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Resume Prof. Dr. med. Markus Béchir

Portrait of PD Dr. med. Markus Béchir

Prof. Dr. med. Markus Béchir is specialist in General Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. He runs the Center for Internal Medicine at the Hirslanden Clinic and is co-founder of the Institute for Erectile Dysfunction in Aarau.

Medical career

  • August 2018 until today: Co-founder of the Institute for Erectile Dysfunction
  • May 2018 until today: President of the board of directors of the Swiss Paraplegic Center
  • August 2017 until today: Chief physician and head of the Center for Internal Medicine, Hirslanden Clinic Aarau
  • 2013 to 2017: Member of the executive board, chief physician and divisional management of Intensive Care, Pain  and Operative Medicine, Swiss Paraplegic Center Nottwil
  • 2010 to 2013: Senior physician Intensive Care Unit, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
  • 2007 to 2010: Assistant medical director, Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, focus Thorax, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
  • 2006 to 2007: Assistant physician Medical Intensive Care Medicine including emergency doctor service of the City of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich
  • 2005 to 2006: Assistant physician Surgical  Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
  • 2005: Assistant physician Anesthesia, Cantonal Hospital Baden
  • 2003 to 2004: Assistant physician Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Emergency included, Cantonal Hospital Baden
  • 2002: Assistant physician Cardiology, Clinical Research included, University Hospital Zurich
  • 2001: Assistant physician of Internal Medicine, Clinic Barmelweid

 

Academic career

  • 2018: Titular professorship at the University of Zurich
  • 2011: Habilitation at the University of Zurich in the Intensive Care Medicine, in particular Cardiology
  • 2011: Executive MBA of the PHW Bern
  • 2001: Conferral of the doctorate at the University Zurich
  • 1994 to 2000: Study of Human Medicine, University Zurich and Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

 

Memberships of professional associations

  • Swiss Society of Physicians
  • Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine
  • Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine
  • European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
  • Comité National de Don d'Organes (CNDO)
  • International Spine Cord Society (ISCOS)
  • Swiss Society of Pulmonary Hypertension
  • International Heart and Lung Transplant Society (IHLTS)
  • Foundation Council Swisstransplant (committee member)
  • President of CNDO, National Committee for Organ Donation


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