Specialist in internal medicine and cardiology, FESC
Medical studies at the University of Bern (Switzerland) and American state examination (ECFMG)
Executive MBA (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Habilitation 12/2016 at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Specialist training at the University Hospital Zurich and the Triemli City Hospital Zurich (Switzerland), among others
Further training in interventional cardiology at the Montreal Heart Institute, Canada (Prof. Dr. P. L. L'Allier), Certificate in Interventional Cardiology (EAPCI)
Further training in vascular biology and translational cardiovascular research at the Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. T. F. Lüscher) and at the Montreal Heart Institute, Canada (Prof. Dr. J.-C. Tardif)
Scientific focus: percutaneous coronary interventions, intracoronary imaging, coronary physiology, vascular inflammation, risk prediction and treatment of coronary heart disease
Awards: Best Medical Student Thesis Award from the Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, 2002; Menarini Echocardiography Award 2011; Heart Foundation Olten Award 2012. Scholarships from the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Novartis Foundation for Medical-Biological Research, and the Gottfried and Julia Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation
