About
In the Engadin, I combine my cardiological expertise with a setting that naturally supports heart health: the clear mountain air, the many opportunities for physical activity and the unhurried pace of life offer ideal conditions for prevention and recovery.
Specialist Qualifications
- Specialist in General Internal Medicine
- Specialist in Cardiology
Certificates of Proficiency
- Sports Medicine (SGSM)
- Clinical Emergency Medicine (SGNOR)
- Expertise in high-dose radiological examinations in cardiology
Academic Career
- Right to confer doctorates, University of Zurich, since 2020
- Titular Professor of Cardiology, University of Zurich, since 2012
- Habilitation, University of Basel, 2006; transferred to the University of Zurich, 2011
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology since 2007
- Studied human medicine at the University of Basel; state examination 1995, MD 1997
Career
- Since 2026 Head physician for internal and emergency medicine, Spital Oberengadin Samedan
- Head of the Swiss Olympic Medical Base, Klinik Gut St. Moritz
- 2023–2026 Head physician, Klinik Gut St. Moritz
- 2018–2023 President of the clinical ethics committee, University Hospital Zurich
- 2014–2023 Medical director of the interdisciplinary emergency department, University Hospital Zurich; from 2016, director of the Institute of Emergency Medicine
- 2010–2023 Consultant in cardiogenetics and sports cardiology, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich
- 2010–2023 Consultant in cardiogenetics, Institute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zurich
- 2003–2011 Head of the cardiogenetics research group, University Hospital Basel
- 2001–2003 Research fellowship, INSERM, Paris — inherited arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies
Other Activities
I hold the following mandates independently of my work at the practice:
- President of the Swiss Federal Examination Committee for Human Medicine, Federal Office of Public Health
- Member of the Cantonal Ethics Committee Zurich
- Member of MEBEKO, Education Division
- Editor of the journal PRAXIS
Memberships
FMH (Swiss Medical Association) · Swiss Society of Cardiology · European Society of Cardiology · Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine · Swiss Society for Emergency and Rescue Medicine · Swiss Society of Sports Medicine · Graubünden Medical Association, and the St. Moritz and Engadin Medical Society
Languages
German · English · French