Field of expertise
Specialist in General Internal Medicine FMH
Practice Laboratory (KHM)
«Preventive medicine is of central importance to me. Through my work in general medicine and neurology, I have witnessed first-hand how many conditions are only treated once irreversible damage has already occurred. This is precisely where proactive medicine offers the opportunity to intervene early - through targeted medical history, screening examinations, and lifestyle interventions - before a disease manifests.
In neurology, I became particularly aware of how severe the consequences of undetected or untreated risk factors can be - for example in strokes, neurodegenerative diseases, or vascular conditions of the nervous system. Identifying risk profiles, genetic predispositions, and early clinical or subclinical signs play a crucial role - not only in diagnosing diseases earlier, but ideally in preventing them altogether.»
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Since April 2026 | Specialist in General Internal Medicine FMH, Center for Proactive Medicine, Zurich |
2023 - 2026 | Specialist in General Internal Medicine, Arzthaus Stadelhofen, Zurich |
2022 - 2023 | Resident Physician in General Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Baden, Baden |
2020 - 2022 | Resident Physician in General Internal Medicine, Institute for Occupational Medicine, Baden |
2018 - 2019 | Resident Physician in Neurology, Balgrist University Hospital, Center for Paraplegia, Zurich |
2017 - 2018 | Resident Physician in Neurology, Cantonal Hospital, Aarau |
2017 - 2020 | Doctoral Dissertation, University of Zurich, Doctor of Medicine – "Whiplash and Migraines. Is there a causative effect?" |
2014 - 2016 | Resident Physician in Neurology, RehaClinic Bad Zurzach, Neurological Rehabilitation |
2012 - 2014 | Resident Physician in General Medicine, Cheltenham and Gloucester District General Hospital, UK |
2008 - 2012 | MBChB Medicine & Surgery, University of Liverpool |
2007 - 2008 | Healthcare Development Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim, UK |
2004 - 2006 | Territory Pharmaceutical Manager, Merck Sharp and Dohme, UK |
2001 - 2004 | BSc Neuroscience, University of Sheffield |
Additional Qualifications
2025: Advanced Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS Level 2), London
2024: Certificate of Competence in Practice Laboratory KHM
2023: ALS – Advanced Life Support
2023: Focused Acute Medical Ultrasound (FAMUS/POCUS Level 1), London
2021: Specialist Examination SGAIM
Publications
Rebecca Monkman et al. Sweet syndrome with peripheral neuropathy in a patient with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma. BMJ Case Reports 2024 Apr 29;17(4)
Kenneth Keigh, Dominique Twelves, Rebecca Monkman, H.Y. Chan. Inaccurate coding of complex breast surgery has significant implications for finances. European Journal of Surgical Oncology (EJSO) 2013;39(11).
Active Memberships
Foedaratio Medicorum Helveticorum (FMH)
Swiss Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (SGUM)
Medical Association of the Canton of Zurich (AGZ)
Association of Swiss Resident and Senior Physicians Zurich (VSAO)
British Medical Journal (BMJ)