Memberships, Fellowships & Offices
Memberships in Professional Societies
| 2001 – 2016 | Academia Europaea |
| 1985 – 1987 | American College of Physicians (Associate) |
| 1985 – Present | American Heart Association, Council of Circulation |
| 1985 – 2000 | American Society of Hypertension (Charter Member) |
| 1986 – 1989 | American Society of Nephrology |
| 2017 – Present | British Cardiovascular Society |
| 1988 – 1997 | European Society of Clinical Investigation (Board Member) |
| 1989 – 2000 | European Society of Hypertension |
| 1984 – 2000 | International Society of Hypertension |
| 1982 – Present | Swiss Hypertension Society |
| 1988 – 2000 | Swiss Society of Internal Medicine |
| 1988 – Present | Swiss Society of Cardiology |
| 1978 – Present | Swiss Society of Physicians (Federation Medicorum Helveticorum) |
Fellowships and Honoray Memberships in Professional Societies
| 1991 – Present | American College of Cardiology (Fellow) |
| 1989 – Present | American Heart Association, Council High Blood Pressure Research (Fellow) |
| 1988 – 2000 | American Physiological Society (Corresponding Member) |
| 1988 – Present | European Society of Cardiology (Fellow and Board Member 1996 – present) |
| 1988 – 1992 | International College of Angiology |
| 2012 – Present | Japanese Circulation Society (Honorary Member) |
| 2014 – Present | Japanese College of Cardiology (Honorary Member) |
| 2017 – Present | Peruvian Society of Cardiology (Honorary Member) |
| 1999 – Present | Royal College of Physicians London |
Offices in Professional Societies
| 2024 – 2026 | President, European Society of Cardiology |
| 2022 – 2024 | President Elect, European Society of Cardiology |
| 2020 – 2022 | Secretary/Treasurer, European Society of Cardiology |
| 2018 – 2023 | Member, Education Committee, British Cardiovascular Society |
| 2009 – 2020 | Chairman Publications Committee, European Society of Cardiology |
| 2006 – 2008 | Member, Nominating Committee, European Society of Cardiology |
| 2004 – 2006 | Past-President, Swiss Society of Cardiology |
| 2002 – 2004 | President, Swiss Society of Cardiology |
| 2002 – 2004 | Vice-President (Working Groups), European Society of Cardiology |
| 2000 – 2002 | Vice-President, Swiss Society of Cardiology |
| 2000 – 2002 | Chairman, Programme Committee, European Society of Cardiology |
| 1996 – 1998 | Chairman, WG Coronary Circulation, European Society of Cardiology |
| 1994 – 1996 | President, Swiss Society of Hypertension |
| 1994 – 1996 | Counselor, European Society for Clinical Investigation |