Gerhard Rogler MD, PhD

Gerhard Rogler is a Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Head of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Zurich.

Dr. Rogler received his medical degree from the University of Ulm, Germany, and doctoral degrees from the Universities of Augsburg and Ulm, Germany. He completed postdoctoral training at the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Ulm and at the Institute of Clinical Chemistry at the University of Regensburg, Germany. He also completed a Heisenberg Fellowship with the German Science Foundation. He was appointed head of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Regensburg in 2002 and full chair of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Zurich in 2014.

Dr. Rogler’s research interests focus on translational research to better understand unmet needs in the field of IBD, especially intestinal stricture and fistula formation. His group has developed new models for intestinal fibrosis and achieved a completely new understanding of fistula pathophysiology. Dr. Rogler is the principal investigator of the Swiss IBD cohort study, a nationwide cohort project currently supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation.