Curriculum vitae: CLAUDIO L.A. BASSETTI
1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name Claudio Lino Alberto Bassetti
Address (work) University of Bern, Medical Faculty, Murtenstrasse 24, 3008 Bern, claudio.bassetti@unibe.ch
Address (private) Grundwiesstrasse 29, 8700 Küsnacht ZH, claudio.bassetti@gmx.net
Functions Dean, Medical Faculty, University of Bern; Director Teaching & Research, Insel Gruppe AG; Senior Consultant, Department of Neurology, Insel Gruppe AG; Full Professor of Neurology
Birth November 28, 1958 (Bellinzona)
Nationality Swiss
Marital status Married, 3 children (2003, 2006, 2011)
Languages Italian (mother tongue), German, French, English, Russian (all fluent), Spanish (passive)
2. EDUCATION
1977-1984 Medical Degree, University of Basel
3. EMPYLOYEMENT HISTORY
1986-1988 Resident, Dept. Internal Medicine, EOC, Bellinzona and Lugano
1988-1990 Resident, Dept. Neurology, University Hospital, Bern
1990-1992 Resident, Dept. Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Lausanne
1992-1994 Attending Physician (Oberarzt), Dept. Neurology, Inselspital, Bern
1996-2000 Attending Physician, Dept. Neurology, Inselspital, Bern
2001-2009 Vice-Chair and interim Chair, Dept. Neurology, USZ, Zurich
2009-2012 Chair, Dept. Neurology; Founding Director, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland
2012-2024 Chair, Dept. Neurology, Inselspital, Bern
2020- Dean, Medical Faculty, University of Bern
2024- Director, Teaching and Research, Insel Gruppe AG
4. DEGREES
1985 Doctorate, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel
1986 USA Medical Diploma (ECFMG I-II)
1997 Venia docendi, Neurology, Medical Faculty, University of Bern
2001 Associate Professor, Neurology, Medical Faculty, University of Zurich
2012 Full Professor, Neurology, Medical Faculty, University of Bern
2022 Doctor honoris causa, University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2023 Doctor honoris causa, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
5. RESEARCH
1985-1986 Research Fellow Neurophysiology, Physiology Institute, University of Basel
1995-1996 Research Fellow, Dept. Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor-MI, USA
2018 Research Sabbatical, Harvard University, University of Madison, USA
Main Topics Sleep and stroke (clinical, experimental); narcolepsy (clinical), sleep disorders
Output 660 publications, 10 books; Citations: 34’914, H-index: 115 (Google), 100 (Scopus), mRCR 2.70
Funding > 17 Mio CHF, Last 15 years (selection):
2013 SNSF-Grant: “Sleep loss and stroke outcome”, PI, 595’000 CHF
2014 SNSF-Grant: “Brain MRI and metabolites”, co-PI, 700’000 CHF
2016 SNSF, Sinergia-Grant: “Sleep, stroke, neuroplasticity”, PI, 1’830’000 CHF
2016 SNSF, IICT-Grant, “Early sleep apnea treatment in stroke”, PI, 1’143’000 CHF
2017 IRC-Grant, University of Bern: “Decoding Sleep”, PI, 6’2 Mio CHF
2019 SNSF-Grant: “Swiss Primary Hypersomnolence and Narcolepsy Cohort Study”, PI, 854’811 CHF
2022 IRC-Grant: University of Bern: “Decoding Sleep” PI, prolongation, 800’000 CHF
2023 SNSF-Grant: “international Primary Hypersomnolence and Narcolepsy Cohort Study”, PI, 900’000 CHF
6. TEACHING
1997- Medical Faculty, University of Bern; University of Zurich; University of Bern
Visiting Professorships: Beograde (2007), Boston (Harvard, 2013), Moscow (Sechenov, 2017-2022), Parma (2017), Cluj-Napoca (2017), Boston (Harvard, 2018), Madison (2018), Nicosia (2022)
7. MENTORING
Master/Doctoral theses (49 men/18 women), PhD theses (12 men/9 women),
Assistant/associate professorships (36 men/8 women), full professorship (6 men/1 women)
8. PRIZES, AWARDS, HONORS (selection)
2006 Elected member, American Neurological Association
2008 Foreign Honorary Member, Belgian Neurological Society
2010 Pisa Sleep Award
2016 Honorary Member, European Academy of Neurology
2018 Honorary President, Swiss Neurological Society
2018 Elected Member, Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
2021 Marinesco Medal, Romanian Neurological Society
2025 Honorary Member, Swiss Society for Sleep Research, Sleep Medicine and Chronobiology
9. INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES (selection)
2008-2012 President, Swiss Neurological Society
2008-2012 President, European Sleep Research Society (ESRS)
2009-2013 Founding President, Swiss Federation of Clinical Neurosocieties (SFCNS)
2013-2014 President, European Neurological Society (ENS)
2013-2021 Board Member, Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
2016-2020 Vice-Dean Research, Medical Faculty, University of Bern
2018-2022 President, European Narcolepsy Network
2019-2022 President, European Academy of Neurology (EAN) 2020- Dean, Medical Faculty, University of Bern
2023-6 Vice-President, European Brain Council (EBC)
2022- Chair, Swiss Brain Health Plan
2025- Co-Chair, Lancet Commission on Brain Health
10. MANAGEMENT-RELATED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE (selection)
Institutions
2009-2012 Director Neurocenter, EOC
2012-2020 Speaker, Neurocenter, Inselspital, University of Bern
2012-2024 Chair, Neurology Deparment, Inselspital Bern
2017- Swiss Narcolepsy Network (SNaNe), kosek recognized (founding president)
2020- Dean, Medical Faculty, University of Bern
2023- Member of the Board of Directors, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC)
2024- Director, Teaching and Research and Member of the Board, Insel Gruppe AG
Research Units
2001 Human and animal sleep laboratories, USZ, Zurich (founder)
2010 Clinical Trials Unit, EOC (co-founder)
2012 Center for experimental neurology (ZEN), Bern (founder)
2021 NeuroTec SITEM, Bern (co-founder)
Conferences/Educational Programs
2000 Annual Meeting, Swiss Society for Neuroscience, Bern (local organizer)
2003 Annual Meeting, Swiss Neurology Society, Zurich (local organizer)
2006/2009 4th and 5th International Narcolepsy Meetings, Monte Verità, Ascona (main organizer)
2010/2012 European Sleep Research Society meetings, Lisboa/Paris (main organizer)
2017- Postgraduate Sleep Master, University of Bern and USI (founding chair)
2024- Postgraduate Certificate of Advanced Studies on Brain Health, University of Bern (founder)
Journals
Editor in Chief, Swiss Archives of Neurology/Clinical Translational Neuroscience (CTN), Associate Editor or Member Associate Editor, Member EB: Brain, Sleep Medicine: Past-member: European Neurology, Sleep, J Sleep Research
Foundations
2011- Eccles Foundation (president)
2017- European Sleep Foundation (ESF) (founding president)
2024- Swiss Brain Health Foundation (founding president)
Others
1998-2004 Chair, Certification Committee, Sleep Centers, Swiss Sleep Society (SGSSC)
2009 Chair, Certification Committee, Swiss Stroke Centers (SFCNS)
Claudio Lino Alberto Bassetti, 14.02.2026