Werner Z'Graggen, MD
Prof. Dr. Werner Z’Graggen, MD is a specialist in neurology and has been Head of Neurological Intensive Care at the Neurosurgery and Neurology Clinics of the Inselspital in Bern since 2009.
He is also a member of 5 national and international professional…
Prof. Dr. Werner Z’Graggen, MD is a specialist in neurology and has been Head of Neurological Intensive Care at the Neurosurgery and Neurology Clinics of the Inselspital in Bern since 2009.
He is also a member of 5 national and international professional societies and a reviewer of for 15 internationally renowned journals in the field of neurology, neurosurgery, neurophysiology and intensive care. Additionally, he is a regular reviewer for research projects and promotions.
His professional training and specialization was supplemented and deepened by several stays at foreign university hospitals and research institutes. He is a frequent invited speaker at national and international congresses of various medical societies.
Professor Z’Graggen’s list of publications includes more than 90 original papers, reviews and book contributions.
Languages: German, French, Italian, English
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Specialities
- Neurological Intensive Care of patients in the intensive care unit and intermediate care unit.
- Diagnostics and therapy of diseases of the autonomic nervous system.
- Cerebrovascular diseases; particularly, treatment of patients with intracerebral hemorrhages and ischemic strokes.
- Treatment of patients with neuromuscular diseases in the intensive care unit.
- Electroneuromyography including specialized methods for measuring the excitability of nerve and muscle fiber membranes.
- Doppler and duplex sonographic examination of the vessels supplying the brain.
Projects
Prof. Dr. Werner Z’Graggen, MD leads various research projects in the fields of the Neurological Intensive Care, Neurophysiology and Diseases of the Autonomic Nervous System.
Memberships
- EAN – European Academy of Neurology (Swiss representative of the specialist group «Neurocritical Care» and«Neurotraumatology»)
- KAIMC – Commission for the Recognition of Intermediate Care Units (Vice President)
- SFCNS – Swiss Federation of Clinical Neuro-Societies (Chairman of the specialist group «Neurocritical Care»)
- SGKN – Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (Member)
- SNG – Swiss Neurological Society (Member)
Awards
«Poster Prize Swiss Society for Neurosurgery»: 4th Congress of the Swiss Federation of Clinical Neuro-Societies 2019: Subdural versus subgaleal drainage for chronic subdural hematomas – a post hoc analysis of the TOSCAN trial; Vulcu S, Häni L, Branca M, Fung C, Z’Graggen W, Murek M, Raabe A, Beck J, Schucht P
«2nd Poster Prize»: Joint Annual Meeting 2014 Swiss Society for Neurosurgery: Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak as the cause of chronic subdural hematomas in young patients; Beck J, Fung C, Ulrich CT, Fichtner J, Schucht P, Z’Graggen W, Raabe A
Professional experience
Head Physician Neurointensive Medicine of the Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology at the University Hospital Inselspital Bern
Senior Physician, Department of Neurology, Inselspital Bern
Resident, Department of Neurology, Inselspital Bern
Research stay at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London/UK
Resident, Department of Neurology, Inselspital Bern
Education
Training as a specialist in neurology and obtaining the certificates of competence in electroneuromyography and cerebrovascular diseases
Research Associate, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich
Study of human medicine at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich