Career
| 1982-1988 | Medical studies in Zurich |
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| 1989 | Research, Dissertation |
| 1990-1996 | Resident in General Surgery, Dermatology and Venereology, Internal Medicine and Angiology in Muri (AG), Zurich (USZ) and Geneva (HUG), as well as Visiting Physician in Munich, Kassel and Tübingen |
| 1994 | Specialist in dermatology and venereology |
| 1996 | Specialist in angiology |
| 1999 | Member of the European Society of Mohs Micrographic Surgery (ESMS) |
| Since 1994 | Establishment and management of the Department of Dermatosurgery, specializing in skin cancer surgery. Micrographic surgery on a frozen section (Mohs Micrographic Surgery) and in formalin kerosene (Tübinger Torte or Slow Mohs) |
| Since 1994 | Establishment and management of the Department of Phlebology and Wound Treatment |
| Since 1999 | Head of department of the dermatology ward, dermatosurgery and phlebology incl. Wound treatment |
| 2001 | Private lecturer |
| 2008 | Titular professor |
Most important memberships
- Current Vice President of the International Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ISDS)
- 2019 – today President of the Swiss Society of Phlebology (SGP)
- 2010 – 2022 Member of the Board of the Swiss Institute for Continuing Education and Training (SIWF)
- 2009 – 2020 Member of the Board of the Foederatio Medicorum Chirurgicorum Helvetica (FMCH), Head of the Continuing Education and Training Department
- 2011 – 2015 President of the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology (SGDV)
- Member and honorary member of several national and international specialist societies for dermatology-venereology and dermatosurgery
Research focus
- Dermatosurgery: Dermatosurgical skin cancer therapy for the elderly, local anesthesia
- Phlebology and wound treatment: arterial circulatory disorders, compression treatment, Martorell’s hypertonic ulcer and calciphylaxis
- Serious skin diseases: Chronic prurigo, hidradenitis suppurativa
Further
President of the Johann Heinrich Rahn Foundation, Zurich (jhrahn-foundation.ch). The JH Rahn Foundation supports clinical research and further training in the fields of dermatosurgery, phlebology and wound therapy.