Dr. med. Christina-Maria ZIEGLER
Languages
- German
- English
Professional background
- Since 03/2024 – Senior Physician, Breast Center Zurich
- 01/2021 – 01/2024 – Senior Physician, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Cantonal Hospital Baden
- 07/2020 – 12/2020 – Acting Senior Physician, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Cantonal Hospital Baden
- 06/2020 – Board Certification in Gynecology and Obstetrics FMH
- 12/2018 – 06/2020 – Resident Physician, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Cantonal Hospital Baden
- 10/2017 – 11/2018 – Resident Physician, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Spital Zollikerberg
- 04/2017 – 09/2017 – Rotating Resident Physician, Breast Center, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen
- 09/2015 – 09/2017 – Resident Physician, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen
Dissertation
- 08/2011 – 08/2015 – Doctoral research at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Olaf Ortmann (Research Group of Prof. G. Brockhoff); Pan‑HER receptor targeting of breast cancer cells with afatinib and neratinib
Biography
Dr Christina-Maria Ziegler is an FMH-certified specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics. Since March 2024, she has served as Senior Physician at the Zurich Breast Center. She is fluent in German and English.
Before joining the Zurich Breast Center, she worked in various hospitals, including as a resident in gynaecology and obstetrics, in a rotation at the breast centre of the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen, and at Zollikerberg Hospital and Kantonsspital Baden AG. In June 2020, she obtained her FMH specialist certification in gynaecology and obstetrics. She was then promoted to Interim Senior Physician and later to Senior Physician at the Kantonsspital Baden. She completed her medical degree at the University of Regensburg, Germany, in 2015. As part of her doctoral work in the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, she focused on targeting HER family receptors in breast cancer cells using afatinib and neratinib.
Dr Ziegler continually enhances her expertise. In 2022, she received the MIBB (Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsies) certification from the Swiss Society of Senology and completed the introductory course in ‘Genetic Counseling in Oncology’. In February 2024, she earned the prestigious Diploma of Senology.
She is a member of the Swiss Society of Senology, the Swiss Gynaecology Society (SSGO), the SAKK CPTC Network, the Oncoplastic Breast Consortium and the Federation of Swiss Physicians.
Education
- 02/2024 – Diploma of Senology, Swiss Society of Senology
- 11/2022 – MIBB Certificate (Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsies), Swiss Society of Senology
- 06/2022 – Introductory Training Course in Genetic Counseling in Oncology
- 05/2015 – Granting of Medical Licensure (Approbation)
- 05/2015 – Third Section of the Medical Licensing Examination
- 04/2014 – 04/2015 – Practical Year with international rotation at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
- 10/2008 – 05/2015 – Medical Studies, University of Regensburg
Memberships
- Swiss Society of Senology (SGS)
- Swiss Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SGGG)
- SAKK CPTC Network Member (Cancer Predisposition Testing and Counseling)
- Oncoplastic Breast Consortium
- FMH – Swiss Medical Association
