Professional Career
| 2006 | Professor and Chairman, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich (USZ), Switzerland |
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| 2001 | Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 1997 – 2000 | Senior Staff Member, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1995 | Professor in Anesthesiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1993 – 1995 | Staff Member, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1993 | Habilitation in Anesthesiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland (similar to Associate Professor in Anesthesiology) |
| 1992 | Visiting Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, The Heart Center at Duke, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC |
| 1990 – 1991 | Visiting Associate, Cardiopulmonary Research Laboratory at the Heart Center at Duke, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC |
| 1988 – 1990 | Staff Member, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1985 – 1991 | Research Collaboration with the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1983 – 1988 | Residency in Anesthesia and Surgery (Aarau, Baden, Zurich, Switzerland) |
Grants
| 1993 – 1997 | Sondermittel des Bundes zur Förderung des Akademischen Nachwuchses |
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| 1991 | Schweizerische Stiftung für Medizinisch-Biologische Stipendien der Schweizerischen Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften |
| 1990 | Kommission zur Förderung des Akademischen Nachwuchses der Universität Zürich |
Titles
| 1995 | Professor of Anesthesiology (Assistenz-Professor) Professor of Anesthesiology (Extraordinarius) |
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| 1993 | Habilitation, Medical Faculty, University of Zürich „Effects of acute isovolemic hemodilution on global cardiovascular and regional myocardial functions in a canine model of coronary artery disease: Interactions with anesthesia, pacing induced tachycardia, β adrenergic blockade and inotropic stimulation“ |
| 1988 | Board Certification in Anesthesiology |
| 1984 | M.D. Thesis, Medical Faculty, University of Zürich „Anästhesiologisches Management des schweren Schädel-Hirntraumas: Ein Therapiekonzept mit Etomidate und Pentobarbital – Langzeitresultate 1981 – 1983“ |
Expert Activity
| Seit 2005 | WHO Consultant / Trainer in Blood Transfusion |
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| Seit 2003 | Section Head „Perioperative hemostasis and transfusion medicine“ of the Faculty of 1000 Medicine (http://www.f1000medicine.com/) |
| Seit 1995 | Section Head „Perioperative hemostasis and transfusion medicine“ of the Faculty of 1000 Medicine (http://www.f1000medicine.com/) |
| Seit 1993 | Examiner of the Swiss Board of Anesthesiology |
Member of Committees
| Seit 2008 | Alliance Rouge, presided by Donat R. Spahn |
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| 2004 – 2006 | Member of the working group „Minimal Data Set“of the Swiss Society of Anesthesiology (SGAR) |
| 2003 – 2004 | Member of the working group „Visibility“of the Swiss Society of Anesthesiology (SGAR) |
| 2003 – 2006 | President of the Anesthesiology Board Examination Committee of the Swiss Society of Anesthesiology (SGAR) |
| 2001 – 2006 | Member of the Anesthesiology Board Examination Committee of the Swiss Society of Anesthesiology (SGAR) |
| 2000 | Responsible of the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich for M.D. Theses |
| 1999 – 2000 | Member of the committee for the evaluation of teaching hospitals of the Swiss Society of Anesthesiology (SGAR) |
| Seit 1999 | Scientific Board Member of Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives (NATA) |
| 1997 – 2007 | Chairman, Subcommittee on „Transfusion and Haemostasis“ of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) |
| 1996 – 2006 | Member of the Subcommittee on „Clinical and experimental circulation“ of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) |
| 1996 – 2004 | President of the Scientific Committee of the Swiss Society of Anesthesiology (SGAR) |
Meeting and event organisation
| Seit 2006 | Aktuelle Probleme und Seminarien in Anästhesiologie, Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital and University of Zurich |
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| Seit 2006 | Fallbesprechungen und Anästhesieverfahren für Anästhesisten, Intensivmediziner und Notärzte, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital and University of Zurich |
