appointment

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 36 20

Other competencies

  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Primary hyperparathyroidism
  • Pituitary diseases
  • Adrenal gland diseases

Career

Page 2020 Attending Physician with extended responsibilities, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich
Since 07.2019 Head of Thyroid Center, University Hospital Zurich
2010 – 2015 Professorship funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
2014 Habilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich
2011 FMH Endocrinology and Diabetology
2010 – 2019 Attending Physician, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich
2010 FMH General Internal Medicine
2009 – 2010 Resident, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Inselspital Bern
2007 – 2010 Scientific Assistant, ETH Zurich
2007 – 2009 Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Triemli City Hospital
2002 – 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rockefeller University, New York
1999 – 2002 Resident, Medical Clinic IV, University of Tübingen
2001 Doctorate (Dr. med.), Medical University of Lübeck
1998 Resident, Medical Clinic I, Medical University of Lübeck
State examination, Medical University of Lübeck

Most important memberships

  • Endocrine Society
  • European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
  • Swiss Society for Endocrinology and Diabetology (SGED)
  • Swiss Medical Association (FMH)

Research focus

  • Endocrine myopathy
  • Sarcopenia
  • Intramuscular fat
  • Skeletal muscle regeneration

Publications

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PD Dr. med. Jan Krützfeldt Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition

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