Other competencies
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Work in a well-coordinated diabetes team (diabetes specialists, dietary advice)
Career
| since 2020 | Vice Director, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition |
|---|---|
| since 2014 | Vice Director Transplant Program |
| since 2006 | Senior Attending Physician for Endocrinology |
| since 2000 | Director Island Transplant Program |
| 1998 – 2005 | Attending Physician at the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition |
| 1996 – 1997 | Research stay, Research Fellow at the Diabetes Research Institute in Miami, Florida, USA (Prof. C. Ricordi) |
| 1992 – 1996 | Endocrinology and Diabetology, Special Assistant, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. E.R.Froesch) |
| 1991 – 1992 | Internal Medicine, Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. F. Follath) |
| 1989 – 1990 | Internal Medicine, Resident and Head of Diabetes Consultation, Regional Hospital Wädenswil (Dr. P. Möhr) |
| 1987 – 1988 | Surgical Resident, Surgical Clinic, Uster District Hospital (Dr. P. Segantini) |
| 1986 – 1987 | Pathology, Resident, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Zurich (Professors Hedinger and Rüttner) |
Most important memberships
- Past-President of the Swiss Society of Endocrinology and Diabetology (SGED)
- Past-President Artificial Insulin Delivery Systems and Pancreas and Islet Transplantation (AIDPIT)
- Former board member of the International Federation of Danube States (FID)
- Board member of the European Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association (EPITA)
- Former President of the Association for Practical Diabetology (APD)
- American Diabetes Association (ADA)
- The Endocrine Society
- European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
- Associate member of the Swiss Society of Cardiology
- Head of the Medical Committee of the Zurich Diabetes Society
Research focus
- Islet transplantation
- Physical activity for diabetes (type 1 and 2)
- Gestational diabetes
- Sensor-assisted insulin pump therapy
Publications
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- International academic activities and lectures
- Management of Swiss recommendations for the treatment of type 2 diabetes of the SGED
- Head of Gestational Diabetes of the SGED
- Head of driving guidelines of the SGED
- Lectures at the University of Zurich and ETHZ
- Lectures for specialists, general practitioners and doctors in hospitals
Honors and awards
| 1996 – 1997 | National Science Foundation grant: Islet cell transplantation in patients with IDDM |
| 1997 | Member of Phi Beta Delta, National Honor Society for International Scholars |
| 2000 | Prize of the Swiss Diabetes Foundation for islet transplantation |
| 2004 | Swiss Transplant Research Award (islet transplantation) |
| 2018 | Somogyi Prize for the prevention of hypoglycemia in islet transplantation (highest scientific prize in Hungary) |
Patents
Devices for the production of cell clusters of defined cell numbers and cluster sizes
Kugelmeier P., Lehmann R., Moritz W., Zuellig R.
Patent No,: US 8,911,690 B2, Date of patent approval: December 16, 2014