Dr. med. vet. Barbara Zimmermann

Dr. med. vet. Barbara Zimmermann

Abteilung

Chirurgie

Funktion

Resident des European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS)

Lebenslauf

2025-heute
Resident des European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS), Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover

2025
Promotion als Dr.med.vet., Institute of Laboratory Animal Science and Clinic for Radiation Oncology & Medical Oncology, Vetsuisse Fakultät, Universität Zürich
Thema: “Prior Corticosteroid Treatment Alters cPBMC Composition and IFNɣ Response to Immunotherapy in Canine Cancer”

2024 – heute
Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (Focus in Small Animal Surgery), Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom

2023-2025
Kleintierärztin, Tierklinik Obergrund, Luzern

2022-2023
Rotierendes Internship für Kleintiermedizin und -chirurgie, Hamilton Specialist Referrals, High Wycome, United Kingdom

2021-2022
Doktorarbeit und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Institute of Laboratory Animal Science and Clinic for Radiation Oncology & Medical Oncology, Vetsuisse Fakultät, Universität Zürich

2022
Fear Free Veterinary Certified Professional

2017-2020
Mitarbeiterin Notfallmedizin, Notfalldienst Kleintiere, Universität Zürich

2015-2020
Studium der Veterinärmedizin und Approbation, Vetsuisse Fakultät, Universität Zürich
 

Publikationen

2025
Zimmermann ABE, Taskoparan B, Fuchs D, Pantelyushin S, et.al. Prior Corticosteroid Treatment Alters cPBMC Composition and IFNɣ Response to Immunotherapy in Canine Cancer. Frontiers in Immunology. 2025. (https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1544949)

2025
Delgado-Bonet P, Arias-Pulido H, del Castillo Magan N, Zimmermann ABE, et al. Intratumoral immunotherapy with cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles is safe in refractory canine oral tumors. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 2025. (doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5c00100) 

2024
Toh YS, Strickland R, Esposito F, Kulendra N, Phillips A, Zimmermann ABE, et al. Management strategies, complication rate and outcome following treatment of para-aural abscessation as a complication of TECA-LBO surgery (not yet submitted)

2023
Valdivia G, Alonso-Miguel D, Perez-Alenza MD, Zimmermann ABE, et al. Neoadjuvant Intratumoral Immunotherapy with Cowpea Mosaic Virus Induces Local and Systemic Antitumor Efficacy in Canine Mammary Cancer Patients. Cells. 2023. (https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12182241)

2021
Schmitt K, Zimmermann ABE, Stephan R, Willi B. Hand Hygiene Evaluation Using Two Different Evaluation Tools and Hand Contamination of Veterinary Healthcare Workers in a Swiss Companion Animal Clinic. Veterinary Sciences. 2021. (https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8110260)

05/2022
Presentation at the ESVONC Congress
Presentation title: “Corticosteroids reduce interferon-gamma production in atezolizumab treated peripheral blood mononuclear cells of cancer bearing dogs”