Prof. Dr. med. Reto Stocker

Specialist in
Intensive Care
Anaesthesiology
Languages
German, English

Professional career

Feb 2011 - to date
Head of Teaching & Research, Clinic Hirslanden Zurich (additional)
Dec 2013 - to date
General Manager HSM Programs Clinic Hirslanden (additional)
Mar 2010 - Mar 2021
Head of Institute/Chief Physician Clinic Hirslanden Zurich
  • Institute for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
  • Alpine Air Ambulance (AAA)
2001 - 2010
Head of Department/Chief Physician
  • Surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital Zurich
1997 - 2001

Attending Physician

1996 - 1997
Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
  • Intensive Care Unit for Burn Injuries, Senior Consultant – Head of Intensive Care Unit
1991 - 1997
Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
  • Intensive Care Unit for Abdominal, Thoracic and Transplant Surgery, Senior Consultant – Head of Intensive Care Unit
1990 - 1997

Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich

  • Intensive Care Unit for Trauma Surgery, Senior Consultant – Head of Intensive Care Unit
1990
Senior Consultant, University Hospital Zurich
  • Institute of Anesthesiology
1988 - 1989
Senior Consultant, University Hospital Zurich
  • Institute of Anesthesiology / Deputy Senior Consultant
1984 - 1990
Resident, University Hospital Zurich
  • Institute of Anesthesiology, including Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
  • Clinic for Trauma Surgery / Intensive Care
  • Emergency Unit, Department of Surgery
  • Clinic for Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, including Intensive Care
  • University Pediatric Clinic Zurich, Department of Anesthesiology

Schools, university & degrees and diplomas

2003
Professor for Surgical Intensive Care

1997
«Venia legendi» (teaching license) for Surgical Intensive Care
1991
Specialist FMH in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
1991
PhD, Medical Faculty Zurich
1983
State Examination, Medical Faculty Zurich

Further information

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Current and completed Commission Activities
• Swiss Medical Association (FMH); Delegate of the Medical Association
• Swiss Association for Intensive Care Medicine (SGI)
• Member of the board 1994 – 2004
• President 2001 - 2004
• Member, Cantonal Ethics Committee (KEK)
• Member, subcommittee «Resuscitation Decisions» 2005 - 2008
• President, subcommittee «Intensive Care Treatments» of the SAMW 2010 -2012
• Committee for the Approval of Intensive Care Units (KAI)
• Bargaining Committee SGI
• Member of the board, Cantonal Association for Intensive Care Medicine
• Member of the foundation board, Swiss foundation pro integral
• Member of the foundation board, Research Foundation Hirslanden
• Comité national de dons d’organs (CNDO) until Dec. 2013

Review Activities
• Anesthesiology
• Anesthetic Analgesia
• Critical Care Medicine
• European Journal of Trauma
• Intensive Care Medicine
• Infection
• J Clinical Nutrition
• J Clinical Medicine
• Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Neurosurgical review
• Respiration
• SMW German Research Association
• Swiss National Fund
• Victorian Trauma Foundation (AUS)

Grants
• Swiss National Fund
• SUVA Fund
• Herzog Egli Foundation
• Vontobel Foundation
• Div. Unrestricted Grants

Scientific Activities
• 159 publications
• 5,400 citations
• Impact Factor 626
• Multiple reviews
• 21 book contributions

Practices at

Memberships and partnerships

MEMBERSHIPS
• Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
• Medical Society of the Canton of Zurich
• Swiss Association for Intensive Care Medicine (SGI)
• Association for Intensive Care Medicine of the Canton of Zurich
• Swiss Association for Clinical Nutrition (GESKES)
• European Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (ESPEN)
• European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
• SGI Delegate World Federation of the Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSCCM)
• European Brain Injury Consortium (EBIC)
• Euracademia Multidisziplinaria Neurotraumatologica (EMN)
• Swiss Association for Trauma Surgery and Insurance Medicine
• Partner at h-care

Publications & videos

Events & lectures