Medical Faculty www.medizin.unibe.ch Annual Report 2018 CONTENTS Foreword ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Historical A brief history of the Faculty .................................................................................................... 6 Strategy and Numbers Research strategy ................................................................................................................... 10 The Medical Faculty in numbers ............................................................................................. 11 Key people and Institutions Organigram ........................................................................................................................... 12 Key people ............................................................................................................................ 13 Institutional overview ............................................................................................................. 14 Structural development .......................................................................................................... 16 Teaching School of Human Medicine .................................................................................................... 18 School of Dental Medicine ..................................................................................................... 20 Bachelor and Master Program in Pharmacy ............................................................................ 22 Master Program in Biomedical Sciences .................................................................................. 23 Master Program in Biomedical Engineering ............................................................................ 24 CAS, DAS and MAS Degree Programs .................................................................................... 26 Promotion of young academics PhD Education ....................................................................................................................... 30 Grants ................................................................................................................................... 32 Gender Equality in the Medical Faculty ................................................................................... 34 Centers and Platforms ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research ............................................................ 36 Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR) ......................................................................... 38 Microscopy Imaging Center (MIC) .......................................................................................... 40 Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine (sitem-insel) ............................. 42 University Neurocenter ........................................................................................................... 44 University Cancer Center (UCI) ............................................................................................... 46 Clinical Trial Unit Bern (CTU) .................................................................................................. 48 Institutes at the University of Bern Institute of Anatomy .............................................................................................................. 50 Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBMM) ...................................................... 52 Institute for the History of Medicine (IMG) ............................................................................. 54 Institute of Pharmacology (PKI)............................................................................................... 56 Institute of Physiology ............................................................................................................ 58 Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) .................................................................. 60 Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics (ISTB)....................................................... 62 Theodor Kocher Institute (TKI) ................................................................................................ 64 Institute for Infectious Diseases (IFIK) ...................................................................................... 66 Institute of Pathology ............................................................................................................. 68 Institute of Forensic Medicine (IRM) ........................................................................................ 70 Institute of Dental Medicine (ZMK) ......................................................................................... 72 3 Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM) ................................................................................ 74 Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine (IKIM) .................................................. 76 Institute for Medical Education (IML) ...................................................................................... 78 Clinics at the University Hospital, Inselspital Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine ................................................................ 80 Department of Angiology ...................................................................................................... 82 Department of Cardiology ..................................................................................................... 84 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery ................................................................................... 86 Department of Clinical Chemistry........................................................................................... 88 Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery ........................................................................... 90 Department of Dermatology ................................................................................................. 92 Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine and Metabolism (UDEM) ......... 94 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology ................................................. 96 Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology (DIPR) ................................ 98 Department of Emergency Medicine .................................................................................... 100 Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery ........................................................................ 102 Department of General Internal Medicine ............................................................................ 104 Department of Geriatrics ...................................................................................................... 106 Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory ......................................... 108 Department of Infectious Diseases ....................................................................................... 110 Department of Intensive Care Medicine ............................................................................... 112 Department of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Methodology (AMSM) ..................... 114 Department of Medical Oncology ........................................................................................ 116 Department of Nephrology and Hypertension ...................................................................... 118 Department of Neurology .................................................................................................... 120 Department of Neurosurgery ............................................................................................... 122 Department of Nuclear Medicine ......................................................................................... 124 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ........................................................................... 126 Department of Ophthalmology ............................................................................................ 128 Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology ......................................................... 130 Department of Osteoporosis ................................................................................................ 132 Department of Pediatrics ..................................................................................................... 134 Department of Pediatric Surgery .......................................................................................... 136 Department for Plastic and Hand Surgery ............................................................................. 138 Department for Pulmonary Medicine.................................................................................... 140 Department of Radiation Oncology ...................................................................................... 142 Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology (RIA) ....................................... 144 Department of Thoracic Surgery........................................................................................... 146 Department of Urology ........................................................................................................ 148 Department for Visceral Surgery and Medicine ....................................................................