Dr. med. Sacha Beck
Specialist in internal medicine, member FMH
Specialising in geriatrics
- Medizinisches Zentrum Haus zur Pyramide
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Hardturmstrasse 131
8005 Zürich
Work Experience
Founder and Head of Age Medical Practice - Centre for Health in Old Age
Geriatric consultant, City of Zurich retirement centres
Head of the Clinic for Acute Geriatrics, Waid City Hospital, Zurich
Founder and Head of the Centre for Gerontotraumatology, Waid City Hospital, Zurich
Senior physician, Memory Clinic, Clinic for Acute Geriatrics, Waid City Hospital, Zurich
Medicine, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital
Acute geriatrics, Waid City Hospital, Zurich
Surgery, Waid City Hospital, Zurich
Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
Family Medicine, Urdorf
Psychiatry, Königsfelden Clinic, AG
Medicine, Muri District Hospital, AG
Memberships
Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
Medical Association of the Canton of Zurich (AGZ)
Swiss Society for General Internal Medicine (SGAIM)
Swiss Society for Geriatrics (SFGG), Vice President
British Geriatric Society (BGS)
Orthogeriatrics expert group, Swiss Orthopedic Society
Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich
Education
Basic course in palliative medicine (level A2)
Master of Health Administration MHA, University of Bern
Specialising in geriatrics
Specialist in internal medicine
Specialist title in general medicine
Studied human medicine in Paris, Durham (USA) and Zurich
Competences
Geriatrics / geriatric medicine
- All areas of geriatric medicine
- Dementia / cognitive disorders
- Polypharmacy
- Mobility disorders, falls
Perioperative medicine for older people
- Geriatric traumatology, secondary fall and fracture prophylaxis
- Risk stratification, care planning before elective surgery
- Delirium management
