Pr Niklaus Schaefer

Pr Niklaus Schaefer est spécialiste ISFM en Médecine interne, Oncologie médicale et Médecine nucléaire. Il est également médecin nucléariste référent suppléant au Centre de la prostate.

Intérêts cliniques ou académiques

Biographie

Prof. Dr. Niklaus Schaefer’s is a board certified (FMH) Medical Oncologist, Internist and Nuclear Physician with a main interest to develop molecular and functional imaging as well as associated therapies (Theranostics). He developed, initiated and published several awarded phase I and pilot IIS trials in the domain.

Prof. Dr. Niklaus Schaefer has been trained and finally served as senior attending physician in Oncology and Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital of Zurich and was appointed 2015 as associate professor (tenured) at the University of Lausanne.

He introduced the ENETS center of Excellence in Zurich, Lausanne and initiated many treatments in Switzerland, which have become a clinical standard (Liver Radioembolisation, Lutetium – PSMA – 617, and Lutetium – DOTATATE).

He currently works at Nuclear Medicine at CHUV as Chief Physician with strong collaboration with Medical Oncology by developing programs depicting, predicting and enhancing the efficacy of oncological therapies using preclinical, clinical and computational methods.