
Quality Officer
Member of the Leadership Team
Sports injuries of the musculoskeletal system
Orthopedic 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
Academic career
- 2021: Appointment as Professor, Extraordinarius ad personam for Musculoskeletal Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich
- 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
Professional career
- Since 2019: Chief Physician Radiology, Balgrist University Hospital Zurich
- 2016–2019: 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
- 2009–201:0 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
- FAROS Functionally Accurate Robotic Surgery, EU Horizon 2020
- SURGENT (Surgeon Enhancing Technologies), University Medicine Zurich (HMZ) Flagship Project
- 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
- Musculoskeletal 7T MRI imaging
Reviewer and editorial board activities
Reviewer
- Radiology
- Skeletal Radiology
- European Radiology
- Investigative Radiology
- Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- British Journal of Radiology
Editorial Board
- Radiology
- Investigative Radiology