
Quality Officer
Member of the Leadership Team
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
Editorial Board
- Investigative Radiology