2013
Co-founder of the SwissNeuroFoundation (www.swissneurofoundation.org) Co-founder of EFMINT (European Foundation of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapies)

2011
Honorary Professor at the Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Sheffield, UK

Oct 2008
At the Hirslanden Clinic, together with Prof. I. Wanke from Essen, entrusted with setting up an expert group on diagnostic & interventional neuroradiology at the SwissNeuroInstitute Preclinical research at the CABMM (Center of Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine), University of Zurich

Oct 2008
Co-founder of ESMINT (European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapies, www.esmint.eu)

1992 – 2008
Professor of Neuroradiology at the University of Geneva as Head of the Department of Neuroradiology 1992-2006 in the Department of Radiology 2007-2008 for the “Service Neurointerventionelle” in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences

1988 – 1992
Work in the USA with stays at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; MAYO Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota)

1984
Doctoral thesis, University of Bern

1981 – 1987
Training in Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bern (Prof. W.A. Fuchs and Prof. P. Huber) and in Interventional Neuroradiology in 1984/85, Hôpital Lariboisière (Prof. J.J. Merland), University VII of Paris, France.

1981
Medical studies, University of Bern