PRESENT APPOINTMENT 2015- Chairman and Professor Department of Cardiology, University Cardiovascular Center Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2009-2015 Physician-in-Chief Department of Cardiology Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland 2002-2015 Director, Invasive Cardiology Department of Cardiology Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland 1999-2002 Attending Physician Invasive Cardiology Department of Cardiology Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION 1991-1992 Internal Medicine Internship Department of Medicine (Chairman: JC Bennett) University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA 1992-1994 Internal Medicine Residency Department of Medicine (Chairman: JC Bennett) University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA 1994-1996 Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Section of Interventional Electrophysiology (Head: GN Kay) Division of Cardiovascular Disease (Director: GM Pohost) University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA 1996-1997 General Cardiology Fellowship Department of Cardiology (Chairman: B Meier) University Hospital Bern, Switzerland 1997-1999 Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Department of Cardiology (Chairman: B Meier) University Hospital Bern, Switzerland MEDICAL EDUCATION 1984-1988 Preclinical Curriculum University of Saarland School of Medicine, Homburg, Germany 1989-1991 Clinical Curriculum University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), School of Medicine, USA RESEARCH FORMATION 1988-1989 Fulbright Scholarship Immunology Laboratory Comprehensive Cancer Center (Director: AF LoBuglio) University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA 1994-1995 Cardiac Rhythm Management Laboratory Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology (Head: RE Ideker) Division of Cardiovascular Disease University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA