University Hospital Saarland
Homburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Stephan Stilgenbauer
Department of Internal Medicine I - Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
Department of Internal Medicine I - Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at the University Hospital Saarland offers care in the form of diagnosis and treatment for patients with conditions related to cancer, hematopoietic system, immunologic and rheumatic disorders. Highly experienced doctors and staff with state-of-the-art medical equipment ensure optimal care for patients.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Stephan Stilgenbauer, the department treats more than 2,500 inpatients every year. The department has specialized doctors with great experience in the field of bone marrow and stem cell transplantation.
In the treatment of malignant tumors, the department cooperates with the needed specialized departments of the hospital. Management plans are custom-made for each patient according to the severity, type, and location of the disease. The department has an impressive history of research activities. The department also has a German Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group which is one of the leading study groups in the aggressive lymphoma field worldwide. The group came up with therapy methods that enhanced the outcome of treatments.
Department of Internal Medicine I - Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at the University Hospital specializes in diagnosis and treatment of:
• Acute myeloid leukemia
• Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• Chronic myelogenous leukemia
• Chronic myeloproliferative diseases
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Multiple myeloma
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Reactive arthritis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Sjogren's syndrome
• Systemic scleroderma
• Polymyositis
• Lyme arthritis
• Gout
• Autoimmune inflammatory syndromes
• Immunodeficiency diseases
• Takayasu arteritis
- 10.06.1994 Medical Licensing Examination
- 1987 - 1994 Study of Medicine at Heidelberg University.
Academic Degrees
- 20.10.2005 Visiting Professor.
- 8.10.2002 Habilitation, Internal Medicine, Ulm University (Research Advisor: Prof. Hartmut Döhner).
- 28.12.1994 Doctoral Thesis, Medicine, Heidelberg University (Research Advisor: Prof. Peter P. Nawroth).
Professional Experience
- Since 2003 Associate Professor and Senior Physician, Department of Internal Medicine III, Ulm University.
- Since 1999 Group Leader of the CLL Research Laboratory and the Central Reference Laboratory for Genetics of the GCLLSG.
- 1999 - 2002 Fellowship in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases; Department of Internal
- Medicine III, Ulm University (Head: Prof. Dr. H. Döhner).
- 1996 - 1998 Postdoctoral Laboratory Research Fellow, organization of complex genomes, German Cancer Research Center,
- Heidelberg, Germany (Head: Prof. P. Lichter).
- 1994 - 1999 Residency in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology, Rheumatology; Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg
- University.
- Head of the Department of Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Saarland.
Memberships
- German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology.
- German Society of Internal Medicine.
- Network of Competence for Malignant Lymphoma.
- German University Association (Deutscher Hochschul Verband).
- European Hematology Association.
- European Association for Cancer Research.
- American Society of Hematology.
Awards and Honors
- 1993 Scholarship of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the final year of the Medical School, (Baylor College of Medicine, M.D.
- Anderson Cancer Center) Houston, Texas, USA.
- 2000 Best Abstract Award, Annual Meeting of the German Society of Hematology and Oncology.
- 2001 Franziska Kolb Award for Leukemia Research, Ulm University.
- 2002 Artur Pappenheim Award of the German Society of Hematology and Oncology.
- 2006 Merckle Research Award, Ulm University.
- 2008 Walther und Christine Richtzenhain Award of the German Cancer Research Center.
Department of Internal Medicine I - Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
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