University Hospital Essen- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases

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University Hospital Essen

Essen, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Dagmar Führer

Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases at University Hospital Essen provides care for patients with hormonal and metabolic disorders. The department is a care center for Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Type 2, gestational and post-organ transplantation DM. It is also certified by the German Diabetes Association. Patients with tumors are being treated with exceptional care as the department is in cooperation with the Comprehensive Cancer Center as well as the Neuroendocrine Cancer Center.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Dagmar Führer, the department treats more than 1,300 inpatients every year. The department has a qualified research team that conducts researches on thyroid hormones, disorders and tumors. It is one of the largest centers for endocrine tumors in Germany. Impressive contributions were made by this department on secondary hypertension induced by hormone imbalance.

Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Metabolic Diseases at University Hospital Essen is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Thyroid and parathyroid tumors
•   Pituitary tumors
•   Adrenal glands tumors
•   Goiter
•   Thyroid hormone resistance syndrome
•   Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
•   Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
•   Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
•   Post-organ transplantation Diabetes Mellitus
•   Bone tissue metabolism disorders
•   Osteoporosis
•   Reproductive dysfunction
•   Genetic syndromes
•   Polycystic ovary syndrome
•   Endocrine arterial hypertension

Professional Activities

Since April 1, 2018, Vice-Rector on Research Activities, Supervision of Young Researchers and Transfer of Experience, University of Duisburg-Essen.
Since June 1, 2011, Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders, as well as the Head of the Central Research
Teaching Laboratory, University Hospital Essen.
2008 - 2011 Deputy Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University Hospital Leipzig.
2006 - 2011 Leading Senior Physician and Head of the Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of the Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Leipzig.
2009 Subspecialization in Andrology.
2007 Subspecialization in Diabetology (German Diabetes Association).
2004 Subspecialization in Endocrinology.
2003 Board certification in Internal Medicine, Senior Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Leipzig.
1995 - 1998 / 2001 - 2003 Professional Training in Internal Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig.
1988 - 1995 Study of Human Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Trinity College Dublin, University College London.

Scientific Activities

2009 Invitation to the position of W3 Professor, Department of Internal Medicine/Endocrinology, University of Duisburg-Essen.
2006 Extraordinary Professor at the University of Leipzig.
2001 - 2004 Head of the Emmy Noether Research Group of the German Research Foundation, University of Leipzig.
2004 Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Internal Medicine, University of Leipzig.
2002 Doctoral thesis defense, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.
1998 - 2000 Post-doctorate, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
1996 Doctoral Degree (doctoral thesis defense with honors).

Scientific Positions and Achievements

Since 2018 Representative of the Thyroid Section of the German Society of Endocrinology (DGE).
Since 2016, Mildred Scheel Lectureship Committee, German Cancer Society.
Since 2016 Representative of the European Reference Network Endo-ERN and EURACAN (G4, rare endocrine cancer).
Since 2016 Council Member of the Medical Faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Since 2015 Board Member of the Society of Endocrinology and Diabetology in North Rhine-Westphalia.
2013 - 2017 Committee of the German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM).
Since 2013 Chairman of the European Thyroid Association Cancer Research Network (ETA-CRN).
Since 2012 Representative and Coordinator of the Priority Program of the German Research Foundation 1629 THYROID TRANS ACT (with Prof. Dr. K. Brix, Bremen, and Prof Dr. H. Biebermann, Berlin), www.thyroidtransact.de.
Since 2011 Head of DCP09 Research of Endocrine Tumors of the West German Cancer Center Essen, and since 2015 Head of the Center for Endocrine Tumors of the West German Cancer Center Essen in collaboration with ENETS Center of Excellence.
2008 - 2014 Vice-President of the German Society of Endocrinology (DGE).
2008 - 2011 Mentor, Educational Foundation of the German People (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes), University of Leipzig.
Since 2008 Advisory Board Member of the Thyroid Section, German Society of Endocrinology.
2007 - 2009 EliMED Program Curator, University of Leipzig.

Awards and Honors

2001 Merck von Basedow Prize, German Society of Endocrinology.
2002 Organon Clinical Thyroidology Award, European Thyroid Association.
1991 - 1995/1998 - 2001 Scholarship of the German Educational Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes).
2000 Reisenberg Young Investigator Award.
1999 Postgraduate Award, University of Wales College of Medicine.
1997 Rolf Emmrich Prize of the Saxon Society of Internal Medicine.