Krähenbühl, Stephan Johannes

Affiliation: 

University Hospital Basel

Country: 

Switzerland

1. Current Status, Position

Prof Stephan Johannes Krähenbühl is Head of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology and one of the chief physicians in internal medicine at the University Hospital in Basel. He is also the Head of the Human Medical Experts Committee of Swissmedic, the Swiss Drug Authority.

2. Education

Prof Stephan Johannes Krähenbühl studied pharmacy in Berne, and got his Doctorate in 1981. He then studied medicine in Berne, and got his Doctorate in 1985. Prof Krähenbühl also has a formation in internal medicine, hepatology and clinical pharmacology all respectively in Berne, Cleveland and Zurich. 

3. Research Area

Prof Stephan Johannes Krähenbüh research focuses on mechanistic toxicolog, pharmacokinetics and dose adjustment in patients with organ failure and energy metabolism.

4. Conflict of interest: none