Portrait Zsuzsanna Varga

Zsuzsanna Varga
Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology

Specialties

  • Breast pathology
  • Gynecopathology
  • Medical Director Autopsy

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 24 49

Other competencies

  • Coordinator Breast Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, USZ
  • Breast Center Certification (EUSOMA), Audit team member (since 2014)
  • Breast Center Certification (Q-Label), Audit team member (since 2019)

Career

2020 Senior Attending Physician, Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich
2016 – 2019 Attending Physician with extended responsabilities, Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich
2014 Titular Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2008 Habilitation (Privatdozentin, Lecturer), University of Zurich
1998 – 2016 Attending Physician, Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich
1997/2008 Specialist examination in pathology, Budapest, Hungary
Federal recognition of the diploma (MD) and the specialist examination in pathology (2008), Switzerland, Bern
1992 – 1998 Resident, Institute of Pathology, University of Szeged, Hungary,
Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
1992 Doctorate: Doctor of Medicine (MD, cum laude), Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary
1986 – 1992 Study of Human Medicine and Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

Most important memberships

  • European Working Group of Breast Cancer Screening Pathology (EWGBSP)
    Swiss representative (since 2008)
  • Working Group of Gyneco-and Breast Pathologists within the Swiss Society of Pathology (SGPath)
    Head of Breast Pathology (since 2015), Member (since 1998)
  • Working Group of Breast Pathology within the European Society of Pathology (ESP)
    Head of Breast Pathology (since 2019)
  • Swiss Society of Senology (SSS)
    Scientific Advisory Board (since 2014)
    1st Vice President (since 2023)
  • Promotion Committee, Medical Faculty, University of Zurich
    Representative of PD/TPs (since 2015)
  • Swiss Society of Pathology (SGPath)
    Executive board member, Secretary (2014-2023)

Research focus

  • Breast Pathology, predictive and prognostic markers
  • Breast Pathology, reproducibility and quality assurance in diagnostic breast pathology
  • Autopsy and Infectious Pathology, detection methods and correlation to clinical parameters

Publications

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