How to get to the Clinic ? From the airport. By train: trainstation at the airport below Terminal B. Trains depart every 15 minutes. Duration 10 minutes. By taxi. From the Zurich train station. By streetcar Nr 6: from the stop Hauptbahnhof / Bahnhofstrasse to the Clinic, Stop: Platte. By streetcar Nr 5: From the stop Bellevue, lake front of Zurich, to the Clinic, Stop: Platte Both streetcars stop a few steps from the main entrance of the Clinic. See map. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich Department of Dermatology University Hospital Zurich CLINIC P R O F I L E Main Entrance, University Hospital Zurich Department of Dermatology University Hospital Zurich Gloriastrasse 31 CH-8091 Zurich www.usz.unizh.ch/derma 12 University Hospital Zurich Welcome Profile The Department of Dermatology University Hospital of Zurich is one of the largest and most active institutions of its type worldwide. We are proud of the achievements of the past since the days of Bruno Bloch, in 1916 and are facing the fascinating challenges of Dermatology in the future with a strong staff and many guests from abroad. Clinic Outpatient Units 70'000 consultations per year • General dermatology and speciality clinics: acne, asthetic dermatology, atopy, autoimmune diseases, children, hair, hyperhidrosis, occupational dermatology, phlebology, psoriasis, naevi, skin cancer, skin diseases in transplant recipients, STD/proctology • Physical treatments: UV, laser and X-ray, cryosurgery, photodynamic therapy unit • Surgical unit: including skin cancer surgery, laser surgery, phlebology and sclerotherapy Take this brochure as an invitation and a hearty welcome to visit us in Zurich – Downtown Switzerland. Günter Burg Professor and Chairman Dean (2000-2004) University Medical School 2 • Skin cancer unit: treating melanoma, cutaneous lymphoma, epithelial tumors and Kaposi’s sarcoma • Allergy unit: with15'000 consultations per year, including atopic dermatitis, hay fever, drug allergy, food allergy and insect allergy 3 Clinic Laboratories Day Care Unit 11 beds Routine • Dermatopathology clinico-pathologic correlation via Internet including Swiss Melanoma Reference Center • Allergology • Serology • Mycology • • • • Psoriasis treatment Treatment of severe eczema Photopheresis Out-patient chemo- and immunotherapie • Genetherapy Inpatient Unit 45 beds • Severe infectious and non-infectious inflammatory and autoimmune disorders of the skin • Phlebology problems: such as ulcus cruris • Skin cancer patients: melanoma, cutaneous lymphoma, epithelial tumors (surgery, drugs-, immune- and chemotherapy) Research • Molecular Biology • Biochemistry • Cellular Biology • Dermatopathology Teaching Activities • Clinical dermatology and dermatopathology: regular daily or weekly teaching rounds with video support and interactive video conferences • Experimental dermatology: supervised fellowship in the research laboratories • Teledermatology program: a national multicenter communication and continuous education program 4 5 Foreign Guests and International Connections It is a tradition and a major part of the philosophy of the clinic to have fellows and guests from abroad joining the clinical or/and research activities of the Department of Dermatology. Prof. G. Burg and staff members of the clinic are members in numerous national and international organisations and editorial boards. Wax Moulages Museum of Wax Moulages of the University and the University Hospital of Zurich. Exhibition with authentic three-dimensional wax models of diseases. More than 1300 dermatological and 500 surgical best-preserved and most lifelike Moulages worldwide. Curator: Michael Geiges, MD Social Commitment Recent inititation of two patient organisations: • Melanoma patient organisation • Patient organisation for cutaneous lymphoma The clinic supports both organisations in medical aspects. 6 Department Staff • Chairman of the Clinic: Günter Burg, MD • 5 Associate Professors • 6 Senior Physicians • 1 Head of Diagnostic Laboratories • Head Nurse • Clinical Manager • 20 residents • 71 nurse staff • 20 laboratory technicians • 3 medical technical radiology staff • 2 photographer‘s • 2 IT specialists • 11 secretaries 7 Research Andreas Häffner MD • Microenvironment and epidermotropism of early cutaneous T cell lymphoma • Analysis of tumor specific expression profiles via microarray and suppression subtractive hybridazation Team Leader Topic Werner Kempf MD • Pathogenesis of cutaneous lymphomas and herpesvirus infections • Dermatopathology Günter Burg MD • Dermatologic Oncology, emphasis on cutaneous lymhomas and melanoma • Clinical and experimental programs. Tissue engeneering program for the generation of autologous skin equivalents Jürg Hafner MD • Phlebology and angiology, special emphasis on leg ulcers • Dermatologic surgery emphasized on Mohs’ micrographic surgery, skin tumors in allograft recipients Reinhard Dummer MD • Immune biology of cutaneous neoplasms • Experimental therapies of cutaneous lymphomas and melanomas including gene therapy, and gene expression profiling Ralph Trüeb MD • Trichology • Studies on inflammatory phenomena in alopecia, scalp dysesthesia and optimizing patient management Antonio Cozzio MD, PhD • Studies on immunogenicity of cutaneous lymphoma • Studies on cutaneous epithelial neoplasms and the stem cell compartments in the skin Brunello Wüthrich MD • Epidemiology of allergic diseases, correlation with environmental parameters (NF-SAPALDIA II/ SCARPOL II) Barbara Ballmer-Weber MD • Food allergy: Characterization of food allergens, improvement of diagnosis by use of recombinant food allergens and immunotherapy with recombinant allergens Peter SchmidGrendelmeier MD • Relevance of fungal allergens and related autoallergens in atopic dermatitis • Characterization of recombinant pollen and mold allergens Key research groups Frank Nestle MD Thomas Kündig MD Roland Böni MD 8 • Immunology and Immunotherapy of skin cancer including melanoma and cutaneous lymphoma • Immunopathogenesis and Immunotherapy of Psoriasis • Studies to improve efficiency of vaccination against melanoma • Studies to improve efficiency of specific allergen immunotherapy (desensitization) • Microdissection • Tumor suppression genes in malignant cutaneous tumors and precursor lesions 9 The Staff Günter Burg MD Werner Kempf MD Catherine Frey-Blanc Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier MD Brunello Wüthrich MD Jürg Meyer PhD Veronica Feroce-Ring Gabriela Senti MD Reinhard Dummer MD Antonio Cozzio MD, PhD Jürg Hafner MD Michael Geiges MD Ralph M. Trüeb MD Walter Keller Frank O. Nestle MD Roland Böni MD Barbara Ballmer-Weber MD Former Chairmen of the Department of Dermatology Monika Hess Schmid MD Bruno Bloch 1916 - 1933 Andreas Häffner MD Guido Miescher 1933 - 1958 Thomas Kündig MD Hans Storck 1958 - 1978 Urs Schnyder 1978 - 1991 10 11