University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
Dresden, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Jörg Kotzerke
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden provides the latest radioactive-fueled equipment for patients with thyroid diseases and organ neoplasms. These cutting-edge diagnostics and therapeutics that are powered by radiation help early detection and successful treatment of certain types of diseases, such as thyroid and oncological diseases of organs. The department is in cooperation with similar departments on both national and international levels and also consists of a medical team of high-level experts in nuclear medicine to provide patients optimal care.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Jörg Kotzerke, the department treats about 1,000 inpatients every year about 40% of which suffers from hyperthyroidism. The research unit of the department believes knowledge is earned and meant to be passed on, that’s why they’re a member of the DGN, especially in their catchment area. The research projects are both basic medical and applied research to upgrade the equipment and better comprehend disease sensitivity and specificity to radionuclides therapy.
The Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Dresden is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Thyroid cancer
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypothyroidism
• Kidney cancer
• Liver cancer
• Lung cancer
• Skeletal cancer
• Joint inflammatory disease
• Neuroendocrine tumors
• Lymphoma
• Bone metastases
• Prostate cancer
Education and Clinical Career
- 1977 - 1983 Study of Human Medicine at the Hannover Medical School.
- 1984 - 1988 Assistant Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Special Biophysics, Hannover Medical School.
- 1985 Doctorate, Hannover Medical School (Prof. Dr. med. Heinz Hundeshagen).
- 1988 Board certification in Nuclear Medicine.
- 1989 - 1995 Senior Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Special Biophysics, Hannover Medical School.
- 1991 Habilitation and Venia legendi (Nuclear Medicine), Hannover Medical School.
- 1995 - 2002 Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Ulm.
- 2000 - 2002 Managing Senior Physician of the Department of Radiology, University Hospital Ulm.
- Since 2002, Professor of Nuclear Medicine at the Carl Gustav Carus Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, and Medical Director of Positron
- Emission Tomography Center, Research Center Dresden-Rossendorf.
- Since 2002, Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden.
Clinical Focuses
- Tumor diagnostics with PET.
- Radionuclide therapy.
Memberships
- German Society for Nuclear Medicine (DGN).
- German Roentgen Society (DRG).
- European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM).
- Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM).
- German Cancer Society (DKG).
Department of Nuclear Medicine
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