Lehre und Forschung

Managing rheumatic diseases during pregnancy requires careful balance between maternal health and fetal safety. This comprehensive reference collection brings together the latest research on treatment protocols, medication safety profiles, and clinical outcomes for expectant mothers with conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and other autoimmune disorders. Essential reading for healthcare professionals navigating these complex medical decisions.

The GUSTO study represents groundbreaking research in giant cell arteritis, offering new insights into diagnosis, treatment strategies, and long-term patient outcomes. This curated collection of publications documents the clinical concept study's findings and their implications for managing this challenging form of vasculitis. A valuable resource for clinicians and researchers working with large vessel inflammatory diseases.

A bit earlier, I intensely collaborated with Prof. Monika Ostensen and later with Prof. Frauke Foerger, head of the pregnancy&rheumatic diseases unit at the Inselspital. We published >20 peer reviewed papers, analyzing transcriptomes, cytokines, immune cells and clinical variables. Recently, we were invited to publish a Review in Nature Rheumatology.

In 1995 I began to have an interest in Behçet’s syndrome. At the University Hospital of Zürich, I was asked to care about a guest physician of Ankara. This proved to become a unique opportunity to get a profound knowledge about this rare form of vasculitis. In 2019 we published about BS in Switzerland.

Regarding connective tissue disease, together with a young and highly motivated clinician (Inge Worni-Schudel) I collected clinical data and sear of the first Swiss cohort of SLE patients back in 1995, which resulted in several publications. Other areas of interest during my time at the University of Bern were T cell inhibition using Abatacept (Orencia®) in Sjögrensyndrome.