Jürg Reichen #
Education and Professional Experience
- 1960 - 1964 Städtisches Gymnasium Burgdorf, Switzerland, Maturity type A
- 1964 - 1971 Medical School, University of Berne, Switzerland
- Jan 1972 - Dec 1972 Fellow in Pharmacology, Department of Experimental Medicine, Hoffmann-LaRoche AG, Basel, Switzerland
- Jan 1973 - June 1976 Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology and Hepatology, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Berne, Switzerland (Prof. R. Preisig)
- July 1976 - June 1978 Guest Scientist, Liver Unit, DDB, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A. Training in Hepatology (Prof. P.D. Berk) and Hepatopathology (Prof. and Prof. K.G. Ishak)
- July 1978 - June 1979 Intern and Resident in Medicine, Georgetown University and Veterans Administration Hospital, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
- July 1979 - June 1980 Fellow in Gastroenterology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
- July 1980 - June 1984 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Appointment in Internal Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology and Gastroenterology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, U.S.A. Training in transplant hepatology (Prof. T.E. Starzl)
- July 1984 - July 1985 Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
- November 1984 Venia docendi, University of Berne
- April 1986 Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Berne
- October 1994 - 1999 Co-Director, Department of Clinical Research
- October 1994 – December 2007 Co-Director, Department of Clinical Pharmacology
- 1998 - 1999 Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Medicine
- 2000 - 2001 Chairman, Kuratorium Department of Clinical Research
- 2001 – present Chief, Hepatology, University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
- January 2008 – present Chief, Hepatology and Co-Director, University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
Academic Honors and Awards
- January 9, 1975 Doctor medicinae, Faculty of Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
- June 1, 1976 Prize of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Berne for thesis: "Uptake of Bile Acids by the Perfused Rat Liver"
- July 1, 1976 Fellowship (2 years) of the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research
- July 1, 1981 Faculty Development Award in Clinical Pharmacology (2 years), The Pharmaceutical *Manufacturers' Association Foundation, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
- August 1, 1983 Research Career Development Award (5 years), National Institutes of Health, U.S.A.
- July 1, 1984 Research Career Development Award (6 years), Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research
- 1987 Prize of the Swiss Society for Internal Medicine
- 1987 Prize of the Swiss Society for Gastroenterology
- 1995 Cloëtta Prize
- 2002 Lucie Bolte Prize
- 2008 EASL recognition award
Professional Societies
- 1972 Swiss Society of Physicians
- 1977 American Federation for Clinical Research
- 1981 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- 1982 American Gastroenterological Association
- 1983 Western Society for Clinical Investigation
- 1983 Gastroenterology Research Group
- 1984 International Association for the Study of the Liver
- 1985 Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie
- 1985 Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Klinische Pharmakologie
- 1985 European Association for the Study of the Liver
- 1985 Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie & Hepatologie
- 1985 European Society for Biochemical Pharmacology
- 1985 Cofounder, European Liver Transport Study Group
- 1986 Cofounder of the Swiss Association for the Study of the Liver
- 1987 New York Academy of Sciences
- 2000 Academia Europaea
Licensure
- 1971 Swiss Federal Medical Board
- 1971 ECFMG
- 1981 Colorado License No. 23695 (by FLEX examination)
Offices, Public Service
- 1983 Nominations Committee, AASLD
- 1983 Special Study Section, NIH
- 1984 - 1985 Research Committee, AASLD
- 1986 - 1996 Federal Expert Commission on classification of toxic compounds
- 1986 - 1993 Secretary SASL
- 1987 - 1994 Associate Editor, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- 1988 - 1991 Scientific Committee, EASL
- 1988 - 1994 Editorial Board, Hepatology
- 1989 - 1991 Secretary, EASL
- 1989 - 1993 Associate Editor, Journal of Hepatology
- 1989 - 1992 Federal Commission for a MD/PhD program in Switzerland
- 1990 - 1993 Counsillor, United European Gastroenterology Federation
- 1992 - 1997 European Hepatitis Education Council
- 1992 - present Trustee, Sandoz Research Foundation
- 1992 - 1996 Counsillor, International Association for the Study of the Liver
- 1992 - 1994 Vice-president, Swiss Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- 1994 - 1996 Associate Editor, Hepatology
- 1996 - 1999 Editorial board, Journal of Hepatology
- 1999 - 2005 European Scientific Committee of Orphanet, co-editor hepatology
- 1998 - 2004 Associate Editor, J. Hepatology
- 2002 - present Editorial Board member, BMC Comparative Hepatology
- 2003 – 2007 Councillor for Education, EASL