Joram Ronel, PD, Dr. med.
Joram Ronel is head of the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the Clinic Barmelweid, the largest psychosomatic and psychotherapeutic in-patient treatment center in Switzerland. He has qualified in Internal Medicine as well as in Psychosomatic Medicine and is a psychoanalyst and group analyst.
He is also Associate Professor at the Technical University Munich, Germany, and Lecturer for Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Medicine, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Joram’s research and clinical expertise lies in the treatment of somatoform and functional disorders in combination with developmental psychology.
Joram has authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters. He was also a member of the steering committee for the German national guidelines on somatoform and functional disorders.
Further research interests include psychocardiology and transgenerational transmission of extreme traumatization of Holocaust survivors.