| 2004 – 2006 | International Symposia 6 times per year (with Dr. L. Magnusson), 100 participants and 4 international speakers, University Hospital, Lausanne (CHUV) |
| 2001 – 2003 | Journées lausannoise d’anesthésiologie (with Pr. P. Ravussin), Musée olympique, Lausanne |
| 2001 | Symposium „Remifentanil – Application clinique“, an international symposium with 100 participants and 4 international speakers, University Hospital, Lausanne (CHUV) |
| 2001 | „International Symposium on Volume Substitution and Transfusion Therapy“, an international symposium with 300 participants and 10 international speakers, University Hospital, Lausanne (CHUV) |
| 2000 | „First European Congress on Bloodless Health Care“, an international symposium with 600 participants and 30 international speakers, Geneva |
| 1997 – 2007 | Organization of the program of the Subcommittee on „Transfusion and Haemostasis”, at annual congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiologists (ESA) |
| 1997 – 2004 | Organization of the annual congress of the Swiss Society of Anesthesiologists (SGAR) |
| 1996 – 2006 | Co-organization of the program of the Subcommittee on „Clinical and experimental circulation“ at annual congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiologists (ESA). |
| 1996 | „Volumenersatz heute“, an international symposium with 300 participants and 10 international speakers, University Hospital Zurich |
| 1993 – 2000 | „Fallbesprechungen für Anästhesieärzte, Intensivmediziner und Notärzte“, a postgraduate course of the Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich |
Distinction
| 2004 | Corresponding Member of the DGAI (German Society for Anesthesia and Intensive Care). |
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| 2001 | Admission to the Royal College of Anaesthetists by Election |
Editorial Work in Scientific Journals
| Seit 2006 | Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology (Editorial Board) |
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| 2005 – 2010 | Anesthesiology (Associate Editor) |
| 2004 – 2007 | British Journal of Anaesthesia (Editor) |
| 2004 – 2006 | CME – Fortbildung für die medizinische Praxis (Scientific Advisory Board) |
| 1999 – 2007 | Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology (Section Editor) |
| 1999 – 2007 | British Journal of Anaesthesia (Editorial Board) |
| Seit 1999 | Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care (International Advisory Board) |
| 1998 – 2007 | Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine (Editorial Board) |
| 1998 – 2007 | Infusionstherapie und Transfusionsmedizin (Scientific Advisory Board) |
| 1997 – 2008 | Anästhesist (Section Editor „Postgraduate Training“) |
Regular Reviewer
- Anesthesiology
- Anesthesia and Analgesia
- British Journal of Anaesthesia
- European Journal of Anaesthesiology
Anaesthesist - European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Critical Care Medicine
Post-graduate training of anesthetists abroad
| 2007 – 2008 | Dr. Mark Suter (Neural Plasticity Research Group, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Professor Clifford J. Woolf). Topic: Pain research. |
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| 2006 – 2008 | Dr. Carlos Marcucci (Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, Professor Mark F. Newman). Topic: Herz-Anästhesie und cardio-vasculäre Physiologie. |
| 2004 – 2005 | Dr. Christopher Sulzer (Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, Professor Mark F. Newman). Topic: Cardiac anesthesia and cardio-vascular physiology. |
| 2003 – 2004 | Dr. Danielle Skouvaklis (Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia, Professor Micheal J. Cousins). Topic: Chronic pain. |
| 2003 – 2005 | Dr. Laurent Thierrin (Département d’Anesthésiologie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre Cedex, France, Professor Dan Benhamou) Topic: Obstetric anesthesia and intensive care. |
| 2003 – 2004 | Dr. Annik Vuffray (Département d’Anesthésie, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, Professor Marie-Josée Crowe) Topic: Obstetric anesthesia and epidemiology. |
| 2003 – 2004 | Dr. Mirko Dolci (Department of Anaesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Professor William L. Roy ) Topic: Pediatric anesthesia. |
| 2002 | Dr. Roman Kocian (Division of Neuroanaesthesia, Addenbrookes Hospital, Universtity of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Professor Basil F. Matta). Topic: Neuroanesthesia. |
