Christian Haslinger, MD Prof.

Deputy Director, Dpt. of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

About

Obstetrician, Specialist in Fetomaternal Medicine, Senior attending physician at the University Hospital Zurich, Research focus on Postpartum Hemorrhage (main topics: Coagulation factor XIII and Vacuum-induced tamponade for the treatment of uterine atony). Sponsor-PI of the SWIFT-Trial (SWiss Factor XIII Trial), a Swiss National Science Foundation funded multi-center, investigator-intiated trial in Switzerland exploring the effect of early FXIII administration in women with postpartum hemorrhage (https://www.usz.ch/studie/swift-clinical-trial/). Several research cooperations regarding CMV in pregnancy, placenta perfusion model, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and Bryophyllum pinatum. Editorial Board Member of BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth (since 2019; Labor, delivery, and postpartum health section). PI of several clinical trials in the field of Obstetrics (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3344-9480).

Experience

  • Universitätsspital Zürich (17 yrs 7 mos)
    • Deputy Director, Dpt. of Obstetrics ¦ Stv. Klinikdirektor, Klinik für Geburtshilfe
      Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

      Senior Attending Physician and Deputy Head of Department, Dpt. of Obstetrics ¦ Research Group Leader "Postpartum Hemorrhage" (focus: coagulation management in PPH, novel therapeutic approaches in PPH such as vacuum-induced tamponade for treatment of atonic PPH) ¦ Medical Lead of the Prenatal Department

    • Senior attending physician ¦ Leitender Arzt
      Jan 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

    • Attending Physician ¦ Oberarzt
      Nov 2013 - Dec 2019 · 6 yrs 2 mos

      Attending Physician

  • Universität Zürich | University of Zurich (5 yrs 5 mos)
    • Sponsor-PI of the SWIss Factor XIII Trial (SWIFT)
      Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

      https://www.usz.ch/studie/swift-clinical-trial/ https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/213591

    • Titular Professor
      Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Venia legendi at the University of Zurich (Privatdozent)
      Mar 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 5 mos

      Postpartum hemorrhage – improved anticipation and new treatment options

  • Kantonsspital Uri at Kantonsspital Uri
    Jan 2008 - Dec 2008 · 1 yr

    Resident

  • Kantonsspital Wolhusen at Luzerner Kantonsspital Standort Wolhusen
    Oct 2006 - Dec 2007 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Resident