University Hospital Essen
Essen, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dührsen
Department of Hematology and Oncology
Department of Hematology and Oncology at University Hospital Essen provides care for patients with blood disorders and cancer as it is certified by the West Cancer Center Essen. The department approaches blood cancer with different treatment methods as surgical intervention, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunosuppression, and hormonal therapy. A special feature of the department is stem cell transplantation which approximately over 100 patients seek yearly.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Ulrich Dührsen, the department treats nearly 1,700 inpatients and 15,000 outpatients every year, 500 of which suffer from leukemia while 450 has non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The department performs at a certain excellence level due to the state-of-the-art equipment and medical staff of 35 nurses and 24 physicians, 13 of which are specialized in internal medicine and 10 are specialized in hematology and oncology. There are researches the department is currently conducting on acute and chronic leukemia, anemia, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas as well as coagulation disorders to enhance the outcome of the management plans applied.
Department of Hematology at University Hospital Essen is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Acute leukemia
• Chronic leukemia
• Myelodysplasia
• Myeloproliferative disorders
• Hodgkin’s lymphoma
• Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Anemia
• Thalassemia
• Hemorrhagic tendency
• Hypercoagulability
• Myeloma
- 1974 - 1981 Medical studies at the Universities of Hamburg, Germany, and Montpellier, France.
- 1981 Doctorate in Experimental Pharmacology.
- 1982 - 1986 Training in Internal Medicine at the Johanniter Hospital Geesthacht and the University Hospital Essen, Germany.
- 1986 - 1989 Training in Cell Biology at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia.
- 1989 - 1992 Training in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the University Hospital Hamburg.
- 1992 Habilitation in Experimental Hematology.
- 1992 - 1998 Research Fellow in Hematology and Internal Oncology at the University Hospital Hamburg.
- Since 1998 Director of the Department of Hematology at the University Hospital Essen.
Fields of Interests
- Clinical and experimental studies in leukemias, lymphomas, multiple myeloma, and bone marrow failure syndromes.
Clinical Research
- Therapy optimization and phase I, II and III studies in patients with leukemia, myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative diseases, lymphomas, myelomas, anemias, and coagulation disorders.
- Development and evaluation of molecular prognostic markers in leukemias and lymphomas.
- Stem cell therapy in hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic diseases.
Experimental Research
- Structure and function of the hematopoietic microenvironment in the healthy and diseased bone marrow.
- Telomeres and telomerase in healthy and diseased hematopoietic cells.
- Gene expression and aberrant gene utilization in leukemias and lymphomas.
- Murine models of leukemogenesis.
- Murine models of hematopoietic stem cell control
Department of Hematology and Oncology
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