University Hospital Halle (Saale)
Halle (Saale), Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Michael Tschirikov
Department of Obstetrics
Department of Obstetrics at University Hospital Halle (Saale) provides prenatal, natal and postnatal care for newborns as well as care for pregnant women. The department is one of the top-ranked Level I Perinatal Centers in Germany. The department has a Fetal Surgery Center specialized for operations on newborns. The department is one of the few facilities that perform intrauterine interventions for conditions such as feto-fetal transfusion syndrome and congenital diaphragmatic hernia. With Prof. Dr. Med. Michael Tschirikov as the head of the department, the department of obstetrics and perinatal medicine delivers nearly 1,000 newborns and treats more than 3,000 inpatients every year.
Department of Obstetrics at University Hospital Halle (Saale) is specialized in:
• Natural Delivery
• High-risk pregnancy
• Uncomplicated pregnancy
• Pre-term birth
• Diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart anomalies
• Diagnosis and treatment of respiratory distress syndrome
Education
- 1984 - 1992 Medical University in Kalinin (Russia) and St. Petersburg State I.P. Pavlov Medical University, (Russia).
- 1992 Doctoral degree (with honors), St. Petersburg State I.P. Pavlov Medical University.
Specialization
- 1992 - 1995 Medical specialization, Ott Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Petersburg State I.P. Pavlov Medical University, Russia.
- 1995 - 2002 Medical specialization, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Hamburg, Germany.
- 25.02.2002 Medical Specialist, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Hamburg, Germany.
- 23.11.2004 Habilitation, University Medical Center, University of Hamburg, Germany. Subject: "Ductus venosus bypass in the fetal venous circulation: regulation mechanisms, diagnostic methods and clinical importance".
- 02.02.2005 Venia legendi, Lecturer for Obstetrics and Gynecology (§17 Abs. 2 HmbHSG), University of Hamburg, Germany.
Subspecialization
- 01.06. 2005 Medical Specialist, Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University of Hamburg, Germany.
- 2006 - 2011 University Professor, Head of the Department of Obstetrics at the Faculty of Medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
- Since 2011 University Professor, Head the Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Director of the Center of Fetal Surgery, elected Director of the Tertiary Perinatal Care Center at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Research Abroad
- 1998 - 2001 Eurofetus Program, Leuven University, Belgium.
- 2002 Loma Linda University, CA, USA.
- 2003 SFBR National Primate Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Scholarships and Awards
- 1990 - 1992 Lenin Scholarship at the Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- 1995 - 1996 DAAD Scholarship, Institute of Physiology, University of Hamburg, Germany.
- 2000 Trophoblast Research-IFPA: New Investigator Award at the 14th Rochester Trophoblast Congress, New York, USA.
- 2003 Haackert Award of Perinatal Medicine, awarded at the German Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duesseldorf, Germany.
- 2003 Scientific Research at the SFBR National Primate Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
- 2011 Nominated by the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz for a "German Research Award 2011".
- 2017 "Innovation Award Halle", Germany.
- 2017 Winner of the Hugo Junkers Award 2017 (1st place) in the category: "The most Innovative Project and Applied Research".
- Innovation title: "Artificial amniotic fluid and perinatal port system for the treatment of preterm membrane rupture".
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