Curriculum vitae: PD Dr. med. Georg Kägi 

Personal Information 

Contact address:  

Department of Neurology, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, Rorschacherstrasse 95, 9007 St.Gallen Tel: +41/71/494 3594, e-mail: georg.kaegi@kssg.ch 

Biographical Data: 

Nationality: Swiss 

Date of birth: July 4, 1970 

Marital status: married, 3 children 

Languages: German, English, French: fluently 

Spanish (basic knowledge) 

ORCID-ID 0000-0001-7749-8060 

Postgraduate Curriculum: 

1997-1998 (6mth) Doctoral thesis, Kantonsspital St.Gallen 

1998-1999 Resident in Surgery, General Hospital Zurich  

1999-2001 Resident in Internal Medicine, General Hospital Frauenfeld  2002-3/2005 Resident in Neurology, Kantonsspital St.Gallen 

4/2005-3/2006 Senior Resident in Neurology, Kantonsspital St.Gallen 

4/2006-7/2006 Attending physician (Oberarzt), Kantonsspital St.Gallen 

8/2006-8/2008 Clinical research fellow in Movement disorders at the National Hospital for Neurology  and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London 

(research fellow to Prof. Quinn and Prof. Bhatia) 

9/2008-5/2013 Attending physician, Kantonsspital St.Gallen 

since 6/2013 Senior physician (Leitender Arzt) Kantonsspital St.Gallen Head of Stroke Center and  Co-Chair 

of Movement Disorders Center Kantonsspital St.Gallen  

10/2018 Venia docendi” (Privatdozent) in Neurology, University Berne 

Institutional responsibilities 

since 6/2013 Head of Stroke Center and Co-Chair of Movement Disorders Center Kantonsspital  St.Gallen 

Approved research projects 

Fonds Year Project title Total sum 

Main applicant  (M), Co  

Applicant (C) 

Peer  

reviewed 

Medizinisches  

Forschungszentrum  MFZ 

2010 Pilot study on the effect of escitalopram on  cortical plasticity and glutamate  transmission in healthy subjects 

44‘000.- M yes 

Parkinson Schweiz 2012- 2013 

Parkinson Schweiz 2013- 2015 

The role of the SMA in the  pathophysiology of freezing of gait in  Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study Structural brain changes and dysphagia in  Parkinson’s disease 

117‘000.- M yes 110’000.- M yes 

Swiss Heart Foundation 2013 Clinical and MRI based predictors of  prolonged dysphagia in ischemic stroke 

29‘000.- M yes 

Swiss Heart Foundation 2015- 2016 

Predictive swallowing score (PRESS) – Validation of a prognostic score of  impaired oral intake after ischemic stroke 

160‘000.- M yes 

Deutschschweizer  

Logopädinnen und  Logopädenverband 

2015- 2016 

Predictive swallowing score (PRESS) – Validation of a prognostic score of  impaired oral intake after ischemic stroke 

15’000.- M yes 

Forschungsfonds KSSG 2015- 2016 

Predictive swallowing score (PRESS) – Validation of a prognostic score of  impaired oral intake after ischemic stroke 

50‘000.- C yes 

Schweizerischer  Nationalfonds 

2016- 2019 

Effects of serotonergic neuromodulation on  behavioural recovery and motor network plasticity after cortical ischemic stroke: a  

429‘000.- C yes

longitudinal, placebo-controlled study 

Forschungsfonds KSSG 2016 Effects of serotonergic neuromodulation on  behavioural recovery and motor network 

plasticity after cortical ischemic stroke: a  

longitudinal, placebo-controlled study 

Parkinson Schweiz 2017 Multi-center study for the Validation of a  new Pain Questionnaire in patients with  

Parkinson’s disease 

33’000.- M yes 50’000.- C yes 

Deutschschweizer  

Logopädinnen und  Logopädenverband 

2019 Capsaicin for post-stroke dysphagia  (CADYS) 

20’000.- M yes 

Swiss Heart Foundation 2019 Capsaicin for post-stroke dysphagia  (CADYS) 

Supervision of junior researchers 

1 doctoral thesis: University of Berne, 2014 (Marian Galovic) 2 master thesis: University Berne (Benjamin Bircher, David Hemmi 1 current doctoral thesis: University Berne (Elena Ardila) 1 current applicant for venia docendi (Florian Brugger, Zurich) 

Teaching activities 

Clinical skills training University Berne and University of Zurich 

92’000.- M yes 

Organisation, chair and speaker of the -Neurosonology Academy 2014-2020 

Organisation of the movement disorders Videosessions 2x per year (Berne) 

Multiple teaching activities within the department of neurology KSSG 

Memberships 

Member of the Scientific Committee of the Swiss Parkinson Association 

Advisory board member of the Swiss Parkinson’s disease association and the Swiss Dystonia society Full member and Vice President of the Swiss Stroke Society 

Member of the certification commission for stroke units / stroke centers 

Full member and secretary of the Swiss Movement Disorders Society 

Full member of the European Stroke Society 

Member of the Committee “Schweizerische Gesellschaft für klinische Neurophysiologie” (SGKN) Full member of the Movement disorders society 

Member of the Committee of the Swiss Parkinson Association 

Reviewing activities 

Journals (Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, European Neurology, Journal of Aging Research, Swiss  Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, Frontiers Neurology,  Dysphagia, Plos One).  

Swiss Parkinson’s disease Association.  

Organisation of conferences 

17th and 23rd annual meeting of the Swiss Stroke Society in St.Gallen and Stroke Trialists’ meeting (1/2013;  1/2020) 

Neurosonology Academy (SGKN) (2014- 2020) 

Swiss Movement Disorders videosessions in Berne (every fourth month since 2009); organization and chair. Member of the organizing committee, World Parkinson Congress, Geneva 2013 

Prizes, awards, fellowships 

8/2006-8/2008 NHNN, Queen Square London, Clinical research fellow in Movement disorders (Prof.  Bhatia and Prof. Quinn) 

Grant from Swiss Parkinson Association (1 year) und Halley Stewart Trust (1 year) 

2016 Déjérine Dubois Price: Best Abstract Basic Science (MRgFUS Subthalamotomy in Essential Tremor) 

2017 Runner up Price (M.Galovic) European Academy of Neurology (Presentation of the  PRESS Study) 

2020 Best Paper Prize from the Swiss Neurological Society ((Brugger…..Kägi). Altered  activation and connectivity of the supplementary motor cortex at motor initiation in  

Parkinson’s disease patients with freezing)