Overview
Nutritional medicine plays a key role in the prevention and treatment of many diseases.
With the interdisciplinary specialisation in nutritional medicine, GESKES, together with FMH and SIWF, offers structured further training for doctors from various disciplines who wish to deepen their specialist knowledge in this area. The training programme imparts practical knowledge of nutritional therapy, supplemented by scientific principles and clinical applications.
The training programme concludes with an oral examination before the further training commission, which awards the title of "Nutritional Medicine Specialist".
Target group
Doctors and physicians
Who can acquire the specialisation in nutritional medicine?
⇒ Medical specialists from recognised disciplines who meet the requirements.
Your benefit:
√ Expansion of the medical competence profile
√ Strengthening interdisciplinary cooperation
√ More safety in the treatment of nutritional issues
When can I register for the examination for the specialisation in nutritional medicine?
- Completed specialist training
- after successful completion of the CAS Interprofessional Nutritional Medicine.
- after / with sufficiently documented practical activity in a recognised further training institution in Switzerland (for templates, see "Acquisition of specialisation" on the right)
How can I register for the examination for the specialisation in nutritional medicine?
⇒ All required documents must be submitted by e-mail at least 8 weeks (the date of receipt counts) before the examination date:
isp@geskes.ch
(The dates of the final oral examination are published 4 months in advance in the Swiss Medical Journal (SÄZ) and on the GESKES website).
Training centres
The required practical training of the prospective nutritional physician must take place in a training centre recognised by the GESKES /SIWF.
These can be hospitals, outpatient clinics or specialised institutions in Switzerland that have a recognised nutritional medicine specialist (trainer), qualified teaching staff and the necessary infrastructure.
What are the benefits of recognition?
√ Official certification as a recognised training centre
√ Increased attractiveness of the location for doctors in further training as nutritionists
√ Promotion of the nationwide establishment of nutritional medicine
What are the requirements for recognition as an official training centre for nutritional medicine?
- Please refer to the regulations and the application for recognition as a training centre for the required content
⇒ the completed application including all enclosures must be submitted exclusively by e-mail to:
isp@geskes.ch
The examination is then carried out by the further training commission for interdisciplinary specialisation in nutritional medicine.
Continuing Education Commission
The GESKES training committee for the interdisciplinary specialisation in nutritional medicine is made up of at least three doctors who hold the title.
Dr Annic Baumgartner, MD, Deputy Head Physician Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism Cantonal Hospital Aarau
Dr med Anne-Catherine Barras-Moret Deputy Head of the Department of Medicine and Specialities, HFR Fribourg
Prof Laurence Genton Graf, MD, Head of Clinical Nutrition at the HUG, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and Head of the Nutritional Medicine Training Centre at the HUG
PD Dr Matthias Hepprich, Head of Endocrinology with Nutrition Centre and Head of the Nutritional Medicine Training Centre at Claraspital Basel
Dr Nicola Ossola, Head Physician of the Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics EOC Bellinzona and Mendrisio
Prof Zeno Stanga, MD, Specialist in malnutrition Inselspital Bern
Latest news
The dates of the final oral examinations are listed below: (registration, including all required documents, must be made exclusively by e-mail to isp@geskes.ch):
30.01.2026: Aarau Cantonal Hospital (registration deadline 05. 12. 2025)
05.03.2027: Location still open (registration deadline 08. 01. 2026)
FAQ ISP
All documents required according to the checklist must be available and submitted in full for the application.
To obtain the interdisciplinary focus, candidates must complete the practical training (in accordance with point 3.2.1. of the programme) in Switzerland. The theoretical part of the programme is covered by the German nutritionist.
The costs are made up of the examination fees and the fee for issuing the certificate.
The examination fees can be found in the GESKES fee schedule.
The KWF consists of at least 3 members of the GESKES. The doctors are responsible for the interdisciplinary specialisation in nutritional medicine. One of them chairs the committee. They assess the dossiers submitted and are members of the examination board.