| 2002 – 2003 | Dr. Michael Tucci (Department of Anesthesiology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA, Professor Enrico M. Camporesi). Topic: Trauma-anesthesia and cerebral protection by anesthetics. |
PhD Programs
| 2003 – 2007 | PhD Program in Neuroscience: Temugin BERTA (with Dr. Isabèlle Décosterd, MER). |
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Academic Promotions of Collaborators
| 2020 | PD Dr. Christian Schaer, University of Zurich, Switzerland PD Dr. Jürg Reto Schliessbach, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
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| 2018 | Dr. Grande Bastian, PD, University of Zurich, Switzerland Dr. Stein Philipp, PD, University of Zurich, Switzerland PD Dr. Alain Rudiger, titular professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2016 | PD Dr. Dominique Bettex, titular professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2014 | Dr. Konrad Maurer, PD, University of Zurich, Switzerland Dr. Oliver Theusinger, PD, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2013 | Dr. Caveh Madjdpour, PD, University of Zurich, Switzerland Dr. Kurt Rützler, PD, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2011 | Dr. Werner Baulig, PD, University of Zurich, Switzerland PD Dr. Peter Biro, titular professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland Dr. Alain Rudiger, PD, University of Zurich, Switzerland PD Dr. Marco Piero Zalunardo, titular professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2009 | PD Dr. Beatrice Beck Schimmer, Professor ad personam, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2008 | Doktor Stepahn Blumenthal: PD, University of Zurich, Switzerland PD Dr. Michael Zaugg: Full Professor of Anesthesiology, Edmonton, Alberta Doktor Michael T. Ganter: PD, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2006 | Doktor Patrick Schoettker: MER-Typus 1, University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2005 | Doktor Roman Kocian: MER-Typus 1, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Doktor Isabèlle Décosterd: PD et MER, University of Lausanne, Switzerland PD Dr. Isabèlle Décosterd: Professeur assistant, University of Lausanne, Switzerland PD Dr. Eric Buchser: Professeur titulaire, Universität Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2004 | Pierre-Guy Chassot: PD et MER, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Lennart Magnusson: PD et MER, University of Lausanne, Switzerland PD Dr. Jean-Patrice Gardaz: Professeur titulaire, Universität Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2003 | Nicolas L. Gilliard: Professeur associé, University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2002 | Eric Buchser: PD et MER, University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2001 | Isabèlle Décosterd: MER, University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
Function in Medical Faculties
| 2003 | Member of the Search Committee „Proessor and Chairman of Surgical Intensive Care Medicine “, Faculty „Biology and Medicine“, University of Lausanne und University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV). |
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| 2002 | Member of the Search Committee „Professor and Chairman of General Surgery“, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV). |
| 2000 | Director of Theses, Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich. |
Expert in Promotions / Distinctions of External Universities
| 2007 | Chairman Search Committee of the University of Giessen, Germany |
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| 2006 | Professor Mark Stafford-Smith: Professor of Anesthesiology with tenure, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA |
| 2005 | Doktor Thomas Heidegger: Habilitation, Universität Innsbruck, Österreich |
| 2004 | Professor Alain Borgeat: Professor ad personam, University of Zürich, Switzerland |
| 2003 | Mark Stafford-Smith: Associate Professor with tenure, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Marc-Alexander Burmeister: Habilitation, University of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany |
| 2002 | Petra Inerhofer: Habilitation, University of Innsbruck, Austria Paul C. Hébert: CIHR Senior Scientist Award, University of Ottawa, Canada |
| 2001 | Alexander Kulier: Habilitation, University of Graz, Austria |
Promotion of collaborators into leading positions outside the CHUV / USZ
