Name:
Raphael Twerenbold
Academic Status:
Senior Physician
Position:
Consultant
Address:
Department of Cardiology
University Hospital Basel
Spitalstrasse 2
CH-4031 Basel
Email:
raphael.twerenbold@usb.ch
Education and Medical Training
1996 – 2002
High School and College, Kantonsschule Zug
2002 – 2008
Medical School, University of Basel
2009
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel
(Head of department Prof. Dr. med. C. Mueller)
01/10 – 03/12
Residency in Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel (CH)
(Head of Department Prof. Dr. med. J. Schifferli)
04/12 – 03/13
Residency in Cardiology, Universitätsherzzentrum Bad Krozingen Germany, Clinical Cardiology
and Echocardiography (Head of Department Prof. Dr. med. Franz-Josef Neumann)
04/13 – 12/13
Residency in Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel (CH), Intensive Care Unit
(Head of Department Prof. Dr. med. S. Marsch)
01/14 – 06/16
Residency in Cardiology, University Hospital Basel (CH).
(Head of Department Prof. Dr. med. S. Osswald)
07/15 – 06/16
Fellowship in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), Department of Cardiology, University
Hospital Basel (CH).
08/16 – dato
Fellowship in interventional therapies of structural heart diseases, Department of general and
interventional cardiology, Hamburg University Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany.
Examinations and Certifications
2008
Swiss Federal Medical Examination (Staatsexamen)
2009
Doctoral Thesis (Dissertation) on „Limitations of Infrared Ear Temperature Measurement in Clinical
Practice”. Department of Internal Medicine and Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Basel
(Prof. Dr. med. C. Mueller)
6/2014
Swiss Board Examination in General Internal Medicine
Publications:
Awards:
ESC 2010
Stockholm:
Young Investigator Award in Clinical Science, 2nd Place.
2011
University Hospital Basel:
Appreciation award of the department of internal medicine to promote
the combination of clinical and academic work.
2016
Otto-Hess Trainee Award:
Award of the Swiss Society of Cardiology (SGK) supporting young
trainees in cardiology who are actively engaged in cardiovascular research.