Neuropathology training for residents, postdocs, and MD-PhD students

The Institute of Neuropathology in Zurich offers training opportunities for MDs with a keen academic interest in the science and the diagnosis of neurological diseases.

Successful candidates will obtain training positions which may, if desired, include a rotation in general surgical histopathology, with a goal to attain the official specialty title "Neuropathology FMH" bestowed by the Foederatio Medicorum Helvetiae (FMH). See figure 1 for the structure of the curriculum.


Figure 1

We encourage freshman candidates to enter the combined MD-PhD curriculum, which leads to the "Dr. med. et Dr. rer. nat." (MD-PhD) title of the University of Zurich. See Figure 2 for the structure of the curriculum.


Figure 2

Many of our Institute's trainees were extraordinarily successful during their residence and, and have rapidly ascended to high academic ranks. Former trainees of the Institute include Otmar Wiestler (Heidelberg), Karl Plate (Frankfurt), Adriano Aguzzi (Zurich), Oliver Brüstle (Bonn), Sebastian Brandner (London), Marco Prinz (Göttingen), and Michael Klein (Würzburg). The current senior staff at the Institute includes Adriano Aguzzi, Frank Heppner and Markus Glatzel.
 
Weiterbildungsprogramm Neuropathologie FMH (PDF, german)