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Circle, Airport Zurich, architecural model 2019

The Department of Dermatology at University Hospital Zurich (UHZ) is dedicated to providing sustained leadership in research, patient care and education in the fields of dermatology, venereology and allergology.

Our nationally and internationally acclaimed department features centers of excellence for skin cancer, inflammatory and allergic skin diseases, and dermatological surgery. Our team of 47 specialist physicians offers high-level patient care in all areas of dermatology, venereology and allergology through our large-scale outpatient care clinic (Dermatologische Poliklinik), our inpatient dermatology service, daycare unit and a network of tertiary care referral clinics covering a wide range of specialty areas, including melanoma and difficult pigmented lesions, non-melanoma skin cancers, cutaneous lymphoma, bullous and autoimmune skin disease, medical dermatology, psoriasis, hair and scalp disease, occupational and contact dermatitis, dermatologic surgery, dermatopathology and physical therapies (phototherapy, radiotherapy and laser therapy).

Our research activities focus on basic and translational research relating to skin disease, primarily skin cancer and inflammatory skin diseases. The efforts of our research groups are reflected in regular publication in high-level journals and a high cumulative annual impact factor.

Collaboration and networking with talented scientists and research groups at the University of Zurich, ETH, collaborative networks such as the Cancer Network Zurich, and other leading European dermatology centers help to significantly strengthen our research activities. Education is the third main field of activity of our department. Over the past few years, the department has focused its resources on pre-graduate and postgraduate training and the development and maintenance of DOIT (Dermatology Online with Interactive Technology), our innovative Internet-based pre-graduate learning tool, in collaboration with the European Dermatology Forum.