| 2012 | PD Dr. Michael T. Ganter: Chefarzt, Institut für Anästhesie, Kantonsspital Winterthur |
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| 2008 | PD Dr. Michael Zaugg: Full Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital und Director Perioperative Cardiovascular Research Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute University of Alberta |
| 2007 | PD Dr. Thomas Neff: Chefarzt, Abteilung für Anästhesie, Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen |
| 2005 | Doctor Olivier Detriche: Brüssel Doctor Maria Trinidad Ross: Payern |
| 2003 | Doctor Daniel Freymond: Payern Doctor Carine Chapuis: Nyon |
| 2001 | Doctor Dominique Thorrin: Fribourg Doctor Jean-Pierre Moustaki: Morges |
Funded Trainees from abroad / Visiting Physicians
| 2016 | Doctor Zuolei CHEN: Qingdao, Shandong Province, China (12 months) Hospital of Qingdao University Doctor Caroline GHOSH, Essex, UK (4 months) Department of Anaesthesia, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Essex, UK |
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| 2005 | Doctor Khamloun MALICHANK: Laos (6 months) Swiss Laos Hospital Project, CHUV, Service d’Anesthésiologie Doctor Renate ALNE: Litauen (9 months) Federal Commission for Scholarships for Forign Students |
| 2004 | Doctor Biram SÈNE: Senegal (12 months) Migros, University Hospital Lausanne and Department of Anesthesiology |
Courses
| 2011 | Good Clinical Practice, GCP Training Module 2 + 3, organized by Clinical Trials Center CTC, Center for Clinical Research, University Hospital Zurich. |
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| 2004 | Invasive and non-invasive in vivo analyses in animals, oganized by the Swiss Society of Neuroscience (SSN) (Continuous education for authorities responsible for animal experimentation). |
| 2003 | Animaux de Rente: Biologie, Détention, Anesthésie et Analgesie, oganized by EPFL und UNIL (Continuous education for authorities responsible for animal experimentation). |
Prizes (total 22)
| 2020 | SGAR/SSAR Best Paper Award (Spahn D.R., Schoenrath F., Spahn G.H., Seifert B., Stein Ph., Theusinger O.M., Kaserer A., Hege-mann I., Hofmann A., Maisano F., Falk V., Effect of ultra-short-term treatment of patients with iron deficiency or anaemia undergoing cardiac surgery: a prospective randomised trial.) |
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| 2018 | International PBM Implementation Award 2018, Göthe University Frankfurt |
| 2016 | Q-Award USZ 2016, UniversitätsSpital Zürich (Spahn D.R., Nöthiger Christoph B., Tscholl David W., Kandler Lukas J. Videos als Meilenstein in der Aus- und Weiterbildung). |
| 2016 | Q-Award USZ 2016 Nachhaltigkeitspreis, UniversitätsSpital Zürich (Spahn D.R., Mehra T. Reduktion der Transfusionen allogener Blutprodukte durch die Einführung eines Patient Blood Management Monitoring und Feedback Programms am USZ). |
| 2016 | Swiss Quality Award 2016, Kategorie „stationär“: Swiss Quality Award – Innovations in Healthcare (Spahn D.R., Mehra T. Reduktion der Transfusionen allogener Blutprodukte durch die Einführung eines Patient Blood Management Monitoring und Feedback Programms). |
| 2015 | Q-Award USZ 2015, UniversitätsSpital Zürich (Mehra T., Spahn D.R. Reduktion der Transfusionen allogener Blutprodukte durch Einführung eines Patient Blood Management Monitoring und Feedback Programms am USZ). |
| 2008 | ESSEX Preis für „free communication“: Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (Wacker J., Kleeb B., Künzle B., Leisinger E., Kobler A., Kolbe M., Manser T., Burtscher M., Spahn D.R., Grote G. High incidence of nonroutine events during standard anesthesia inductions: A prospective analysis of synchronized video and vital parameter recordings). |
| 2008 | Poster-Prize 7th Day of Clinical Research: Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Zürich (Tan Q., Contaldo C., Mohammad El-Badry A., Welti M., Steiner R., Spahn D.R., Hillinger S., Weder W. Effect of artificial oxygen carrier on tissue engineered trachea reconstruction). |
| 2007 | ORGANON Prize for free communication: Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (De Conno Braunschweig E., Steurer M., Wittlinger M., Zalunardo M.P., Feser M., Spahn D.R., Beck-Schimmer B. Immunomodulatory effects of anesthetics in the respiratory compartment during one-lung ventilation). |
| 2006 | Abbott-SGAR Paper-Preis (Pertin M., Ji R.-R., Berta T., Karchewski L., Powell A.J., Tate S. N., Isom L.L., Woolf C.J., Gilliard N., Spahn D.R., Decosterd I. Upregulation of the voltage gated sodium beta2 subunit in neuropathic pain models: characterization of expression in injured and non-injured primary sensory neurons. J Neuroscience (2005) 25: 10970-10980). |
