Rainer Weber, M.D., DTMH

Professor of Infectious Diseases
Acting Head, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
Department of Internal Medicine
University Hospital
CH-8091 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel: +41-1-255 38 26 or +41-1-255 11 11
FAX: +41-1-255 32 91
E-mail: infweb@usz.unizh.ch

            Rainer Weber, M.D., DTMH, is a graduate of Zurich Medical School. He performed his residency in internal medicine at district hospitals in the Canton of Aargau (Switzerland) and at the University Hospital in Zurich (Switzerland), and his infectious disease specialty training at the University Hospital in Zurich and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, USA. He obtained the Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the London School of Tropical Medicine. He is Professor in Infectious Diseases at the Zurich Medical School, and Acting Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology at the University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. He is the President of the Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases (2003-2005).

            Dr. Weber's research interests include opportunistic parasitic infections, particularly microsporidia and cryptosporidia, as well as clinical aspects, treatment and pathogenesis of HIV infection. He is a member of the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. He has authored over 120 scientific papers and has written 30 review papers and book chapters in all of the major textbooks of infectious diseases.