Other competencies
- Invasive and non-invasive prenatal diagnostics
- Certificate of competence in pregnancy ultrasound
- Leading member of the open fetal surgery group USZ/Kinderspital Zurich
- Founding member of the “European Club for Fetal Surgery”
- Obstetric management of the Spina bifida Academy; www.swissfetus.ch
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Foundation for the Promotion of Breastfeeding
- Member of the Perinatology Discussion Forum
- Member of the Swiss Federal Vaccination Commission (EKIF) with development of vaccination recommendations for Switzerland & Working Group for Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine (AGG) with development of guidelines
- CAS of the University of Zurich in Medical Leadership & Management Training “Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers”, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
- Medical expert, Swiss Insurance Medicine (SIM);
- Teaching at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich
Career
| Since 2019 | Lecturer at ETH Zurich for the Bachelor in Human Medicine |
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| Since 2014 | Titular professor at the University of Zurich |
| Since 2010 | Head Physician, Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2007 – 2010 | Attending Physician, Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2007 | Venia legendi of the University of Zurich, teaching area: Obstetrics „Human fetal membranes and new therapeutic strategies for preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes – from amniotic cells to scaffolds” |
| 2006 – 2007 | Assistant physician, Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. D. Fink) |
| 2005 – 2006 | Fetal Surgery Fellow, Prof. J. Deprest, Catholic University of Leuven |
| 1998 – 2005 | Assistant physician in gynecology, USZ & Maternité Inselhof Triemli (Prof. D. Fink, Prof. A. u. R. Huch & Dr. B. v. Castelberg) |
| 1998 | Doctorate and state examination at the Albert-Ludwig-University, Freiburg i. Br. |
Most important memberships
- SGGG – Swiss Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics
- AFMM – Academy of Feto-Maternal Medicine Switzerland
- SAPP – Swiss Association of Perinatal Pharmacology
- SGUM – Swiss Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
- Gynecological Association of the Canton of Zurich
- AGZ – Medical Association of the Canton of Zurich
- FMH – Professional Association of Swiss Physicians
- VSAO – Association of Swiss Assistant and Senior Physicians
- Member of the Privatdozentinnen-Vereinigung, UZH
- SIM – Swiss Insurance Medicine
- EKIF – Swiss Federal Commission on Immunization
- DGGG – German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics
- AGG – Association for Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Germany
- DGPM – German Society for Perinatal Medicine
- Romanian Society for Minimally Invasive Surgery in Gynecology (honorary member)
- IFMSS – International Feto Maternal Surgery Society
Research focus
- Since 2010, open fetal surgery
- Since 2008, endoscopic fetal surgery
- Since 2004, multiples
- Since 2001, treatment of premature rupture of the bladder with the introduction of animal models (rabbit and sheep) at the USZ
- 1999 – 2008, Olfactory and gustatory changes during pregnancy
Publications
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- 2016, USZ Quality Award: “IBIS: Reducing the incidence of intraventricular bleeding”
- 2015, 1st Prize Free Communications, “Fetal MMC repair”, SGGG
- 2014, honorary member of the Romän. Society for minimally invasive surgery in gynecology
- 2005, 1st Poster Prize, “Norm curves for the symphysis-fundus distance in twin pregnancies”, SGGG
- 2003, Research Award German Society for Perinatal Medicine: “Influence of extracellular matrix molecules on the in vitro wound healing of human amnion epithelial and mesenchymal cells”
Languages
- German
- English