Further training in paediatrics

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Management: Prof. Dr Ulrich Heininger

Authorisation for further training: 3 years (A Clinic)
Number of positions: 50%, 100% Fellow

The Infectiology and Vaccinology team at UKBB deals with the prevention and control of infectious diseases inside and outside the hospital through vaccinations (vaccinology), as well as additional preventive and hospital hygiene measures. The team offers detailed advice on all questions relating to vaccinations.

Management: Prof Dr med Daniel Trachsel

Authorisation for further training: 3 years
Number of positions: by arrangement

The paediatric intensive care unit at the UKBB cares for children from infancy. All intensive medical therapies are offered with the exception of ECMO and haemodialysis. There is close co-operation with the UKBB neonatology department and the other intensive care units in Switzerland.

Management: Dr med Michel Ramser

Authorisation for further training: 2 years (A Clinic)
Number of positions: 2 Fellow positions

The emergency ward cares for children of all ages in medical and surgical/traumatological emergencies of all degrees of severity. Defined emergency medical interventions as well as point-of-care sonography examinations are provided directly on site by the emergency team. The treatment concept is strictly interdisciplinary. As an interface in a university operation, there is close cooperation with the specialised colleagues at UKBB, and the emergency ward is also networked nationally via the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Society of Switzerland.

Management: Prof Dr med Sven Schulzke

Authorisation for further training: 3 years (A Clinic)
Number of positions: 2 Fellow positions

The neonatology department cares for all newborns, from the smallest premature babies to sick term babies, with the exception of those who require cardiac surgery immediately after birth. There is close cooperation with obstetrics at the University Hospital Basel, paediatric intensive care medicine and other paediatric specialist disciplines at the UKBB, surgical specialists and SwissNeoNet as a Swiss-wide network of neonatal intensive care units.

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Management: Prof Raoul Furlano, MD

Authorisation for further training: 4 years (A Clinic)
Number of positions: by arrangement

Paediatric gastroenterology covers the entire university spectrum, is an ESPGHAN Fellowship Centre, FMH/GPGE certified and offers a 24/7 emergency service. The IntestTeam is available to discuss highly complex cases. Research focuses on studies on chronic inflammatory bowel diseases. Cooperation partners are Clarunis, Gastroenterology USB, Ita Wegmann Clinic, Aarau Children's Hospital, HUG, Swiss Coeliac Disease Centre, Ospedale Bambino Gesu, Rome, Sheffield Children's, Boston Children's and Tübingen University Hospital.

Management: Prof Dr med Birgit Donner

Authorisation for further training: 1 year (Clinic B), 3 years (Children's Heart Network Bern-Basel)
Number of positions: by arrangement

Paediatric cardiology covers the entire non-invasive spectrum of the specialist field of congenital and acquired heart disease (e.g. fetal echocardiography, cardiac imaging using 3D echocardiography/MRI/CT, monitoring and programming of pacemakers/ICDs, spiroergometry and transition of young adults with heart disease). Patients who require catheter interventions or cardiac surgery are cared for in cooperation with other Swiss heart centres, usually within the framework of the Bern-Basel Children's Heart Network.

Management: Dr Alexandra Goischke

Authorisation for further training: 1 year (B Clinic), 3 years (Basel-Bern-Ticino network)
Number of positions: by arrangement

Paediatric Nephrology is part of the Basel-Bern-Ticino network. It covers the entire spectrum of outpatient and inpatient treatments in this speciality. Only children under the age of 16 are currently transferred to Bern for haemodialysis, the start of chronic peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplantation. Research focuses on studies to evaluate kidney function in children. There is close clinical cooperation with urology, radiology and genetics, as well as with other paediatric nephrology centres both nationally and internationally.

Management: Prof Nicolas von der Weid, MD

Authorisation for further training: 3 years (A Clinic)
Number of positions: 1 Fellow position, 1 rotation position

Paediatric haematology-oncology covers the entire spectrum of benign and malignant blood diseases, including haemostasis/thrombosis and the entire field of solid tumours, with a focus on sarcomas and CNS tumours. Another speciality is stem cell transplantation. There is close cooperation with the corresponding departments at the USB (haematology, neurosurgery, sarcoma centre KWUB, radiation oncology, etc.) for all focal points. The department is a member of the SPOG (Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group), which has an excellent international network (SIOP, SIOP Europe, PanCare, EBMT, iBFM, GPOH, GTH, etc.).

Management: Prof Dr med Daniel Trachsel

Authorisation for further training: 3 years (A Clinic)
Number of positions: by arrangement

Paediatric pneumology covers the entire university spectrum of paediatric pneumology including sleep medicine and is equipped accordingly, including extended lung function testing and flexible/rigid bronchoscopy. Paediatric pneumology is well networked nationally and offers the opportunity for multi-centre research with a focus on the diagnosis of pulmonary diseases in children. The sleep centre is SSSSC accredited.