Philipp Schütz

Prof. Dr. med.
Philipp Schütz

Position(s)
Head of Internal Medicine & Emergency Medicine Cantonal Hospital Aarau
Titular Professor at the University of Basel

Institution
Cantonal Hospital Aarau

Phone
+41 62 838 95 24

Email

 

Research Focus

Endocrinology, Metabolism & Developmental Disorders

Area of Research

Nutrition research, especially in acute hospitalised patients. Endocrine dysfunction in acutely ill patients. Health services research


Approved Research Projects

  • "Effect of Early Nutritional Therapy on Frailty, Functional Outcomes and Recovery of Undernourished Medical Inpatients Trial: EFFORT Project", 2014–2018
  • "Optimizing Triage and Hospitalisation In Adult General Medical Emergency patients: the TRIAGE study", 2012/2013
  • 2-year Research Fellowship at Beth Israel Medical Center with Master of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, USA, 2009-2011


    Collaborations

    National Collaborations
    - Prof. Mirjam Christ-Crain, University Hospital Basel
    - Prof. Zeno Stanga, Inselspital Bern
    - Prof. Sabina Hunziker, University Hospital Basel
    - Prof. Ralph Schlapbach, Functional Genomics center, ETH Zuerich
    - Prof. Drahomir Aujesky & Prof. Nicolas Rodondi, Inselspital Bern
    - Prof. Christoph Henzen, Luzerner Kantonsspital
    - Prof. Michael Braendle, Kantonsspital St.Gallen

    International Collaborations
    - Prof. Nathan Shapiro, BIDMC and Harvard University, Boston, USA


    Ongoing Research Projects

    • "Effect of Early Nutritional Therapy on Frailty, Functional Outcomes and Recovery of Undernourished Medical Inpatients Trial: The EFFORT Project", funded by the Swiss National Foundation (SNF)
    • Metabolomics and proteonomics research (collaboration with TH Zuerich)

    Research Team

    Prof. Dr. med. Beat Müller

    Co-PI

    Phone +41 62 838 41 41

    Email

    Dr. med. Alexander Kutz

    Post-Doc

    Phone +41 62 838 41 41

    Email

    Daniel Koch

    Study Nurse

    Phone +41 62 838 41 41

    Email