Biography / Cv

Current Position / Office

Chairman, Esophageal Cancer Center and Digestive Oncology Cancer Center
Hirslanden Medical Center
CH-8032 Zurich
Switzerland
paul@professor-schneider-ch

Medical School and Postgraduate Training

• University of Ulm Medical School, 1976-1982
• Dissertation (Dr. med.): summa cum laude (highest degree), Medical Faculty of the University of Ulm, April 1985
• Resident, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Nurenberg Medical Center, Nurenberg, Germany, Director: Prof. Dr. W.M. Gallmeier, 1985-1986
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Thoracic Surgery, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, U.S.A., Director: Prof. Dr. Jack A. Roth, 1986-1989
• Resident, Department of Surgery, Technical University of Munich, Director: Prof. Dr. J. Ruediger Siewert, 1990-1996

Academic and Professional Appointments

• Chairman, Esophageal Cancer Center, (German Cancer Society Certification), Hirslanden Medical Center, Zurich, 9/2020-present
• Chairman, Digestive Oncology Cancer Center, (German Cancer Society Certification), Hirslanden Medical Center, 6/2017-present
• Consultant Visceral- and Thoracic Surgeon, Department of Visceral, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, City of Zurich-Triemli Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, 9/2015-present
• Vice Chairman, Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 10/2006-8/2015
• Professor of Surgery (apl.), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 3/2006-present
• Head, Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, University of Cologne, 2000-2006