Memberships, Fellowships & Offices

Memberships in Professional Societies
2001 – 2016Academia Europaea
1985 – 1987American College of Physicians (Associate)
1985 – PresentAmerican Heart Association, Council of Circulation
1985 – 2000American Society of Hypertension (Charter Member)
1986 – 1989American Society of Nephrology
2017 – PresentBritish Cardiovascular Society
1988 – 1997European Society of Clinical Investigation (Board Member)
1989 – 2000European Society of Hypertension
1984 – 2000International Society of Hypertension
1982 – PresentSwiss Hypertension Society
1988 – 2000Swiss Society of Internal Medicine
1988 – PresentSwiss Society of Cardiology
1978 – PresentSwiss Society of Physicians (Federation Medicorum Helveticorum)

Fellowships and Honoray Memberships in Professional Societies
1991 – PresentAmerican College of Cardiology (Fellow)
1989 – PresentAmerican Heart Association, Council High Blood Pressure Research (Fellow)
1988 – 2000American Physiological Society (Corresponding Member)
1988 – PresentEuropean Society of Cardiology (Fellow and Board Member 1996 – present)
1988 – 1992International College of Angiology
2012 – PresentJapanese Circulation Society (Honorary Member)
2014 – PresentJapanese College of Cardiology (Honorary Member)
2017 – PresentPeruvian Society of Cardiology (Honorary Member)
1999 – PresentRoyal College of Physicians London

Offices in Professional Societies
2024 – 2026President, European Society of Cardiology
2022 – 2024President Elect, European Society of Cardiology
2020 – 2022Secretary/Treasurer, European Society of Cardiology
2018 – 2023Member, Education Committee, British Cardiovascular Society
2009 – 2020Chairman Publications Committee, European Society of Cardiology
2006 – 2008Member, Nominating Committee, European Society of Cardiology
2004 – 2006Past-President, Swiss Society of Cardiology
2002 – 2004President, Swiss Society of Cardiology
2002 – 2004Vice-President (Working Groups), European Society of Cardiology
2000 – 2002Vice-President, Swiss Society of Cardiology
2000 – 2002Chairman, Programme Committee, European Society of Cardiology
1996 – 1998Chairman, WG Coronary Circulation, European Society of Cardiology
1994 – 1996President, Swiss Society of Hypertension
1994 – 1996Counselor, European Society for Clinical Investigation