Portrait Veronika Kana

Veronika Kana
Dr. med. Dr. sc. nat.

Attending Physician, Department of Neurology

Other functions at USZ

  • Head of Optical Coherence Tomography in MS
  • Vice Head of Neurological Day Clinic
  • Vice Head of cerebrospinal fluid laboratory

Specialties

  • Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neuroimmunology

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 55 11
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Career

Since 2022 Senior Physician, Clinic for Neurology, USZ
2022 Specialist title in neurology
2021 – 2022 Associate Senior Physician, Department of Neurology, USZ
2019 Assistant physician, Clinic for Internal Medicine, USZ
2017 – 2021 Assistant doctor, Clinic for Neurology
2014 – 2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
2013 – 2014 Assistant physician, Clinic for Neurology, USZ
2013 Doctorate, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zurich
2011 – 2013 Assistant physician, Institute for Neuropathology, USZ
2009 – 2013 MD-PhD Program, Molecular Life Science Graduate School, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich
2009 Doctorate, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel
2002 – 2008 Medical studies, University of Basel

Other competencies

  • Electroneuromyography certificate (SGKN)
  • Certificate of competence in electroencephalography (SGKN)

Most important memberships

  • International Multiple Sclerosis Visual System Consortium (IMSVISUAL)
  • Swiss Neurological Society (SNS)
  • Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (SGKN)
  • Medical and Scientific Advisory Board of the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society, associate member

Research focus

  • Optical coherence tomography in MS
  • Clinical studies on MS
  • Translational neuroimmunology

Publications

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