About
Clinical work informs the questions I ask.
I'm a psychiatrist in training and a clinician-researcher in Eastern Switzerland. I studied medicine at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and came to Swiss psychiatry as an international doctor, an experience that today shapes my course for colleagues who want to take the same path.
Since 2023 I have worked at Psychiatrie St. Gallen, today as acting senior physician in the outpatient department in Wattwil. When the department went through a critical period, with acute staff shortages in the middle of an organisational transition, I stepped in at short notice and led it from January to October 2026. Under sustained pressure we introduced a new triage system, strengthened collaboration with local general practitioners and rebuilt the team from three to seven clinicians, until the department was stable. I now focus on my research and my specialist training, and I am part of the clinic's digital transformation team and its AI pilot project.
In parallel I am completing a PhD at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). As principal investigator of study S012026, I lead a controlled evaluation of an AI ambient scribe in routine psychiatric care across eight sites and 47 clinicians.
“Psychiatry can get better with AI, but only if patients stay safe and clinicians stay skilled.”
Experience
- Since Nov 2025 Acting senior physician (Oberärztin i.V.)Psychiatrie St. Gallen · Outpatient Department Wattwil
- Jan – Oct 2026 Head of Outpatient Department WattwilStepped in at short notice during a critical period of acute staff shortages and took on leadership under sustained pressure. Introduced a new triage system, strengthened collaboration with local general practitioners and rebuilt the team from three to seven clinicians through to stability.
- Since 2026 Principal Investigator, study S012026Controlled trial of an AI ambient scribe across eight sites of Psychiatrie St. Gallen
- Since Sep 2025 Digital transformation, Psychiatrie St. GallenDigital Transformation team (since Sep 2025) · ORBIS revitalisation team (since Feb 2026) · AI pilot project with AlpineAI (since May 2026)
- Since Sep 2025 Clinical teaching, University of ZurichClinical courses for medical students
- Oct 2025 – Oct 2026 Co-president, VAPZAssociation of residents in psychiatry and psychotherapy
- 2023 – 2025 Resident in psychiatry, Psychiatrie St. GallenOutpatient departments Wil and Wattwil
- 2015 – 2018 Resident in psychiatry, Germany and SwitzerlandAcute psychiatry: Klinik Schlüchtern (DE) · Psychiatrie Baselland
- 2018 – 2023 Co-founder, Alta Saint Gall GmbHE-commerce start-up with its own textile production in Slovenia
Education
- Since 2025PhD, University of St. Gallen (HSG)PhD in Management, Business Innovation track · AI ambient scribing in psychiatric care
- In progressSpecialist training in psychiatry and psychotherapySwitzerland
- 2025GSERM, University of St. GallenMachine Learning in R (basic and advanced) · Statistics in R
- 2014Medical degree (dr. med.), University of LjubljanaSlovenia
Languages
Slovenian · English · German
What I bring
Where clinic, research and technology meet.
Clinical leadership
Taking responsibility in a critical period: leading an outpatient department through acute staff shortages, a new triage system and a team rebuilt from three to seven clinicians.
Trial design & evaluation
Controlled study design, registration, ethics clearance, outcome measurement and analysis planning in a live clinical setting.
AI in clinical workflows
Hands-on work with ambient scribes and clinical language models, from structured-report prompts to decision-support prototypes.
Change across sites
Bringing 47 clinicians at eight sites through a new technology: onboarding, adoption and data collection.
Let's connect research and practice.
For research collaboration, implementation projects, speaking enquiries or roles in digital health.