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Dr. med. Robert Eric Käufeler |
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Dr. med. Robert Eric Käufeler |
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EDUCATION
School
1971-1975 Primary School, Untersiggenthal and Sissach, Switzerland
1975-1982 Christian Brothers` College, Johannesburg, South Africa
1982-1985 Akad, Zürich, Confederate Matriculation, Typus C
Military Service
1986-1987 Recrute School, Officer’s School, Rank of Second Lieutenant
1998 Promotion to the rank of Captain
University
1987-1993 Medical School, University of Basel, Switzerland
1994 Promotion, University of Basel, Switzerland “Neuronale Intestinale Dysplasie des Kindes, Typ B” (Prof. Dr. med. Meier-Ruge, Pathological Institute, Basel)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
1994 Registrar General Surgery, Bezirksspital, Zofingen, Switzerland (Dr. med. A. Fartab)
1995 Registrar General Medicine, Bezirksspital, Tafers, Switzerland (PD Dr. med. G. Zanoni)
1996-1998 Specialist Registrar Neurology, Kantonsspital, Aarau, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. med. U.W. Buettner)
11/98 Clinical attachment at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
01/99-06/99 Specialist Registrar Neurology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. med. K. Hess)
1999- 2001 Clinical Research, Zeller AG, Romanshorn, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. med. A. Brattström)
05/01-08/01 Designated Medical Director Vifor International, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2001 – 2004 Specialist Registrar Neurology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. med. K. Hess)
As of 06/04 Specialist in Neurology FMH (passed written and oral examinations)
2004 - 2007 Head of Medical and Regulatory Affairs, Zeller AG, Romanshorn, Switzerland
As of 10/2007 Senior Consultant Neurologist in the Rheinburg-Clinic in Walzenhausen (Neurorehabilitation)
Within the Pharmaceutical Industry the following experience:
In the two years from June 1999 until April 2001 I was employed by Zeller AG in Romanshorn in the
department of clinical research. My fields of activity included being responsible for pharmacovigilance,
developing SOPs, designing and controlling preclinical and clinical trials. Additionally I had training
and controlling assignments for the marketing department. Writing publications and presenting the
new data at conferences / meetings was also a task I was responsible for. In this period of time I was
given the opportunity to visit various conferences / meetings to the topics of clinical trials,
pharmacovigilance and pharmaceutical law.
In 2001 I returned to the University Hospital in Zürich to complete my Speciality in Neurology. There I
completed my Speciality in Neurology in June 2004.
From August 2004 until October 2007 was again employed by Zeller AG as Head of Medical and
Regulatory Affairs. My responsabilities included national and international registration,
pharmacovigilance, designing and controlling preclinical and clinical trials and interaction with the
national and international marketing.
As from October 2007 I will be employed as a Senior Consultant Neurologist in the Rheinburg-Clinic in
Walzenhausen (Neurorehabilitation).
Within Neurology the approximate experience:
- Ambulatories: 2 years - Electroencephalography: 9 months (app. 800 EEGs)
- Wards: 1 year - Neurosonography: 9 months (app. 250 complete exams)
- Stroke Unit: 6 months - Electromyoneurography: 9 months (app. 900 complete exams)
SELECTED CONFERENCES / MEETINGS ATTENDED
General Medicine
1996 Course in Abdominal Sonography
1999 Emergency Medicine
Neurology
1997 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Neurological Association, Bad Ragaz
1997 Meeting of the European Neurological Society, Rhodes, Greece
1998 Meeting of the European Neurological Society, Nice, France
1998 Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, Seville, Spain
1998 Congress of the German Association of Neurology, Munich, Germany
2001 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Headache Association, Basel, Switzerland
2001 Congress of the German Association of Neurology, Aachen, Germany
2002 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Neurological Association, Zug, Switzerland
2003 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Neurological Association, Zürich, Switzerland
2003 Annual Meeting of the Cerebro-Vascular Working Group of Switzerland, Zürich
2003 State of the Art Symposium of Multiple Sclerosis, Lucerne, Switzerland
2004 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Neurological Association, Lucerne, Switzerland
2004 State of the Art Symposium of Multiple Sclerosis, Lucerne, Switzerland
2005 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Neurological Association, Biel, Switzerland
2005 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Neurological Association, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2006 State of the Art Symposium of Multiple Sclerosis, Lucerne, Switzerland
2006 Congress of the European Neurological Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
Clinical Research
1999 Internet Course for Efficient Medical and Pharmaceutical Research, Zürich, Switzerland
1999 Update Pharmacovigilance, Vienna, Austria
1999 Course in GCP and Clinical Trials
1999 Course in ICH-GCP
1999 Expert Workshop St. John’s Wort, Berlin, Germany
1999 Annual Meeting Association of Phytotherapy, Munster, Germany
2000 Symposium on Pharmacology of St. John’s Wort, Frankfurt, Germany
2000 Symposium on Phytopharmacology, Berlin, Germany
2000 International Congress on Phytomedicine, Munich, Germany
2000 Congress on Pharmacognosy, Zürich
2000 Clinical Trials in Switzerland, Zürich
2000 Phase IV Trials in Germany, Munich, Germany
2000 MedDRA: Facing the Challenge, Munich, Germany
2000 Practical Orientated Biometry, Munich, Germany
2000 Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pharmacovigilance, Verona, Italy
2004 Pharmacovigilance, Basel, Switzerland
2006 Annual Meeting of DIA, Paris, France