Dr. med. Christian Lutz

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Dr. med. Christian Lutz has been working at Gastrocentro Lugano since 2024 as a specialist in gastroenterology and hepatology.
After completing his studies at the University of Zurich (CH), he worked for many years in various hospitals in Zurich, Canton of Aargau, and Basel, specialising first in internal medicine and later in gastroenterology and hepatology. Dr. med. C. Lutz sees patients by appointment for diagnostic tests, specialist consultations, and second opinions. He also collaborates as a consulting physician at Clinica Luganese Moncucco.

Spoken languages: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish.

Professional training:

09/2010 Bachelor in human medicine at University Fribourg (CH) and Zurich
06/2013 Master in human medicine at University of Zurich
09/2013 Federal Diploma at University of Zurich
01/2015 - 06/2017 Resident in Internal Medicine at Kantonsspital Baden a (AG)
10/2017 - 09/2018 Resident in Surgery at Stadtspital Waid in Zurigo (AG)
10/2018 - 01/2019 Resident in Intensive Care at Kantonsspital Baden (AG)
06/2019 - 01/2021 Senior registrar in general Internal Medicine at Kantonsspital Baden (AG)
06/2019 – 05/2021 Resident in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Kantonsspital Baden (AG)
07/2021 - 06/2022 Resident in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Universitätsspital Basel in Basel
10/2023 - 03/2024 Senior registrar in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Kantonsspital Baden, Aarau
05/2023 FMH in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
06/2023 FMH in General Internal Medicine
06/2023 Authorization for private practice as a physician in Canton Ticino
06/2024 - Present Associate physician at Gastrocentro Lugano;
06/2024 - Present Consulting physician at Clinica Luganese Moncucco, Lugano

Presentations:

May 2014 - Digestive Disease Week (DDW), Chicago, IL

“Novel Murine Heterotopic Transplant Model of Intestinal Fibrosis”

Novembre 2011 – American Pancreas Association (APA), Chicago, IL “Dietary Regulation of Amino Acid Transporters Expression in the Exocrine Pancreas: Effect of Low Protein Diet”

Publications:

Severity of local inflammation does not impact development of fibrosis in mouse models of intestinal fibrosis. Hünerwadel A, Faganini S, Rogler G, Lutz C, Jaeger SU, Mamie C, Weder C, Ruiz PA, Hausmann M. Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 12,8(1):1582;
Exocrine pancreas glutamate secretion help to sustain enterocyte nutritional needs under protein restriction. Araya S, Kuster E, Gluch D, Mariotta L, Lutz C, Reding TV, Graf R, Verrey F, Camargo SMR. Am J Physiol Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 2018 Apr 1;314(4):G517-G536;
Myeloid differentiation primary response gene (MyD)88 signalling is not essential for intestinal fibrosis development. Lutz C, Weder B, Hünerwadel A, Fagagnini S, Lang B, Beerenwinkel N, Rossel JB, Rogler G, Misselwitz B, Hausmann M. Sci Rep. 2017 Dec 15;7(1):17678;
Anti-MMP-9 Antibody: A Promising Therapeutic Strategy for Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Complication with Fibrosis. Goffin L, Faganini S, Vicari A, Mamie C, Melhem H, Weder B, Lutz C, Lang S, Scharl M, Rogler G, Chvatchko Y, Hausmann M. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2016 Sep;22(9):2041-57;
Decreased Fibrogenesis After Treatment with Pirfenidone in a Newly Developed Mouse Model of Intestinal Fibrosis. Meier R, Lutz C, Cosín-Roger J, Fagagnini S, Bollmann G, Hünerwadel A, Mamie C, Lang S, Tchouboukov A, Weber FE, Weber A, Rogler G, Hausmann M. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3):569-82;
Increased lymphocyte apoptosis in mouse models of colitis upon ABT-737 treatment is dependent on BIM expression. Lutz C, Mozaffari M, Tosevski V, Caj M, Cippà P, McRae BL, Graff CL, Rogler G, Fried M, Hausmann M. Clin Exp Immunol. 2015 Aug;181(2):343-56;
Amino acid transporters expression in acinar cells is changed during acute pancreatitis. Rooman I, Lutz C, Pinho AV, Huggel K, Reding T, Lahoutte T, Verrey F, Graf R, Camargo SM. Pancreatology 2013 Sep-Oct;13(5):475-85