Being paralyzed is a highly active process and not just a condition.
Good care is like oxygen in the blood: always reliably there, it adapts exactly to the situation, provides strength where it is lacking, and is indispensable!
The little you can do is a lot.
Albert Schweitzer
Happiness is the only thing that doubles when you share it.
Albert Schweitzer
| Federally Recognized Psychotherapist
| Specialist Psychologist in Psychotherapy FSP
| Two-time Recipient of the Ludwig Guttmann Award (DMGP)
| Founding Member of the European Spinal Psychologists Association (ESPA)
| Author and Lecturer
2019 | Paraplegic of the Year
| Municipal Councilor and Deputy Mayor of Bad Zurzach
2010 – 2021 | Including Outpatient/Inpatient Care and Health
2021 – 2022 | Deputy Mayor of Zurzach Municipality
Further Education
2025 | Certificate of Advanced Studies for Board of Directors, University of Bern
2024 | Foundation Board Expertise, Seminar for Foundation Boards, University of Bern
2023 | Basic Training interRAI-HC, Spitex City of Lucerne
2020 & 2021 | Leadership Training, Neumann Zanetti & Partner
2020 | Equivalency Certifications Federal Diploma for Team Leaders Advanced Federal Diploma for Institutional Directors, Examination Secretariat Lucerne
2016-2017 | CAS Business Administration for Non-Business Professionals University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten
2012-2014 | Master of Science in Organization Development, Klagenfurt/Vienna
2010-2011 | CAS Clinical Leadership Programme, University Hospital Basel
2007-2009 | HöFa 1 with specialization in Rehabilitation, SBK Zurich
Professional Experience
Since June 2026 | Co-CEO Rückenwind plus
February 2017 – May 2026 | Deputy CEO/Head of Nursing and Care, Member of the Executive Board Betagtenzentren Emmen AG
2009-2017 | Head of Nursing Ward, Swiss Paraplegic Centre Nottwil
2007-2008 | Nurse Expert, Swiss Paraplegic Centre Nottwil
2004-2006 | Registered Nurse HF, Swiss Paraplegic Centre Nottwil
Additional Roles
2023-2026 | Board Member Oda and Foundation Board Member Xund Education Centre
2020-2026 | Board Member CURAVIVA Central Switzerland-Education
Company Founding 2020 | Founding of “Rückenwind plus AG” as Vice President of the Board of Directors
2016-2020 | Foundation Board Member of the Altersheim Emil Burkhardt Foundation Bad Zurzach
2023 – present | Internal medicine and general practitioner work at Leuggern General Practice
2022 – 2025 | Lecturer at the Academy for Health Professions Bad Säckingen
2021 – 2022 | Senior Physician Cantonal Hospital Aarau
2016 – 2021 | Chief Physician Asana Hospital Leuggern
2013 – 2016 | Senior Physician Cantonal Hospital Aarau
2005 | Specialist in Cardiology
2002 | Physician for Nutritional Medicine (State Medical Association Baden-Württemberg)
1991 | Specialist in General Internal Medicine
2014 – 2024 | Director, Division of Hematology, McGill University Montreal, Canada
2005 – 2014 | Physician and Director of the Haematology Laboratory, University of Sherbrooke
2000 – 2005 | Founding Director Swiss Paraplegic Research
| Director, Telo Genomics Laboratory Toronto, Canada