Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Osteology, and Endocrinology at University Hospital Jena

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University Hospital Jena

Jena, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Gunter Wolf

Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Osteology, and Endocrinology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Osteology, and Endocrinology at University Hospital Jena provides care for patients with diseases of the kidney, endocrine glands, and bones as well as rheumatic diseases. The department focuses on optimal care for diabetes mellitus type 1 and types 2 as well as thyroid, pituitary, and rheumatological diseases. It is also considered as one of the best facilities for the treatment of diabetes mellitus in Germany, according to FOCUS Magazine. The nephrological unit of the department offers cutting-edge diagnostics, conservative and surgical therapeutics for the management of chronic kidney disease, hypertension, kidney tumors, and kidney failure. All units of the department offer medical services that follow the guidelines of the national and international standards. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Gunter Wolf, the department treats nearly 4,200 patients every year, 200 of which are diabetic patients.

The Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Osteology, and Endocrinology at University Hospital Jena is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Chronic kidney diseases
•   Kidney failure
•   Glomerulonephritis
•   Hypertension
•   Diabetes mellitus type 1
•   Diabetes mellitus type 2
•   Pituitary diseases
•   Hyperthyroidism
•   Hypothyroidism
•   Lipid metabolism disorders
•   Obesity
•   Polycystic ovary syndrome
•   Systemic lupus erythematosus
•   Systemic scleroderma
•   Polymyositis
•   Sjogren syndrome
•   Vasculitides
•   Rheumatoid arthritis

Education

1981 - 1987 Study of Human Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
1987 Third State Examination and admission to medical practice. Scholar of the Educational Foundation.

Professional Career

1987 - 1988 Assistant Physician at the Center for Internal Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
1988 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
1988 PhD thesis defense (with honors), Center for Internal Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. Subject: "Comparative biochemical and immunohistological characteristics of human, fetal, placenta and kidney adenocarcinoma antigens".
1988 - 1991 Research Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
1991 - 1993 Assistant Physician at the Center for Internal Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
1993 - 1998 Assistant Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine IV (focus on Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Osteology, Rheumatology) of the University of Hamburg, University Hospital Eppendorf.
1996 Board certification in Internal Medicine.
1997 Doctoral thesis defense in Internal Medicine. Subject: "Angiotensin II as a growth factor of tubular cells of the kidney". Venia Legendi in Internal Medicine.
1998 Specialization in Nephrology.
1998 - 2004 Clinical Senior Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
1998 - 2001 Heisenberg Scholarship of the German Research Foundation.
2002 Recognition as Diabetologist by the German Diabetes Society.
2002 - 2004 (C3) Professorship in Internal Medicine at the University of Hamburg.
2003 Invitation to the position of (C4) Professor at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
2005 Acting Head of the Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Osteology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Jena.
Since 2005 Head of the Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Osteology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Jena.
2008 - 2010 Deputy Dean for Research.
2008 - 2010 Study of Health Management without leaving medical practice at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen and Munich.
2005 - 2009 First Chairman of the Society of Internists of Thüringia.
Since 2010 Honorary Member of the Society of Internists of Thüringia.
2010 - 2016 Chairman of the Working Group "Diabetes and the kidneys" of the German Diabetes Society.

Awards and Honors

1991 Dupont Travel Award for the best scientific contribution in the use of DuP 753.
1996 Dr. Martini Prize of the University of Hamburg.
1996 Dupont Travel Award for the best scientific contribution to the use of Losartan.
1999 Franz-Volhard Prize of the Society of Nephrology.
2006 Bernd Teerstegen Prize of the Association of German Nephrology Centers.
2010 Scientific Prize of the Bürger-Büsing Foundation.

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