Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at University Hospital Erlangen

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University Hospital Erlangen

Erlangen, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rascher

Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at University Hospital Erlangen provides care for infants, children, and adolescents with congenital and acquired diseases. The department consists of various specialized units where experienced doctors and nursing staff are qualified to manage any case including the complex cases where the interdisciplinary centers collaborate with other centers such as the Perinatal Center, Epilepsy Center and the Cancer Center in the interest of patient’s health. The department is equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostics and therapeutics for early detection and effective treatment of diseases.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Wolfgang Rascher, the department treats over 5,000 patients on an inpatient basis every year. The department is well known for its hematology and oncology unit, where they perform stem cell transplantation if needed. As for pediatric neurology, the department is in close cooperation with the Department of Neurosurgery for the early effective treatment of patients with epilepsy and brain tumors. The nephrology unit of the department, in cooperation with the Department of Urology and offers complete care for children with kidney diseases, it also offers kidney transplantation.

The Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at University Hospital Erlangen is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Short stature
•   Acromegaly
•   Precocious puberty
•   Delayed puberty
•   Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
•   Celiac disease
•   Diabetes mellitus type 1
•   Diabetes mellitus type 2
•   Polycystic kidney disease
•   Bladder dysfunction
•   Urinary incontinence
•   Undescended testis

Education and Professional Experience

1970 - 1976 Study of Human Medicine at the Universities of Cologne and Heidelberg.
1976 Doctoral thesis defense at the Clinical Institute for Heart Attack Research, University Hospital Heidelberg (Prof. H. Greten).
1977 - 1981 Research Fellow at the Pharmacological Institute of the University of Heidelberg (Prof. F. Gross).
1982 - 1987 Research Fellow at the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg (Prof. H. Bickel).
1982 Habilitation in Experimental Pharmacology.
1987 Board certification in Pediatrics, venia legendi in Pediatrics, Clinical Pharmacology.
1987 - 1993 (C2) Professor for Pediatrics and Leading Senior Physician, Department of Pediatrics, University of Essen (Prof. H. Olbing).
1993 - 1998 (C4) Professor for Pediatrics, Head of the Department of General Pediatrics and Neonatology of the Justus Liebig University Giessen.
Since 1998 (C4) Professor for Pediatrics, Head of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the University Hospital Erlangen.
2004 Honorary Doctor of the University of Pécs, Hungary.

Awards

1987 Adalbert Czerny Prize of the German Society for Pediatrics and Youth.
1995 Franz Gross Science Award of the German Hypertension Society.

Functions and Memberships

Since 1993 Member of the Commission for Drug Safety of the German Society of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Since 1994 Member of Commission A of the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM).
2002 - 2004 Deputy Chairman of the Expert Committee on Medicines in Childhood and Adolescence at BfArM.
Since 2002 Chairman of the Clinical Ethics Committee at the University Hospital Erlangen.
Since 2003 Member of the Ethics Committee of the Bavarian State Medical Association (Consultant in Pediatrics).
2003 - 2007 Member of the Pediatric Expert Group (PEG) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA).
Since 2006 Chairman of the Commission for Medicines for Children and Adolescents at the BfArM.

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