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Spirit and Soul of Swiss Dermatology and Venereology 1913–2013 1913 100 Venereology Spirit and Soul and of Swiss Dermatology Dermatology 2013 1913–2013 and Venereology 1913–2013 Spirit and Soul of Swiss Spirit and Soul of 9 782940 489466 Spirit and Soul of Swiss Dermatology and Venereology 1913-2013 Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Dermatologie und Venerologie Société Suisse de Dermatologie et Vénéréologie Spirit and Soul of Swiss Dermatology and Venereology 1913-2013 ÉDITIONS ALPHIL © Éditions Alphil, 2013 Case postale 4 2002 Neuchâtel 2 Suisse www.alphil.ch Alphil Distribution [email protected] ISBN 978-2-940489-46-6 We would like to thank: – This book could be realized through the generous support of the SSDV. It is the birthday present from the SSDV to its faithful members and friends. – Translations: • English: Susan Travis, [email protected] • Français: Pierre Prince, [email protected] • Italiano: Davide Donghi, [email protected] • Rumantsch: Gion Tscharner, [email protected] – English Proof Reading: The SSDV would like to acknlowledge the outstanding cooperation with Mrs Susan Travis, [email protected] Responsable d’édition : Inês Marques Couverture : Andreas Spörri, [email protected] Photographies du dos de couverture: Première page de l’invitation pour la 12e Réunion annuelle de la SSDV et commémoration du 25e anniversaire de sa fondation, Genève 25 et 26 juin 1938. Archives de la SSDV. Photo de 2013: source Jürg Hafner, Zürich TABLE OF CONTENTS Happy Birthday SSDV! ..................................................... 11 1 – Introduction 100 Jahre Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Dermatologie und Venerologie: Vergangenheit – Gegenwart – Zukunft ...................... 15 Les 100 ans de la Société Suisse de Dermatologie et Vénéréologie : passé – présent – futur ................... 25 100 Anni di Società Svizzera di Dermatologia e Venereologia: Passato – Presente – Futuro ............. 35 100 ons Società Svizra da Dermatologia e Venereologia: passà – preschaint – avegnir ............ 45 Centennial of the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology: Past – Present – Future ................. 55 2 – Dermatology in Switzerland – the outside perspective of the Doyens The Perspective of the German Doyens .................... 67 The Perspective of the Austrian Doyens .................... 71 The Perspective of the French Doyens ...................... 75 The Perspective of the Italian Doyens ....................... 77 The Perspective of the US Doyens ............................ 83 3 – The Five University Dermatology Departments of Switzerland University Hospital of Basel ...................................... 93 University Hospital of Berne ..................................... 101 7 SPIRIT AND SOUL OF SWISS DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY University Hospital of Geneva .................................. 135 University Hospital of Lausanne ............................... 147 University Hospital of Zurich .................................... 161 4 – The Six Public Outpatient Clinics Aarau.......................................................................... 183 Bellinzona .................................................................. 195 Frauenfeld .................................................................. 201 Lucerne ...................................................................... 205 St. Gall ....................................................................... 209 Zurich Triemli ............................................................ 221 5 – The Presidents of the SSDV 1975-1978 .................................................................. 235 1981-1984 .................................................................. 239 1987-1990 .................................................................. 241 1993-1996 .................................................................. 251 1996-1999 .................................................................. 255 1999-2002 .................................................................. 261 2002-2005 .................................................................. 265 2005-2007 .................................................................. 273 2007-2009 .................................................................. 277 2009-2011 .................................................................. 283 2011- .......................................................................... 295 Secretary .................................................................... 305 6 – Dermatological research in Switzerland one hundred years ago The first scientific congresses of the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology (SSDV) .......................................... 315 7 – Subspecialities and Working Groups Acne ........................................................................... 343 Allergology ................................................................ 345 8 Andrology .................................................................. 369 Angiology, Phlebology, Leg Ulcers ........................... 373 Aesthetic Dermatology .............................................. 379 Genetic Diseases in Dermatology .............................. 389 Dermatological Immunology ..................................... 393 Dermatology in immunosuppressed patients ............. 401 Infectious Diseases of the skin (except STI) ............. 411 Dermatologic Mycology ............................................ 443 Lasers in Dermatology ............................................... 453 Cutaneous Lymphomas .............................................. 459 Dermatologic Oncology............................................. 469 Radiotherapy .............................................................. 479 Dermatopathology ..................................................... 485 Pediatric Dermatology ............................................... 493 Dermatologic Surgery ................................................ 501 Trichology .................................................................. 511 Tropical Dermatology ................................................ 519 Venereal Diseases (Sexually Transmitted Infections).............................. 537 Wound Healing .......................................................... 545 8 – Educating Physicians Undergraduate ............................................................ 553 The Residents’ View .................................................. 561 The Research Fellow’s View ..................................... 567 Hospital Careers for Women ...................................... 571 Postgraduate, and the UEMS ..................................... 575 Swiss Institute for Medical Education (SIME) .......... 583 9 – Health Politics in Switzerland Health Politics in Switzerland ................................... 591 List of autors .............................................................. 605 Editors ........................................................................ 609 9 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SSDV! 100 years ago, on the 24th of April 1913, the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Syphilology (from 1917 the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology) was founded by a group of then pioneers of the specialty (picture see verso/back). A year earlier, the Seventh International Congress of Dermatology and Syphilology had been held in Rome with the modern idea of founding an international association of dermato-venereological societies of all nations. This gave the Swiss dermatologists the impetus to establish their own society. The years 1914-1945 were characterised by two world wars and the Great Depression, the years 1945-1989 by the post-war economic boom and the Cold War, and the years since 1989 by globalisation. In the 1940s it was antibiotics, in the post-war years engineering sciences and fundamental scientific research, and in the last 25 years molecular biology and the global spread of information technology and the Internet, which have led to breath-takingly rapid advances in medicine. In particular molecular diagnosis and the so-called “targeted therapies” have most definitely dragged dermatology out of the corner of the “dirty diseases” and made it one of the most modern medical specialties. He who knows history can better understand the present. Past – present – future is the motto of this year’s annual general meeting of the SSDV in Montreux and of this book. We wanted to write a living book, which reflects the spirit and soul of Swiss dermatology. With its broad diversity of culture, languages and landscapes, Switzerland is extremely well-connected globally. The introductory chapter is therefore written in all four Swiss 11 SPIRIT AND SOUL OF SWISS DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY languages, and all other chapters in English, in order to reach our friends and interested readers all over the world. The three editors, the board of the SSDV and the SSDV members would like to thank the authors for their lively and authentic contributions and to wish all readers inspiration and pleasure. We wish the SSDV itself, however – and we are the SSDV! – a wonderful birthday party and continued success in the future. Jürg Hafner, Michael Geiges, Michel Gilliet (Editors) 12 1 INTRODUCTION 100 JAHRE SCHWEIZERISCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR DERMATOLOGIE UND VENEROLOGIE: VERGANGENHEIT – GEGENWART – ZUKUNFT Jürg Hafner*, Peter Bloch*, Lars French*°°, Jean-Pierre Grillet*, Daniel Hohl*, Carlo Mainetti*, Gionata Marazza*, Monica Pongratz*, Enrica Bianchi°, Konstantine Buxtorf Friedli°, Stephan Lautenschlager°, Christian Schuster°, Andreas Skaria°, Elisabeth
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