Dr. med. Andrea Azzola

• 07/1996 – 06/1997 Surgery, “S. Giovanni” Hospital, Bellinzona (TI), Switzerland
  (Prof. Dr.med. Philippe Gertsch)
• 07/1997 – 02/2000 Internal Medicine, “La Carità” Hospital, Locarno (TI), Switzerland
  (PD Dr.med. Giorgio Mombelli)
• 04/2000 – 12/2000 Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
  (Prof. Dr.med. A.P. Perruchoud)
• 01/2001- 12/2001 Basic Research, Institute of Respiratoriy Medicine and Respiratory Research
• Group, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital / University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  (Prof. Dr.med. Judith Black, Prof. Dr.phil. Michael Roth)
• 01/2002-06/2002 Internal Medicine and Intensive Care, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
  (Prof. Dr.med. A.P. Perruchoud, Prof. Dr.med. Stephan Marsch)
• 07/2002-06.2003 Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
  (Prof. Dr. med. Michael Tamm)
• 07.2003-03.2004 Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
  (Prof. Dr.med. M. Tamm, Prof. Dr.med. St. Marsch)
• 04.2004-04.2005 “Oberarzt” Internal / Intensive Care medicine, Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
  (Prof. A.P. Perruchoud, Prof. Dr.med. St. Marsch, Prof. M. Tamm)
• 05.2005-11.2005 Surgical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
  (PD Dr. H. Parrger)
• 12.2005-06.2006 First “Oberarzt”, Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (Prof. Dr.med. Stephan Marsch)
• 07.2006-06.2019 Head of Service (“leitender Arzt”), Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, CH-6900 Lugano
• 07.2019-04.2022 Head (“Chefarzt”), Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Lucerne Canton Hospital LUKS, CH-6000 Lucerne 16
• Since 07.2022 Pulmonology in private practice, CH-6982 Agno and Pulmonology in private Clinic, Moncucco Clinic, CH-6900 Lugano

• Swiss Society of Internal Medicine (SGIM), 2004-2012
• American College of Chest Physicians ACCP, since 2003. FCCP since 2008.
• European Respiratory Society ERS, since 2004
• Swiss Society of Pulmonary Hypertension (SSPH), since 2005. Board Member
• since 2007. Head scientific group SSPH 2007-2017. 2016-2018 President elect,
• 2018-2021 President, since 2021 past President and treasurer.
• Swiss Society of Respiratory Medicine (SGP), since 2006.
• Board Member SGP since 2015
• Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine, since 2006

• 1989 Best federal high school diploma in Canton Ticino
• 2005 Best oral presentation, Annual Assembly of the Swiss Respiratory Society, Lucerne
• 2009 Research award of the Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine

• 1989 – 1995 Medical school, Faculty of Human Medicine, University of Basel (Switzerland)
• 1995 Diploma in Human Medicine (av. result 5,3 / 6)
• 1996 Doctorate in Human Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland
• (Prof. Dr.med. G. Stalder). Subject: “Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in a gastroenterology department of an university hospital and in a gastrenterology medical practice”. Field: Gastroenterology / epidemiology
• 2003 Speciality in Internal Medicine FMH
• 2005 Speciality in Respiratory Medicine FMH
• 2005 Speciality in Critical Care Medicine FMH
• 2005 / 2019 Fähigkeitsausweis Dosisintensives Röntgen / Re-certification 2019
• 2006 Fähigkeitsausweis Respiratorische Polygraphie SGP
• 2022 Fähigkeitsausweis Preaxislabor (ongoing)

2001- 2022 Various oral presentations and posters:

• Annual Assembly of the American thoracic Society ATS
• Annual Assembly of the European respiratory Society ERS
• Annual Assembly of the Swiss Respiratory Society
• Annual Assembly of the Swiss Intensive Care Society
• Annual Assembly of the Australian respiratory Society
• Annual Assembly of the International Society of Hearth and Lung Transplantation
• D-A-CH Annual Assembly Thoracic Surgery
• D-A-CH Assembly Pulmonary Hypertension
• Various national assemblies