
Deputy Medical Director
Paraplegiology
Neurology
Clinical Neurophysiology
Honors and awards
- 2013 Sir Ludwig Guttmann Lecture 2013 at ISCoS, Istanbul/TR
- 2012 IRP Schellenberg Prize
- 2011 Sir Ludwig Guttmann award 2011 of the German Speaking Society of Paraplegia (DMGP)
- 2009 Board of Directors of the Solutions Network in Spinal Cord Injury (SNSCI) of the Government of Canada
- 2008 Professional Award Division of Neurology / Department of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver, Canada
- 2006 Award of the American Cervical Spine Research Society
Academic career
- 2009 Professor for Paraplegiology University of Zurich
- 2005 Associate Professor in Neurology and SCI Research University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- 2005 Titularprofessor for Neurorehabilitation University of Zurich
- 1999 Venia Legendi for Neurorehabilitation University of Zurich
- 1987 Medical Thesis, University of Cologne, D
- 1984 Study Visit at the John Hopkins University, USA
- 1982 Study Visit at the Government Hospital, Tel Aviv, IL
- 1979-1986 Degree in Medicine, University of Cologne, D
Postgraduate
- 2005 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for Neurology (FRCPC)
- 1993-2005 Paraplegiology University of Zurich
- 1992 Psychiatry Klinik Rheinau
- 1987-1991 Neurology University of Cologne
Memberships
- SGKN: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie
- DMGP: Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft für Paraplegie
- DGN: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie
- EFNS: European Federation of Neurological Societies
- SNRG: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Neurorehabilitation
- The Royal College of Physicians of Canada
- ASIA: American Spinal Injury Association
- International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS)
Disclosure of outside professional activities and interests
- Since September 2016 Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute of Research in Paraplegia (IRP), Geneva, Switzerland, Functions: Advisory board, Member
- Since September 2016 Wings for Life. Salburg, Austria, Functions: Advisory board, Member
- Since September 2016 Theodor und Ida Herzog Egli Stiftung, Zurich, Switzerland, Functions: Board of trustees, Member
Scientific projects
- Swiss National Science Foundation: Improving locomotor functions in spinal cord injured patients
- National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Neural Repair and Plasticity Universität Zürich: Assessment of spinaothalamic nerve fibres in SCI
- International Institute for Research in Paraplegia (IFP Zürich): Establishing a multi-centre basis for future therapeutic interventions in human SCI
- International Spinal Research Trust (ISRT London, UK): Functional and neuronal recovery in incomplete SCI: interproject between the ISRT and European Multicenter SCI Project
- Cervical Spinal Research Society (USA): New Imaging and Diagnostic Modalities: A new technique of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging for the Assessment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy
- BC Neurotrauma Fund Canada: Assessment of hand function in tetraplegic patients “GRASSP”
- Rick Hansen Foundation (Canada): Chair of the SCI Rehabilitation Practice Network
Reviewer and editorial board activities
Reviewer for the following journals
- J Neurology Neurosurgery Psychiatry, Spinal Cord, Clinical Neurophysiology, Spine, Neurology, Brain, Human Brain Mapping, Arch Phys Med Rehab, Lancet, Journal Spinal Cord Medicine, Neurological Research, Can J. Neurological Sciences
Scientific Consultant
- CHIR (Canada), Wings for Life (Austria), ISRT (UK), CDRF (US), Craig H Neilson Foundation (US)
Editorial Board
- Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair (NNR)
- Case Reports in Medicine