Wolf Schweitzer

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University of Zurich
Institute of Forensic Medicine Zurich
CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
wolf.schweitzer@virtopsy.com
+41 (0)44 635 5611

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Wolf Schweitzer, MD is a Swiss board-certified forensic pathologist. He obtained his board certification in 2001 (FMH, Switzerland), and his doctorate in 1994 (Medical Faculty, University of Zurich). He worked in pathology (1995-1997 at the Institute of Pathology of the Cantonal Hospital Thurgau in Muensterlingen, Switzerland), clinical medicine and surgery (1994-1995 at the Ospidal Scuol d’Engiadina Bassa, Switzerland) as well as in forensic medicine (1992-1994 as well as from 2002 until now, at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University of Zuerich, Switzerland; 1997-1998 at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine in Melbourne, Australia; 1998-2002 at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University of Berne, Switzerland). His research grants include funding obtained by the Ciba Geigy Jubilaeumsstiftung and of the Swiss National Research Foundation (both 1997-1998, sole applicant; post mortem heart MRI at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine 1997/8) and of the Gebert Ruef Stiftung (2000-2002, co-applicant; Virtopsy Project). He obtained research poster prizes 2002 (German Society of Legal Medicine; in relation to a cardiac conduction system study) and 2009 (International Academy of Legal Medicine; contribution was related to visualisation of hairline skull fractures). In 2017, a cooperation project with the Knowledge Visualization Department (Niklaus Heeb) of the ZHDK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zurich University of Arts) resulted in a Bachelor of Arts diploma of Eloisa Aldomar, upon which she was awarded the 2017 Förderpreis (advancement award) by the ZHDK directors. He also supervised her Master thesis. In 2021, Eloisa Aldomar, in cooperation with Wolf Schweitzer, won the first prize of the Swiss National Foundation Scientific Image Competition in the category of “Object of study”. – He is co-applicant and investigator in a current KTI-project (2018-) that develops a dedicated micro CT scanner with post mortem angiography techniques for small vasculatures (fetuses, newborns), with Lars Ebert and a range of external project partners (among others: EMPA, Scanco Medical, University Hospital Zurich). — His professional interests cover the application of post mortem imaging, the application of statistical methods, the application of visualization methods and quality accreditation, certification and management. Founding member of the International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging (ISFRI), member of the Swiss and German Society of Legal Medicine (SGRM and DGRM). – His own interest in developing and maintaining his prosthetic arm that is adequately suitable for this type of work (on-call work, frequent on-location examinations for forensic pathology and clinical forensic medicine) lead to a number of own user-initiated innovations and developments (see the relevant publication here) and ultimately a useful build that is also supported by Swiss public disability insurance (IV).

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