Senior Physician for Dermatopathology or Pathology

The University Clinic for Dermatology has an inpatient department and a large outpatient clinic with numerous specialist consultations, including a skin tumour centre and surgery. Dermatopathology, as the link between diagnostics, treatment, teaching, and research, represents a strategically important medical focus of the clinic.

What to expect

• Close teamwork among dermatopathologists/pathologists and clinicians.
• Independent diagnostics across the entire spectrum of dermatological histopathology.
• Weekly presentation of histological specimens during clinical-pathological discussions, as well as in collaboration with the skin tumour board.
• Continuous adjustment of the range of services and offerings.
• Initiation, leadership, and support of research projects involving dermatopathology.
• Participation in teaching, further education, and training.

What you bring

• Specialist in dermatology with completed training/focus in dermatopathology or specialist in pathology with profound expertise in dermatopathology.
• You have already obtained the diploma for dermatology in Frankfurt (ICDP - UEMS International Board Certification in Dermatopathology) or will do so shortly.
• You enjoy morphology and wish to be responsible for high-quality dermatopathology at our clinic.
• Application of molecular pathological diagnostics for dermatological, dermatopathological, and dermatopaediatric issues.
• You show interest in academic dermatology and pursue your own research activities.
• You think and act flexibly, work independently, and are resilient.
• You communicate confidently in German (spoken and written); knowledge of French is an advantage.

Our offer

• In our accredited dermatopathology laboratory, more than 20,000 skin specimens are processed and evaluated annually. Our services include routine examinations of paraffin-fixed material and frozen sections (Mohs surgery) as well as a wide range of (immuno)histochemical investigations.
• In addition, there is close collaboration with the Pathology Department of the University of Bern, which, as operator of the Clinical Genomics Laboratory of the Inselspital, also offers comprehensive molecular pathological diagnostics.
• Our histology laboratory is also recognised as an ICDP training centre and is committed to promoting professional junior staff.
• We offer you an exciting and varied position in an innovative, interdisciplinary environment with a collegial, appreciative, and friendly working atmosphere. There are also interesting academic development opportunities. Furthermore, we offer the possibility for you to be clinically active yourself.

Questions about the position?

For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. med. Ronald Wolf, Head of Dermatopathology

+41 31 632 30 78