PD Dr. med. Lorenz Gregor Theiler, November 6th, 1974, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Inselspital Bern
CH-3010 Bern Switzerland
Education and Training
1994 – 1996 University of Medicine, Fribourg, Switzerland
1996 – 2000 Medical School, University of Bern, Switzerland
2002 Medical Doctor Thesis: “The Predictive Value of Clonogenic Stem Cell Assays for the Diagnosis of Polycythaemia Vera”, Prof. A. Tobler, University of Bern, Switzerland
2001 – 2002 Regional Hospital Murten, Switzerland: General Surgery, including general ER
2002 International Diploma of Mountain Medicine, SGGM/UIAA
2002 – 2004 Department of Anaesthesiology, Kantonsspital Luzern, Switzerland; including ICU Rotation: 09/03 – 12/03
2005 Alpine Emergency Physician, Airborne Rescue Center REGA, Switzerland
2005 Emergency Physician Swiss Society of Emergency Medicine SGNOR
2006 Anaesthesiology Board Exam, SSAR-SGAR
2008 Certified Specialist Anaesthesiology FMH
2008 – 2009 Certificate of Advanced Studies, Continuing Education in Applied Statistics, 20.5 ECTS-Points, University of Bern, Switzerland
2005 – 2008 Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
2014 Associate Professor (“Habilitation”), University of Bern, Switzerland
2016 Secretary of the European Airway Management Society
Positions
2014 to present Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology, Senior Attending Anesthesiologist, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Bern
2008 – 2014 Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Bern
2010 – 2012 Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Therapy, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL, USA
Member of the Scientific Subcommittee on Resuscitation, Emergency Medicine and Trauma of the European Society of Anaesthesiology since 1/1/2015
Swiss Council Member for the European Airway Management Society EAMS
Section Editor for Airway of Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Editorial Reviewer for “Anesthesiology”, “British Journal of Anaesthesia”, “Minerva Anestesiologica”, “Brain Research”, “Journal of Clinical Anesthesia”, “Der Anaesthesist”, “Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care” and “Journal of Anesthesia”
Societies: Swiss Medical Association FMH, Swiss Association of Residents and Consultants VSAO, Swiss Society of Emergency Medicine SGNOR, Swiss Society for Mountain Medicine SGGM, Swiss Society of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation SGAR-SSAR, Difficult Airway Society DAS, European Society of Anaesthesiology ESA, European Airway Management Society EAMS, Difficult Airway Research Collaboration DARC
Teaching and academic activity
Teaching: 9 workshops (Bern, Basel, Vienna, Nurnberg) of airway management, 74 hours of Basic Life Support, >130 hours of Problem Based Learning (University of Bern), Teaching residents in Bern and Miami (24 lessons).
University lecturer on Pharmacology for Anesthesia and Introduction to Anesthesia Practice
Responsible for the organization of the students’ rotation in anesthesia
Responsible for organization of the Airway Workshop at the Annual Meeting of SGAR and the Bern Hands-on Airway Workshops (Basic and Advanced Course)