Prof. Dr. med. Viktor Kölzer

Area of Research

Description of Research Interest

Prof. Viktor Kölzer holds the first professorship for digital pathology in Switzerland with the key strategic aim in digitalization of clinical pathology diagnostics and research at the University Hospital Zurich. He aims to improve patient care through implementation of high quality, science driven computational image analysis approaches with a focus on gastrointestinal disease and tumor immunology. Prof. Koelzer closely collaborates with partners at ETH within the Tumor Profiler project and has taken up the teaching lead for the clinical pathology curriculum at ETH with a strong focus on digital technologies.

His translational work is complemented and informed by his clinical work as an attending pathologist at the Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology at the University Hospital Zurich.

Special Expertise

Digital Pathology
Biomedical image analysis
Genomic Medicine

Shareable Platforms, Services, Equipment & Infrastructure

Digital pathology systems and workflows
Biomedical Image Analysis Platform
AI tissue classification models