Head of the Head and Neck Oncology programme
International postgraduate master's programme, since 2013. Privatdozentin since 2011.
About me
From practice. At an academic level.
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Astrid Kruse Gujer (UZH)
Physician, dentist, specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery
After my specialist training at the University Hospital Zurich, I worked there for five years as a senior physician and completed my habilitation at the University of Zurich, where I still teach as a Privatdozentin. Observerships took me to Harvard Dental School in Boston, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City and Liverpool, among others. I run a jaw joint centre with three locations in German-speaking Switzerland and have written textbooks, more than 80 international publications and online courses on jaw joint disorders and myofunction.
The causes rarely lie where the pain is felt. The solution usually only emerges when several disciplines work together. The Craniosophie Training is the result of this insight.
Dual degreeMedicine and dentistry
HabilitationUniversity of Zurich, Privatdozentin
Clinical practiceJaw joint centre, three locations
Teaching and researchTextbooks, publications, online courses
Insights
Clinic, teaching, practice. One subject.
Academia and clinic
University, clinic, boards. The milestones.
The key positions and appointments on which this training is built.
Centre council and board of directors
Centre for Dental Medicine, University of Zurich (since 2025) and University Centre for Dental Medicine Basel (since 2020).
Surgically active in Zurich and Winterthur
Hirslanden Klinik Zürich, Limmatklinik Zürich and Kantonsspital Winterthur.
Reviewer for international journals
Including Lancet Oncology, Oral Oncology and the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Examiner in the Swiss dental licensing exam
Lectures in dentistry and medicine at the University of Zurich, supervision of doctoral students.
Specialist since 2009, own practice since 2014
Senior physician at the University Hospital Zurich 2009 to 2014. Jaw joint centre in Wallisellen, Zurich and Aarau.
International placements
Observerships and training placements at leading clinics in four countries.
- 1996Harvard Dental SchoolObservership, Boston, USA
- 1999Prof. Ivo PitanguyPlastic surgery, Rio de Janeiro
- 2003/04Baylor CollegeHeart and lung transplantation, Houston
- 2004Prof. Ortiz-MonasterioCraniofacial surgery, Mexico City
- 2009Aintree University HospitalHead and Neck Centre, Liverpool
Additional qualifications
- Certified in botulinum therapy (German Society for Aesthetic Botulinum Therapy)
- Hypnosis training (SMSH)
- Certificate in delegated psychotherapy
- Medical adviser to health insurers
- Author of Swiss federal licensing exam questions
- Special Editor, Frontiers Head and Neck Cancer
- Member of FMH and SGMKG
Three books on the jaw joint
Written in plain language for patients, from diagnosis to self-help (in German).
Next step
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