Meet the Core Research and Innovation Staff at Multimorbidity.org

Core Research and Innovation Staff

Our staff combines extensive knowledge and years of experience in different areas of health research, data analysis, and clinical practice.

Head and Founder of the International Center for Multimorbidity and Complexity in Medicine

Zurich / Basel, Switzerland

Medicine, University Basel, Switzerland with stays in Lausanne, Switzerland and Montreal, Canada
Internal Medicine and Research, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, and Pacific Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

Head of the International Center for Multimorbidity and Complexity in Medicine ICMC, founded in 2021.
Owner of IntelliXess AG, a company that supports institutions and individuals in healthcare.
Member of several boards of directors, European boards in multimorbidity and digital transformation
Clinical work at the Merian Iselin Klinik in Basel
Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Zurich (2007-2020)
Full Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Zurich

Senior Research Associate
Zurich, Switzerland

2014-2021: M.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
2011-2014: B.Sc. Med in Biomedical Science, Summa Cum Laude, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

2020-2021: Medical Internship at Shaare Zedek Medical Center
2019-2020: Physician Assistant in the Surgery wing of the Emergency Department at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem.
2019-2020: Physician Assistant (as a medical student) in the Internal Medicine wing of the Emergency Department at Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem.
2012-2019: Research Assistant, Hadassah University Medical Center, and Medical Neurobiology, The Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Senior Research Manager

Geneva, Switzerland

BSc with Honours in Geography, School of Biology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 1988 – 1991
Secretarial Diploma, Ecole Lémania, Lausanne, CH, 1987 – 1988
Maturité Fédérale Moderne/Baccalauréat type D, Lausanne, 1984 – 1987

Scientific Writer, Prism Scientific Sàrl, Geneva, CH fulltime since 06/2018
Marketing & Sales Lead Pulmonology, Vifor Pharma, Vifor AG, Villars-sur-Glâne, CH Vifor Pharma, Vifor
AG, Villars-sur-Glâne, CH, 04/2016 – 06/2018
Brand Manager Immunology Region Central Europe, UCB-Pharma AG, Bulle, CH, 07/2010-03/2016
Scientific Writer, Department of Ecology, University of Bern, CH 09/2009 – 06/2010
Product Manager, Novartis Pharma Schweiz, Bern, CH, 05/2001 – 09/2009
Sales and Marketing Manager, Obtech Medical AG, Baar, CH, 09/1997 – 12/2000
Deputy Scientific Editor, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK, 01/1995 – 05/1996

Senior Research Associate

Zurich, Switzerland

2022 – present: Psychotherapist and Deputy Director of Autism Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
2021 – present: Head of Laboratory Research, Department of Consultation-Liaison-Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland
2020 -2022: Delegated Psychologist, Psychiatrische Praxisgemeinschaft, Zurich, Switzerland
2019 – 2021: Research Assistant, Department of Consultation-Liaison-Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hopsital of Zurich, Switzerland
2019 – 2020: Psychologist, Department of Consultation-Liaison-Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, Psychocardiology, Zurich, Switzerland
2017 – 2019: Psychologist, Outpatient Clinic for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Behavioral Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland
2017 – 2018: Psychologist, Rehabilitation Center, Wald, Switzerland
2016 – 2017: Assistant Psychologist, Center of Psychotic Disorders, University Psychiatric Clinics, Basel, Switzerland