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Dr Sarah Bürki

Head of Neuropaediatrics

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Other functions at UKBB

  • Deputy Head of Epilepsy, Telemetry, Sleep

Since 01/2024
Head of Neuropaediatrics & Telemetry, University Children's Hospital Basel. Prof Dr med A. Datta

2018-2023
Senior Physician EEG / Epileptology / Sleep, University Children's Hospital Zurich. Dr A. Hackenberg / Prof G. Ramantani

2016-2018
Senior Consultant in Neuropaediatrics / Head of Paediatric Epileptology and Sleep Medicine, Bern Children's Hospital. Prof. Dr med. M. Steinlin

2016
Fellow Sleep, University Sleep-Wake-Epilepsy Centre (SWEZ), Inselspital Bern, Prof. Dr med. C. Bassetti

2014-2016
Research and Clinical (Epilepsy) Fellow, Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Prof M. Connolly

2010-2013
Senior Consultant in Paediatrics / Neuropaediatrics, Bern University Children's Hospital. Prof. Dr med. Ch. Aebi / Prof. Dr med. M. Steinlin

2009
Assistant physician in neurology, University Hospital Zurich UZH. Prof Dr med M. Weller

2006-2008
Resident in Neuropaediatrics and EEG / Epilepsy, University Children's Hospital Zurich. Prof Dr med E. Boltshauser / Prof Dr med B. Schmitt

2006-2007
Assistant doctor in neuropaediatrics, Bern Children's Hospital. Prof. Dr med. M. Steinlin

2005-2006
Assistant doctor in paediatrics, Fribourg Cantonal Hospital. Dr F. Renevey

2004-2005
Resident in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Bern Children's Hospital. Prof. Dr med. R. Kraemer

2003
Resident in Adolescent Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada. Dr F. Baltzer

2002-2003
Assistant paediatric surgeon, Bern Children's Hospital. Prof. Dr med. G.L. Kaiser

2017
Certificate of Proficiency in Sleep Medicine SIWF/SGSSC, Switzerland

2016
American Epilepsy Society (AES) Epilepsy Patient - Oriented Research Training (EpiPORT) Programme

2012
Specialist Diploma in Neuropaediatrics SIWF/FMH, Switzerland

2012
Specialist Diploma in Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine SIWF/FMH, Switzerland

2010
Certificate of competence in electroencephalography SIWF/SGKN, Switzerland

2008 – 2010
British Paediatric Neurology Association's Distance Learning Course in Paediatric Neurology

1994 – 2001
Studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Neuchâtel and Bern, medical diploma awarded by the University of Bern in 2001

2017
University didactics course "Basis of university didactics", University of Bern

Since 2016

  • Supervision of Master's students
  • Lecture in the Master's programme in Medicine / Paediatric Epileptology
  • Auditing activities for OSCE examinations
  • Reviewboard Topic blocks of the 4th academic year University of Zurich

2010 - 2013 and since 2016
Clinic-internal practical student training

2001
Dissertation: Negative affect states and cardiovascular disorders: a review and the proposal of a unifying biopsychosocial concept. Prof Dr med R. Adler

2022 – 2023
"CAS in Medical Leadership" degree programme 2023, University of Zurich

2020 – 2023
Co-Chair EAN SIG Pediatric Neurology

2019
Understanding of leadership for senior physicians at the Children's Hospital Zurich

2017 – 2018
Head of Paediatric Epileptology and Sleep Medicine, Bern Children's Hospital

2017
Leadership course College M "Female doctors in the lead! Successful women for the medicine of the future"

2012
Management course in "Interdisciplinary Course on Continuing Leadership", Inselspital Bern

  • FMH: Swiss Medical Association
  • SGP: Swiss Society for Paediatrics
  • SGNP: Swiss Society for Neuropaediatrics
  • SGKN: Swiss Society for Clinical Neurophysiology
  • SGSSC: Swiss Society for Sleep Research, Sleep Medicine and Chronobiology
  • Swiss Epilepsy League
  • GNP: Society for Neuropaediatrics
  • EPNS: European Paediatric Neurology Society
  • AES: American Epilepsy Society
  • EAN: European Academy of Neurology
  • AAN: American Academy of Neurology
Counselling hotline for child and youth emergencies

The Medgate Kids Line provides quick and uncomplicated medical advice if your child is unwell. The medical team of our partner Medgate is available to you by telephone around the clock.

058 387 78 82
(billing via health insurance)

For emergencies abroad: Call the emergency number of your health insurance company. You will find this number on your health insurance card.

More information: On the Page of the emergency ward you will find everything you need to know about behaviour in emergencies, typical childhood illnesses and waiting times.

Important emergency numbers

144 Outpatient clinic
145 Tox Info Suisse (Poisonings)
117 Police
118 Fire brigade

UKBB

University Children's Hospital Basel
Spitalstrasse 33
4056 Basel | CH

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