since 2019     
Head St. Clara Research Ltd

2018-2019     
Deputy Head St. Clara Research Ltd

2018
Habilitation, Experimental Medicine, University Basel

2016-2018     
Senior Scientist, clinical research St. Claraspital Basel

2011-2015                             
Research Fellow, clinical research, Department of Biomedicine, Gastroenterology, University hospital Basel 

2010                          
Specialist in surgery (FMH exam)

2002-2010                 
Surgical residency: St. Claraspital Basel, Kinderspital Zürich, Universitätsspital Basel, Traumatologie Helsingborg (Schweden), Kantonsspital Bruderholz

2002               
Research stay (6 months) University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA 

2002 
Doctoral thesis “Whiplash injury: prospective clinical and MR study”, University of Basel

1995-2001                             
Medical school (University of Basel, Switzerland)

2000 & 2001                         
United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE; Step 1+ 2)

Research topics:

·       Obesity, Diabetes

·       Metabolic (bariatric) surgery

·       Regulation of satiation and hunger, energy metabolism

·       Gut-Brain-Axis

·       Carbohydrate metabolism, sugar, sugar alternatives