Academic position

Associate Professor ad personam for Musculoskeletal Radiology

Specialisation

Sports injuries of the musculoskeletal system
Orthopaedic and rheumatological imaging
Minimally invasive pain therapy for the spine and musculoskeletal system

Honors and awards

• 2018 President’s Medal, International Skeletal Society
• 2018 Balgrist Clinical Orthopedic Research Award: Hoch, Sutter, Farshad
• 2018 Publons PeerReview Award: Top 1% Reviewer Clinical Medicine
• 2017 DGMSR Science Award: Bensler, Sutter, Pfirrmann, Peterson 2016 DGMSR Travel Award Paper: Tresch, Dietrich, Pfirrmann, Sutter
• 2015 SIWF-Award
• 2015 ESSR/ISS Award Paper: S Bensler, R Sutter, CWA Pfirrmann, C Peterson
• 2012 Jubilee Award of the Swiss Society of Radiology
• 2012 Marathon-Prize, First Prize: M Farshad, M Jundt-Ecker, R Sutter, M Schubert, C Gerber

Graduate

• 2018 CAS Health Management, University of St. Gallen
• 2014 Diploma of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)
• 2014 Habilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich
• 2011 Swiss Radiology Board certification (FMH)
• 2005 Doctoral thesis (MD), Faculty of medicine, University of Zurich
• 2004 Medical school graduation, University of Zurich

Postgraduate

• since October 2019 Chief Physician Radiology, Balgrist University Hospital Zurich
• since April 2019 Co-Chief Physician Radiology, Balgrist University Hospital Zurich
• until 2019 Deputy Chief Consultant in Radiology, Balgrist University Hospital Zurich
• 2014 - 2015 Senior Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Balgrist University Hospital Zurich
• 2011 - 2014 Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Balgrist University Hospital Zurich
• 2010 - 2011 Fellow, Department of Radiology, Balgrist University Hospital Zurich
• 2009 - 2010 Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur
• 2009 Swiss Radiology Board Examinations
• 2009 Resident, Department of Radiology, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur
• 2008 Resident, Department of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich
• 2007 Resident / Fellow Pathology and Neuroscience, Royal London Hospital / Queen Mary University London (UK)
• 2004 - 2006 Resident, Department of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich

Grants

• 3D-LEDECO: simulation-based surgical planning for optimized leg deformity correction under consideration of weight-bearing and joint load, Swiss National Science Foundation
• Analysis and simulation of the distal forearm stability during pro-supination for improved surgical planning, Swiss National Science Foundation
• Analysis of the role of neural stem cells in medulloblastoma development in a mouse model, Swiss National Science Foundation
• Research Fellowship, Janggen-Poehn Foundation

Memberships

• Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
• Swiss Society of Radiology (SGR)
• European Society of Radiology (ESR)
• European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)
• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
• International Skeletal Society (ISS)
• Swiss Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (SSSR)
• Subcommitee Sports Imaging (ESSR)
• German Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (DGMSR)

Scientific projects

• Imaging of the joints
• Imaging of the hip
• Imaging of prosthetic joint implants (metal artifacts)
• MRI of the spine and intervertebral discs

Other activities

• Executive committee, International Skeletal Society
• Musculoskeletal scientific subcommittee, ECR
• Musculoskeletal radiology subcommittee, RSNA

Reviewer and editorial board activities

Reviewer

• Radiology
• Skeletal Radiology
• European Radiology
• Investigative Radiology
• Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• British Journal of Radiology

Associate Editorial Board

• Investigative Radiology

Publications

• National Library of Medicine