The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich invites applications for a Professorship and Chair of Cardiology.
The Professorship is based at the Department of Cardiology of the University Hospital Zurich and represents the subject in research, teaching and patient care. The professor will be appointed as head of the department.
We are looking for a dynamic, integrative personality with extensive scientific and clinical experience in cardiology. The successful candidate will have a specialist title in cardiology (Facharzt für Kardiologie) as well as a habilitation or equivalent scientific qualification. We invite applications from all fields of cardiology, especially candidates with a focus on interventional cardiology. As he or she will take over the management of the Department of Cardiology, experience as a director or deputy director of a clinical department at a university hospital level is expected. In addition, the successful candidate will have experience in the management of a research group and clinical trials, the acquisition of competitive third-party funding as well as in student teaching, the supervision of qualification theses and the promotion of young academics.
The University of Zurich is a highly attractive institution for cutting edge research with plenty of opportunities for collaborations across its faculties and with its university hospitals. The nearby Swiss Federal Institute of Technology is an additional asset. The successful candidate is expected to strengthen the existing as well as new collaborations within the hospital and with other research institutions.
German language skills at level B2 of the common European framework of reference for languages should be available or must be acquired within a reasonable period of time.
The University of Zurich is an equal opportunities employer and in particular strives to increase the percentage of women in leading positions. Therefore, qualified female researchers are encouraged to apply.
The University of Zurich sees researchers as modern leadership personalities who conduct excellent research - taking into account the Open Science principles - through their own research projects, promote excellent young researchers and who help to shape a forward-looking university with innovative research-based teaching.
Please submit your electronic application for this position by June 16, 2025. Applications by mail or e-mail will not be considered. For more information on how to apply, please visit our website.
For further information, please contact the President of the Appointment Committee, Prof. Malcolm Kohler, Medical Director, University Hospital of Zurich; E-Mail: malcolm.kohler@usz.ch, Tel. +41 44 255 86 48 or the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer; E-Mail: zeilhofer@dekmed.uzh.ch, Tel. + 41 44 634 10 74.
