Prof. Dr. med. Adriano Aguzzi 

Current positions

• Professor of Neuropathology (Faculties of Medicine and of Science)
• Director Institute of Neuropathology, UniversityHospital of Zurich
• Director, Swiss National Reference Center for Prion diseases

Education and Training

• 1980 – 1986  Medical School, University of Freiburg (FRG). Internship in Basel (CH) and Freiburg (D)
• 1983  Columbia University, New York, Dept. of Pathology
• 1985  Foreign medical graduates Examination in the Medical Sciences USA (ECFMG)
• 1986 – 1989  Residency in Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, CH
• 1989 – 1992  Postdoctoral training in molecular biology, Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna (A)

Positions

• 1993  Consultant (Oberarzt) and Lecturer (Privat-Dozent) in Pathology and Neuropathology, University of Zürich
• 1995  Director of the Swiss National Reference Center for Prion Diseases
• 1997  Ordinarius (Full Professor) of Neuropathology and Director of the Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zürich
• 1998  Joint Professor of the Medical Faculty and Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Zurich
• 2004  Chairman, Department of Pathology, UniversityHospital of Zurich 

Research

• Prion Diseases
• Brain Tumors  

CV  ( pdf)