Prof. Dr. Christoph Beglinger

Christoph Beglinger graduated in medicine from the University of Berne, Switzerland, in 1977. Following graduation, he undertook a medical thesis at the same institution. After two years of clinical work, he received a post-doctoral fellowship at the Center for Ulcer Research and Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. In 1985 he became Board-Certified in Internal Medicine, and in 1987 Board-Certified in Gastroenterology. He was appointed Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Basel, Switzerland, in 1988 and became Associate Professor in 1994. In 1999 he was named full Professor for Gastroenterology and was elected as chairman of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland. He retired from the University Hospital in 2015 and became head of the department of clinical research of the St. Claraspital, a University-affiliated hospital, a position he held until the end of 2017. Since 2018 he is the Head of the Ethical Committee of Northwestern and Central Switzerland (EKNZ).