Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Cologne

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University Hospital Cologne

Cologne, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Alexander Drzezga

Department of Nuclear Medicine

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Cologne provides cutting-edge diagnostics and therapeutics fueled by radioisotopes for the management of thyroid diseases, prostate cancer, lymphoma, neuroendocrine tumors, and dementia, such as scintigraphy, PET-CT, SPECT-CT & MRI, radioiodine therapy, echo therapy, and chemotherapy.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Alexander Drzezga, the medical team treats nearly 1,000 inpatients every year as it works within the Thyroid Center of the University Hospital of Cologne. The facility offers new diagnostics for prostate cancer such as PSMA-PET-CT and the latest therapeutics like Xofigo, quadrant, and lutetium-177-PSMA.

The Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Cologne is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

Prostate cancer
Thyroid diseases
Parkinson’s disease
Dementia
Lymphoma
Neuroblastoma
Neuroendocrine tumors

Education and professional career

since 2012: Professor and Chair, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne
2011 - 2012: W2-Heisenberg-Professor for Multimodal Imaging in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
2009 - 2010: Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School (Heisenberg fellow), Massachusetts General Hospital, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, USA
2005 - 2012: Assistant Professor for Nuclear Medicine, TUM
2002 - 2012: Consultant for Nuclear Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, TUM
2002: Board Certification for Nuclear Medicine
1997 - 2002: Residency, Department of Nuclear Medicine, TUM
1997: Step 2 of the USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination)
1996: German State Medical Examination and Medical License
1994: Step 1 of the USMLE

Awards, distinctions, and professional activities

since 2017: Director of the Brain Imaging Council, Board of Directors, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)
since 2015: Chairman of the Ethics Committee, University of Cologne
since 2015: Executive board member of the German Society for Nuclear Medicine (DGN)
2013 - 2017: Chair of the Scientific Program Committee for Molecular Imaging, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
since 2013: Member of the Neuroimaging Council (NIC) of the European Association for Nuclear Medicine (EANM)
2013 - 2016: Chair of the Committee for Diagnosis-Related Group Systems (DRG) and activity recording, German Society for Nuclear Medicine (DGN)
2012: Editor’s Choice Award of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2012
2010: ‘Hiruma-Wagner Award’ of the Research Foundation for Opto-Science and Technology
2008: ‘Heisenberg-Grant’ of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2006: ‘The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Award’ of the International Alzheimer’s Association

Publications