Our Group
Group Leader
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Marco Bueter
Clinic Director of Visceral Surgery
Männendorf Hospital
tel:+41 44 255 33 00
marco.bueter@usz.ch
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Senior Researchers
Prof. Dr. Andreas Thalheimer
Deputy Head of General and Visceral Surgery
Männedorf Hospital
tel:+41 44 922 3531
andreas.thalheimer@usz.ch
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Priv. Doz. Dr. Robert E. Steinert
Principal Scientist, Health, Nutrition & Care (HNC)
DSM-Firmenich
Switzerland
steinert.robert@gmail.com
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellows
Dr. sc. med. Michele Serra (PhD)
Clinical Research Manager of Metabolic Bariatric Surgery and Obesity Research
University Hospital Zurich
tel:+41 44 255 99 51
michele.serra@usz.ch, michele.serra@uzh.ch
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Physicians working on their doctoral thesis (Dr. med.)
Dr. med. univ. Sophia Papamichalopoulos
Attending Surgeon,
Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Männedorf Hospital
tel:+41 44 922 2508
s.papamichalo@spitalmaennedorf.ch
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PhD Candidates
Nicole Jucker
PhD Program in Clinical Science
University Hospital Zurich
tel:+41 44 255 99 51
nicole.jucker@usz.ch, nicoledominique.jucker@uzh.ch
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Clinical Research Assistants
Nico Pulitano, cand. med. UZH
Clinical Research Assistant
University Hospital Zürich
tel: N/A
nico.pulitano@usz.ch,nico.pulitano@uzh.ch
Read more about Nico's experience in our group here: Nico Pulitano
Master Students
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Jan Han, cand. med. UZH
Clinical Research Intern
University Hospital Zurich
jan.han@usz.ch , jan.han@uzh.ch
HF Diploma Students
“HF Diploma Students” refers to students in the final year of a Swiss higher vocational program (Höhere Fachschule), who are completing a diploma thesis as part of their qualification.
Shacheel Raza
Co-Laboratory Manager
Männedorf Hospital
HF Diploma Student Biomedical Laboratory Science
tel:+41 44 922 23 34
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Interns
Alumni and Alumnae
Presented in reversed chronological order.
Caterina Lommi
Caterina Lommi
August 2025.
Pre-Medical School Intern tel: N/A email: N/A Currently (September 2025): First Year of Medicine and Surgery at Università Cattolica in Rome.
Pre-Medical School Intern tel: N/A email: N/A Currently (September 2025): First Year of Medicine and Surgery at Università Cattolica in Rome.
Have a look at Caterina's experience in our group here: Caterina Lommi
Emma Allera
July 2025.
Pre-Medical School Intern
tel: N/A
emma.allera@uzh.ch
Samuel Müller, cand. med. ETH
From May 2025 to June 2025.
Clinical research Intern during the third year of Medical School at ETH. tel: N/A msamue@student.ethz.ch Currently (July 2025): Master of Medicine at USI Università della Svizzera Italiana.
Clinical research Intern during the third year of Medical School at ETH. tel: N/A msamue@student.ethz.ch Currently (July 2025): Master of Medicine at USI Università della Svizzera Italiana.
Have a look at Samuel's experience in our group here: Samuel Müller
Sebastian Elben, cand. med. ETH From Febraury 2025 to June 2025.
Clinical research Intern during the third year of Medical School at ETH. tel:+41 70 681 50 11 selben@student.ethz.ch Currently (July 2025): Bachelor of Medicine at ETH Zürich.
Clinical research Intern during the third year of Medical School at ETH. tel:+41 70 681 50 11 selben@student.ethz.ch Currently (July 2025): Bachelor of Medicine at ETH Zürich.
Have a look at Sebastian's experience in our group here: Sebastian Elben