Editorial

Dear Reader, Dear friends and colleagues

It is our greate pleasure to introduce to you the Bienal Report of Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital in Zurich for the years 2019/2020.

Prof. Thomas Kündig was selected to be the new chairman of the department which was a smooth transition into a new area with many challenges based on the reconstruction of the University Hospitals.

The new facilities in Schlieren at the airport in the Circle complex and on the Campus of the University Hospitals in the NORD building will be the next challenges for our department.

Nevertheless the team of the Dermatology department proudly presents successful achievements.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Marie-Charlotte Brüggen, was newly appointed at the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, together with Dr. Claudia Lang, received support from the innvovation pool of the University Hospital Zurich for new invitro diagnostic tools.

PD Dr. Marjam Barysch-Bonderer is now a certified Mohs Surgeon (appointed by the European Society of Micrographic Surgery

Dr. Michael Kunz completed a fellowship in Mohs micrographic Surgery in the USA and is now certified Mohs Surgeon and Member of the American College of Mohs Surgery.

Dr. Joanna Mangana was elected to preside the Swiss Melanoma Working Group of the SAKK.

PD Dr. Julia-Tatjana Maul received several scholarships and was nominated as a Global Medical Coordinator of the Global Psoriasis Atlas.

Prof. Peter Schmid was nominated as Honorary President of the Swiss Society Alllergology and Immunology and nominated as Honorary Member of the Tanzanian Society for Dermatology.

Finally, Dr. Egle Ramelyte received the Skin Cancer Award for her PhD thesis on “Oncolytic virotherapy mediated anti-tumor response through a single cell’s perspective”.

In the field of telemedicine it is important to know the App “derm2go” was founded by the UZH Health Innovation Hub.

These achievements together with the high quality scientific output resulted in an international visibility of our Department. Prof. Reinhard Dummer is ranking high in the top authors list in Dermatology as it was published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

This incomplete summary of achievements reflects the productivity of our Department, which is combined by high quality patient management and ambitious educational activities.

All these achievements became reality due to highly motivated team of employees of the University and the University Hospitals. We hope for a many additional productive years despite the organizational and spatial changes during the upcoming years.

Enjoy!

Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Kündig

Director Department of Dermatology University Hospital Zurich

Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Dummer

Vice-Chairman Department of Dermatology University Hospital Zurich