Christian Schmied

Christian Schmied is a senior lecturer and chief of service at the University Heart Center in Zurich, Switzerland, where he heads the outpatient clinic and the section of sports cardiology. He has degrees in internal medicine, cardiology and sports medicine and for more than 15 years he acts as a consultant for the world’s football association FIFA. As a former member of the ESC/EACPR sports cardiology nucleus he currently heads the Swiss Society of Sports Medicine (SEMS) and the Swiss working group for cardiac prevention, rehabilitation and sports cardiology (SCPRS).