Department of Oncology and Hematology at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital

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Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital

Munich, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Michael von Bergwelt

Department of Oncology and Hematology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Oncology and Hematology at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital provides care for patients with tumors and blood disorders. The department has specific attention drawn to the diagnostic and treatment of leukemia and lymphoma. The department also offers bone marrow transplantation and psychological support for patients with tumors.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Michael von Bergwelt, the department treats more than 3,000 inpatients and 13,000 outpatients every year. 65 highly experienced professional doctors and 130 workers of the nursing staff work in harmony and utilize the advanced equipment of the department to make sure that each patient gets the optimal care.

Department of Oncology and Hematology at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Leukemia
•   Lymphoma
•   Tumors of the gastrointestinal tract
•   Tumors of the liver, gall bladder, and pancreas
•   Lung cancer
•   Breast cancer
•   Head and neck tumors
•   Tumors of the reproductive system
•   Bone and soft tissue tumors
•   Anemia
•   Pancytopenia
•   Coagulation disorders

1988 - 1996 Study of Medicine at the Universities of Freiburg, Muenster, and Paris (University of Paris-South XI).
1996 Admission to medical practice.
1994 - 1996 Study of Human Biology at the University of Paris-South XI.
1996 Master in Biological and Medical Sciences (MSBM, Maitrise de Sciences Biologiques et Medicales).
1996 Examination for the US medical license (USMLE), I and II parts.
1997 Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Subject: "Phenotypic and functional characteristics of lymphocyte infiltrating tumor in patients with colorectal carcinoma stimulated by interleukin-2 and interleukin-4 in vitro" (University of Freiburg).
1997 - 1999 Internship, Department of Internal Medicine I (Head: Prof. Volker Diehl).
1999 Certification in Emergency Medicine, Lower Saxony.
1999 - 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
2002 Thesis for the degree of Dr. rer. nat. Subject: "Biological and biotechnological analysis of antigen-presenting B-cells activated by CD40" (with honors, University of Oldenburg).
2002 - 2007 Internship and scholarship, Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne (Head: Prof. Michael Hallek).
2003 - 2009 Head, Max-Eder Junior Research Group, German Cancer Society.
2006 Certification in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology.
2007 Venia Legendi in Internal Medicine ("Analysis of the use of the antigen-presenting function of B cells for tumor immunotherapy").
2008 Certification in Intensive Care.
2008 Director of the Cologne Interventional Immunology Project and Scientific Director of the Stem Cell Transplant Program.
2009 Certification in Infectiology.
2011 Leading Senior Physician.
2012 Adjunct Professor in Internal Medicine, University of Cologne.
2012 Professor and Head of Hematology ?ourse, Ronald Finn Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Liverpool (rejection).
2015 CARTime Research Consortium (CAR T-Cell Clinical Study in Melanoma), Research Coordinator from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
2016 Research Consortium of the German Cancer Society (DKH) "Inhibition of control points of the immune response in Hodgkin's lymphoma", Head of the Section of Tumor Immunology.
Since 2017, Head of the Department of Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Awards, Honors, and Memberships

2015 Best Abstract Award of the German Society of Hematology and Oncology DGHO (co-author).
2010 Travel Award of the American Society for Bone Marrow Transplantation.
2010 Basic Science Award (O84 Abstracts, co-author) of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
2002 Member of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Foundation, Germany.
2001 Member of the American Lymphoma Research Foundation.
1999 Travel Award of the American Society of Hematology.
1999 EMSA Science Award, University of Prague.
1999 1997 Member of the Mildred Scheel Foundation, German Cancer Society, University of Prague.