Department of Dermatology University Hospital Zurich

How to get to
the Clinic ?
From the airport. By train: trainstation at the airport
below Terminal B. Trains depart every 15 minutes. Duration
10 minutes. By taxi.
From the Zurich train station. By streetcar Nr 6:
from the stop Hauptbahnhof / Bahnhofstrasse to the Clinic,
Stop: Platte. By streetcar Nr 5: From the stop Bellevue,
lake front of Zurich, to the Clinic, Stop: Platte
Both streetcars stop a few steps from the main entrance of
the Clinic. See map.
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich
Department of
Dermatology
University
Hospital Zurich
CLINIC P R O F I L E
Main Entrance, University Hospital Zurich
Department of Dermatology
University Hospital Zurich
Gloriastrasse 31
CH-8091 Zurich
www.usz.unizh.ch/derma
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University Hospital
Zurich
Welcome
Profile
The Department of Dermatology University Hospital of Zurich is one of the
largest and most active institutions of
its type worldwide.
We are proud of the achievements of
the past since the days of Bruno Bloch,
in 1916 and are facing the fascinating
challenges of Dermatology in the future with a strong staff and many guests
from abroad.
Clinic
Outpatient Units
70'000 consultations per year
• General dermatology and
speciality clinics:
acne, asthetic dermatology, atopy,
autoimmune diseases, children, hair, hyperhidrosis, occupational dermatology, phlebology, psoriasis, naevi,
skin cancer, skin diseases in transplant recipients, STD/proctology
• Physical treatments:
UV, laser and X-ray, cryosurgery,
photodynamic therapy unit
• Surgical unit:
including skin cancer surgery, laser
surgery, phlebology and sclerotherapy
Take this brochure as an invitation and
a hearty welcome to visit us in Zurich –
Downtown Switzerland.
Günter Burg
Professor and Chairman
Dean (2000-2004)
University Medical School
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• Skin cancer unit:
treating melanoma, cutaneous lymphoma, epithelial tumors and
Kaposi’s sarcoma
• Allergy unit:
with15'000 consultations per year,
including atopic dermatitis, hay
fever, drug allergy, food allergy and
insect allergy
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Clinic
Laboratories
Day Care Unit
11 beds
Routine
• Dermatopathology
clinico-pathologic correlation via
Internet including Swiss Melanoma
Reference Center
• Allergology
• Serology
• Mycology
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Psoriasis treatment
Treatment of severe eczema
Photopheresis
Out-patient chemo- and immunotherapie
• Genetherapy
Inpatient Unit
45 beds
• Severe infectious and non-infectious
inflammatory and autoimmune disorders of the skin
• Phlebology problems:
such as ulcus cruris
• Skin cancer patients:
melanoma, cutaneous lymphoma,
epithelial tumors (surgery, drugs-,
immune- and chemotherapy)
Research
• Molecular Biology
• Biochemistry
• Cellular Biology
• Dermatopathology
Teaching Activities
• Clinical dermatology and dermatopathology:
regular daily or weekly teaching
rounds with video support and
interactive video conferences
• Experimental dermatology:
supervised fellowship in the
research laboratories
• Teledermatology program:
a national multicenter communication and continuous education program
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Foreign Guests and
International
Connections
It is a tradition and a major part of the
philosophy of the clinic to have fellows
and guests from abroad joining the clinical or/and research activities of the
Department of Dermatology.
Prof. G. Burg and staff members of the
clinic are members in numerous national and international organisations and
editorial boards.
Wax Moulages
Museum of Wax Moulages of the University and the University Hospital of
Zurich.
Exhibition with authentic three-dimensional wax models of diseases. More
than 1300 dermatological and 500 surgical best-preserved and most lifelike
Moulages worldwide.
Curator: Michael Geiges, MD
Social Commitment
Recent inititation of two patient organisations:
• Melanoma patient organisation
• Patient organisation for cutaneous
lymphoma
The clinic supports both organisations
in medical aspects.
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Department Staff
• Chairman of the Clinic:
Günter Burg, MD
• 5 Associate Professors
• 6 Senior Physicians
• 1 Head of Diagnostic Laboratories
• Head Nurse
• Clinical Manager
• 20 residents
• 71 nurse staff
• 20 laboratory technicians
• 3 medical technical radiology staff
• 2 photographer‘s
• 2 IT specialists
• 11 secretaries
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Research
Andreas
Häffner
MD
• Microenvironment and epidermotropism of early cutaneous T cell lymphoma
• Analysis of tumor specific expression
profiles via microarray and suppression subtractive hybridazation
Team Leader
Topic
Werner Kempf
MD
• Pathogenesis of cutaneous lymphomas and herpesvirus infections
• Dermatopathology
Günter Burg
MD
• Dermatologic Oncology, emphasis on
cutaneous lymhomas and melanoma
• Clinical and experimental programs.
Tissue engeneering program for the
generation of autologous skin equivalents
Jürg Hafner
MD
• Phlebology and angiology, special
emphasis on leg ulcers
• Dermatologic surgery emphasized on
Mohs’ micrographic surgery, skin tumors in allograft recipients
Reinhard
Dummer
MD
• Immune biology of cutaneous neoplasms
• Experimental therapies of cutaneous
lymphomas and melanomas including gene therapy, and gene expression profiling
Ralph Trüeb
MD
• Trichology
• Studies on inflammatory phenomena
in alopecia, scalp dysesthesia and
optimizing patient management
Antonio Cozzio
MD, PhD
• Studies on immunogenicity of cutaneous lymphoma
• Studies on cutaneous epithelial neoplasms and the stem cell compartments in the skin
Brunello
Wüthrich
MD
• Epidemiology of allergic diseases,
correlation with environmental parameters (NF-SAPALDIA II/ SCARPOL II)
Barbara
Ballmer-Weber
MD
• Food allergy: Characterization of food
allergens, improvement of diagnosis
by use of recombinant food allergens
and immunotherapy with recombinant allergens
Peter SchmidGrendelmeier
MD
• Relevance of fungal allergens and
related autoallergens in atopic dermatitis
• Characterization of recombinant pollen and mold allergens
Key research groups
Frank Nestle
MD
Thomas Kündig
MD
Roland Böni
MD
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• Immunology and Immunotherapy of
skin cancer including melanoma and
cutaneous lymphoma
• Immunopathogenesis and Immunotherapy of Psoriasis
• Studies to improve efficiency of vaccination against melanoma
• Studies to improve efficiency of specific allergen immunotherapy (desensitization)
• Microdissection
• Tumor suppression genes in malignant cutaneous tumors and precursor lesions
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The Staff
Günter Burg MD
Werner Kempf MD
Catherine Frey-Blanc
Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier MD
Brunello Wüthrich MD
Jürg Meyer PhD
Veronica Feroce-Ring
Gabriela Senti MD
Reinhard Dummer MD
Antonio Cozzio MD, PhD
Jürg Hafner MD
Michael Geiges MD
Ralph M. Trüeb MD
Walter Keller
Frank O. Nestle MD
Roland Böni MD
Barbara Ballmer-Weber MD
Former Chairmen of
the Department of Dermatology
Monika Hess Schmid MD
Bruno Bloch 1916 - 1933
Andreas Häffner MD
Guido Miescher 1933 - 1958
Thomas Kündig MD
Hans Storck 1958 - 1978
Urs Schnyder 1978 - 1991
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