Training & Expertise

Since January 2018:
Office-based Pediatrician, Kinderzentrum Lindenpark, Baar – Switzerland

Since October 2016:
Scientific Secretary of the Swiss Vaccination Commission (EKIF / CFV)
Scientific Collaborator of the University of Geneva for the Swiss Electronic Vaccination Certificate

October 2014 – September 2016:
Senior Medical Advisor Vaccines, Pfizer, Berlin and Zurich
Responsibilities:

  • Medical Affairs support for the DACH region
  • EU lead for the Meningococcal group C vaccine
  • Supervision of a team of 4 direct reports (Medical-Science-Relationship managers)
  • Global Training activities

October 2013 – September 2014:
Director Medical Affairs Europe, Nuron Biotech GmbH, Schaffhausen
Responsibilities:

  • Medically Responsible Officer
  • Lead Pharmacovigilance and Medical Information, ISMC chair
  • Responsible for Training Activities
  • Support and Review of Marketing Activities

October 2012 – September 2013:
Responsible for the optimal implementation of the new hospital reimbursement system SwissDRG in the University Children’s Hospitals of Zurich, Basel and St. Gallen and for Public & Administrative Relations of AllKidS (Alliance of Autonomous University Children’s Hospitals)
Responsibilities:

  • Implementation of a political and economic awareness campaign about specific needs of pediatric hospitals
  • DRG improvement program
  • Tariff negotiations with national and health insurance authorities
  • Political lobbying

In parallel (since 2006):

  • InfoVac-expert (WHO-certified consulting team for vaccine related questions of physicians, under the auspices of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and the Swiss Pediatric Society)
  • Elected member of the Swiss Federal Vaccination Commission (EKIF / CFV), until 2007
  • Vaccinology consultant for Medgate, Basel (official Swiss public vaccination helpdesk)
  • Scientific board member and speaker for independent educational events in pediatric infectious diseases and vaccinology
  • Advisory Board member for several international vaccine companies

March 2012 – September 2012:
Consultant with H Services, Baar, Switzerland
Tasks:

  • Medical and administrative Consultant for Hospitals
  • Training in DRG coding (basics and advanced) and Medical Controlling.

January 2012 – February 2012:
Consultant for Vaccinology/Infectious Diseases (self-employed)
Tasks:

  • Medical and scientific advice for biopharmaceutical companies and public health institutions

September 2010 – December 2011:
Chief Medical Officer, GlycoVaxyn AG, Schlieren, Switzerland
Responsibilities:

  • Responsibility for the preclinical and clinical development of the vaccine pipeline – 2 direct line reports, 1 indirect line report
  • Responsibility for Regulatory Affairs – 1 direct line report
  • Certified GCP trainee
  • Close interactions with international Key Opinion Leaders
  • Elaboration of several scientific communications (ICAAC, ESPID, ECTRIMS, VED, CoVAC)

September 2006 – August 2010:
Associate Director, global Medical Affairs, Biogen Idec International GmbH, Zug, Switzerland
Responsibilities:

  • Active participation in Medical Information team activities
  • Planning, management, and evaluation of international phase III – IV studies
  • Publication planning and Life Cycle Management
  • Preparation of and participation in symposia and Advisory Board meetings
  • Medical Interaction with company affiliates and regulatory authorities in different countries
  • Medical guidance (incl training and train-the-trainer programs) and advice of affiliate staff and interactions with international and local key opinion leaders
  • Counseling and coordinating activities with clinical development and commercial teams
  • Business development activities on an international level

May 2001 – August 2006:
Consultant in pediatric infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital in Lucerne

June 1997 – August 2006:
Pediatric consultant at the Kantonsspital Zug and the Andreasklinik Cham (including neonatology and neonatal hip ultrasound)

In parallel:

  • Office Pediatrician in Baar, Switzerland
  • Elected member of the Swiss Federal Vaccination Commission (EKIF)
  • Medical responsible of the Swiss Red Cross for the TB screening and vaccination program of the Swiss Migration Sanitary Screening Organization
  • INFOVAC-expert (WHO-certified consulting team for vaccine related questions of physicians, under the auspices of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and the Swiss Pediatric Society)
  • Vaccinology consultant for Medgate, Basel (official Swiss public vaccination helpdesk
  • Sales force trainings for different international pharmaceutical companies (vaccines)
  • Member of different national and international advisory boards for pharmaceutical companies (vaccines)
  • Scientific board member and speaker for independent and company-sponsored educational events in pediatric infectious diseases and vaccinology

June 1995 – May 1997:
Clinical and scientific fellow, head of the Infectiology-Vaccinology Center at the University Children’s Hospital Basel

In parallel: Supervision of the vaccination program of the Swiss Migration Sanitary Screening Organization (Swiss Red Cross) and member of the Swiss Vaccination Commission (SKIF)

July 1993 – May 1995:
Vice head of the section for bacterial and parasitic diseases, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Department of epidemiology and infectious diseases

January 1990 – June 1993:
Resident at the Paediatrische Klinik des Kinderspitals Lu­zern

Jan. 1989 ‑ Dec. 1989:
Resident at the Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie der Univer­sität Zürich

Oct. 1986 ‑ Dec. 1988:
Resident at the Hygienisch‑mikrobiologisches Institut des Kan­tons­spitals Luzern

April 1986 ‑ Sept. 1986:
Resident at the Medizinische Universitäts‑Kinderklinik, Bern

April 1985 ‑ March 1986:
Intern at the Solothurnische Höhenklinik Allerheiligen­berg, Me­dical Department

Commissions

  • elected member of the Swiss Federal Vaccination Commission (EKIF), 1995-2007
  • representative of the Swiss Pediatric Society in the Swiss Pulmonary League (Tuberculosis)

Memberships

  • American Society for Microbiology
  • European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
  • Forum für Praxispädiatrie
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Infektiologie
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Mikrobiologie
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Pädiatrie
  • Schweizerische Vereinigung für Ultraschall in der pädiatrischen Praxis
  • Zuger Ärztegesellschaft