Career
| 2016 | Appointment as full professor |
|---|---|
| Since 2007 | Deputy Clinic Director, Dermatology Clinic, USZ |
| 2006 | Clinic Director ad interim, Department of Dermatology, USZ |
| 2004 | Specialist in allergology and clinical immunology |
| 2003 | Course for clinical studies of the Dermatologic Oncology Working Group |
| 2002 | Recognition as a trainer for the FMS skills program, laser treatments of the skin and mucous membranes close to the skin for types I, II, IV, V |
| 2001 | Titular professorship, University of Zurich |
| 1996 – 2006 | Senior Attending Physician of the Department of Dermatology, USZ |
| 1995 | Habilitation at the University of Zurich |
| 1994-1996 | Attending Physician Department of Dermatology, USZ |
| 1993 | University in Cleveland, Ohio as a scholarship holder of the Swiss National Science Foundation. |
| 1993 | Research fellow at the Skin Disease Research Center of the Case Western Reserve |
| 1992 | Specialist certification as a dermatologist after oral examination by the Bavarian Medical Association |
| 1987 – 1992 | Resident at the Medical Clinic of the University of Heidelberg, Department of Dermatology Würzburg, Department of Dermatology USZ (Prof. G. Burg) |
| 1987 | PhD on “Interferon induction in avian B- lymphoblastoid cells” at the Institute of Immunobiology and Virology at the University of Würzburg |
Most important memberships
- President of the Melanoma Project Group of the Swiss Working Group for Cancer Diseases
- Board member and founder of the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO)
- Past President of the European Associatioen of Dermato-Oncology Research (ESDR)
- Member of the EORTC Cutaneous Lymphoma Project Group
- Member of the EORTC melanoma project group
- Reviewer of many scientific journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Oncology, Nature Communication, etc.
- President of the Association for Skin Cancer Research, www.skincancer.ch
- Cancer Network Zurich
- SKINTEGRITY, Member of the Steering Committee
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Zurich: Board Member
- URPP (University Research Priority Projects): Managing Director
Research focus
Numerous scientific projects on skin malignancies and special signaling pathways, especially in melanoma. His research group concentrates its research work on human tissue samples and focuses on the development of new treatment methods in controlled clinical trials.