
It was while undertaking an internship as part of his medical studies that professor Kaiser had his eureka moment for psychiatry: “I found the link between neuroscience, social science and psychological science fascinating!” Based on his experience, it’s clear today that Stefan’s original intuition was right: “A good psychiatrist has to be able to integrate a wide range of disciplines” – and that’s what motivates him the most in this particular branch of medicine. “Research helps make me a better clinician” He also holds a university post that he devotes to teaching and research on the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. As head of the division of adult psychiatry at HUG, Stefan Kaiser is responsible for a large clinical division that includes general outpatient and inpatient psychiatry for patients between 18 and 65 years of age.

He then joined the Zurich Psychiatric University Hospital, dividing his time between clinical work and translational research on severe mental disorders for almost eight years. Stefan Kaiser studied medicine in Heidelberg, where he obtained his medical degree before specializing in psychiatry and psychotherapy. Clinical and experimental psychopathology Synapsy’s annual meeting in Villars 2019 was the ideal opportunity to learn more about this German-born psychiatrist.


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Stefan Kaiser became an affiliated member of Synapsy in March 2018, one year after taking up the position of head of the HUG’s Adult Psychiatry Division and following his appointment as a full professor in the Psychiatry Department in UNIGE’s Faculty of Medicine. “Psychiatry : incorporating the biological, social and psychological sciences”
