University Hospital Essen
Essen, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Ken Herrmann
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Essen uses nuclear approaches for diagnosis and treatment of tumors and some neurological disorders. This department has been originally established in 1950 making it one of the oldest nuclear medicine departments in Germany. Using the state-of-the-art radiochemical diagnostics and therapeutics, the department treats nearly 900 inpatients every year. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Ken Herrmann, the department conducts research activities on diagnosis and treatment of thyroid, liver and neuroendocrine tumors by radioactive methods. All researches usually follow the Guidelines of Good Clinical Practice and the International Harmonization Conference.
Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Essen is specialized in:
• Ultrasound examinations of the thyroid gland
• Thyroid scintigraphy
• Kidney scintigraphy
• Lung scintigraphy
• Myocardial scintigraphy
• Skeletal scintigraphy
• Salivary gland scintigraphy
• Esophageal scintigraphy
• Radioiodine therapy for thyroid disorders
• MIBG therapy for neuroendocrine tumors
Professional Activities
- 1997 - 2004 Study of Medicine at the Charite Medical School in Berlin.
- Internships in France, Switzerland, Chile, and USA.
- 2009 - 2011 Magistracy in Business Administration at the University of Zurich (without leaving the main activities).
- Training for a Medical Specialist at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich at the Technical University of Munich.
- 2011 - 2015 Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
- 2012 - 2016 Managing Senior Physician and Deputy Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Würzburg.
- 2015 - 2016 Assistant Professor and Head of the Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division at the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Since 2016 to the present time, Associate Professor at the University of California in Los Angeles.
- Since 2016 Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Essen.
Clinical Focuses
- Diagnostics and treatment of thyroid diseases (especially cancer).
- Diagnostics and treatment of other endocrine tumors (Ga-68 Dotatoc therapy, I-124 MIBG therapy).
- Diagnostics (Ga-68 PSMA-PET/CT) and prostate cancer therapy (Lu-177 PSMA therapy).
- Selective intraarterial radionuclide therapy (SIRT) in liver tumors.
- PET Center with two PET/CT and one PET/MRI.
Research Focuses
- Development and application of new radiopharmaceuticals.
- Diagnostics and treatment of thyroid cancer.
- Diagnostics and treatment of endocrine tumors.
- Diagnostics and treatment of prostate cancer.
- Clinical use, optimization of PET, PET/CT.
- Membership in Professional Societies
- Member of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM).
- Member of the Imaging Group, European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).
- DRG Committee Member, German Society of Nuclear Medicine.
Department of Nuclear Medicine
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