Suva: new head of occupational medicine department
At its meeting on March 27, 2020, the Suva Council Committee elected Dr. Anja Zyska Cherix as the new Head of the Occupational Medicine Department.
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Anja Zyska has been working as an occupational physician at Suva since 2018. In parallel, she worked as an independent occupational physician and supervised several nursing homes as well as the occupational safety commission IKAS of Arodems in occupational medicine issues. She has been President of the Association of Swiss Assistant and Senior Physicians since 2016 and a member of the Assembly of Delegates of the FMH, the Medical Association and various committees since 2015. She is the mother of four children and lives in Lausanne.
After studying medicine in Germany and Lausanne, she started her career 18 years ago at the Lausanne University Hospital CHUV and worked as a resident in various clinics as part of her general internal medicine and occupational medicine training. Anja Zyska obtained her PhD from the University of Lausanne in 2014, her specialist title in internal medicine in 2015 and an additional specialist title in occupational medicine in 2016.
"With Anja Zyska, we are gaining a respected expert with many years of experience in occupational medicine and association work," says Edith Müller Loretz, Member of the Executive Board.
The 48-year-old succeeds Claudia Pletscher, who is retiring early after around 20 years at Suva. Anja Zyska will officially take up the new position on June 1, 2020.
Text: Suva