| 2006 | ORGANON Prize for free communication. Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (Pertin M., Allchorne A.J., Woolf C.J., Gilliard N., Spahn D.R., Decosterd I. Sympathetic-sensory coupling in neuropathic pain.). |
| 2006 | PRIX DES DIX MEILLEURS FILMS du Festival du Film, du CD-Rom et du Site Internet des Entretiens de Bichat 2006 (Kocian R., Spahn D.R. Intubation vigile – Die wache Intubation. Produktion in Zusammenarbeit mit dem cemcav, CHUV, Lausanne (2006) ©RK-DRS-ALG-CHUV CEMCAV). |
| 2004 | Prize for free papers. Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (Pertin M., Bourquin A.F., Isom L.L., Gilliard N., Spahn D.R., Decosterd I. Regulation and function of auxillary beta2 subunit of voltage gated sodium channel in neuropathic pain) |
| 2004 | Pfizer Preis (Julier K., da Silva R., Garcia C., Bestmann L., Frascarolo P., Zollinger A., Chassot P.-G., Schmid E., Turina M., von Segesser L.K., Pasch T., Spahn D.R. Zaugg M. Pharmacologic preconditioning elicts myocardial and renal protection in humans: a double-blind placebo-controlled multicenter study). |
| 2003 | Prize for free papers. Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (Bourquin A.F., Woolf C.J., Gilliard N., Spahn D.R., Decosterd I. Measure of pain hypersensitivity in the mouse spared nerve injury model of neuropathic pain). |
| 2003 | Prize for free papers. Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (Herriger A., Frascarolo P., Spahn D.R., Magnusson L. Effectiveness of positive end expiratory pressure during pre-oxygenation on duration of apnoea before arterial desaturation). |
| 2003 | Prize of the Medical Faculty, University of Lausanne (Suter M.R., Papaloïzos M., Berde C.B., Woolf C.F., Gilliard N., Spahn D.R., Isabelle Decosterd I. Development of neuropathic pain in the rat spared nerve injury model is not prevented by a peripheral nerve block). |
| 2003 | „Hossein Sadeghi“ Prize (Julier K., da Silva R., Garcia C., Bestmann L., Frascarolo P., Zollinger A., Chassot P.-G., Schmid E., Turina M., von Segesser L.K., Pasch T., Spahn D.R. Zaugg M. Pharmacologic preconditioning elicts myocardial and renal protection in humans: a double-blind placebo-controlled multicenter study). |
| 2001 | Prize for free papers. Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (Decosterd I., Allchorne A., Gilliard N., Spahn D.R., Woolf C.J. Neuropathic pain models express differential pharmacological sensitivity to analgesics). |
| 1999 | Prize for free papers. Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (Fehr S.B., Zalunardo M.P., Seifert B., Pasch T., Spahn D.R. Clonidin reduziert den Propofolbedarf – Evaluation mittels Bispektralem Index (BIS)). |
| 1998 | Prize for free papers. Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (Aschkenasy S.V., Zalunardo M.P., Zaugg M., Spahn D.R., Pasch T., Zollinger A. Verlauf des arteriellen PO2 während Einlungenventilation: Vergleich zwischen Patienten mit und ohne Lungenemphysem). |
| 1995 | Prize for free papers. Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (Spahn D.R., Zollinger A., Schlumpf R.B., Stöhr S., Schmid E.R., Seifert B., Pasch T. Hämodilutionstoleranz älterer Patienten). |
| 1995 | 1. Prize for free papers. Euroanaesthesia’95, sponsored by the European Academy of Anaesthesiology (Spahn D.R., Zollinger A., Stöhr S., Schmid E.R., Pasch T. Haemodilution tolerance in the elderly. Euro-anaesthesia’95, Bern, 27.-28. Januar, 1995). |
Alliance rouge, presided by Donat R. Spahn
| 2020 | Förderpreis der Stiftung Groupe Mutuel |
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| 2020 | Prix dêxcellence von santeneXt |
Wichtigste Mitgliedschaften
- FMH Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum (Vereinigung Schweizer Ärzte)
- SGAR Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation
- SGI Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Intensivmedizin (Ausserordentliches Mitglied)
- EACTA European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists
- ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists (Affiliate Member)
- IARS International Anesthesia Research Society
- ARS Anaesthetic Research Society
- ESA European Society of Anaesthesiologists
EAA European Academy of Anaesthesiology (1999: Academician)
DGAI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin (Corresponding Member)