Oliver Distler is an expert in Rheumatology at University Hospital of Zurich (Switzerland). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Oliver Distler in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Arthritis, Scleroderma, Systemic and Lung Diseases, Interstitial. Oliver Distler has authored 1,167 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 23 clinical trials. SLR score: 4,359 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Oliver Distler University Hospital of Zurich Switzerland
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Rheumatology

Subspecialties: Internal Medicine - Pulmonology - Dermatology

Full career – Last 3 years

Main Topics

Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 1996 - 2026

Source: PubMed

University Hospital of Zurich

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Hallmarks of aging in systemic sclerosis: implications for pathogenesis, multimorbidity, and therapeutic development.
PMID 42926811 — sclerosis, comorbidity, aging, multimorbidity, therapeutics, tissues, scleroderma, systemic
EULAR Rheumatol Open20260
The role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis: mechanisms and treatment implications.
PMID 42660607 — lung, fibrosis, respiration, pulmonary fibrosis, therapeutics, lung diseases, lung diseases, interstitial
Eur Respir J20260
Initial treatment strategies and outcomes across haemodynamic thresholds and risk stratification in incident systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension: a EUSTAR analysis.
PMID 42876376 — sclerosis, hypertension, mortality, arthritis, pulmonary arterial hypertension, therapeutics, scleroderma, systemic
Arthritis Rheumatol20260
Comparative enthesitis burden in psoriatic arthritis vs axial spondyloarthritis: a cross-sectional analysis of the Swiss Clinical Quality Management in Rheumatic Diseases (SCQM) registry.
PMID 42856851 — registries, arthritis, psoriatic, cross-sectional studies, pharmaceutical preparations, antirheumatic agents, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, prevalence, sex, smoking, axial spondyloarthritis
EULAR Rheumatol Open20260
Proton pump inhibitor use and long-term outcomes in SSc: a real-life analysis from the EUSTAR database.
PMID 42760267 — mortality, phenotype, rheumatic diseases, proton pump inhibitors, proton pumps, lung diseases, interstitial
Rheumatology (Oxford)20260

Clinical Studies 23

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

Synthesis

Principal Investigator: 6 Study Director: 1

By phase:

N/A 12
Phase 2 7
Phase 3 3
Phase 1/Phase 2 1

By status:

Completed 16
Unknown 5
Recruiting 2

By type:

Interventional 13
Observational 10

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 6
multicentric2to4 2
multicentric5to9 2
multicentricup10 13

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Cohort/Consortium Investigators 8

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