University Hospital Bonn- Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine

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University hospital Bonn

Bonn, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Gembruch

Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine at University Hospital Bonn is a quarter of the Center of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UKB. The department offers care for women who have high-risk pregnancies and for the newborns in their first week. This department was recognized as one of the top facilities of its kind in Germany by FOCUS Magazine.
The department provides a prenatal program for pregnant women to ensure early diagnosis of conditions that categorizes the pregnancy as a high-risk pregnancy. Newborns with malformations are surgically treated in the Fetal Surgery Unit.
Under the guidance of one of the top doctors in Germany in this field, Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Gembruch, more than 2,000 babies are born and 1,000 newborns with fetal malformations are treated there every year. This department is in collaboration with the Department of Neonatology and Intensive Care to ensure the best care for babies with congenital malformations and for premature newborns. Cooperation with pediatric departments is provided when needed.

Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine at University Hospital Bonn is specialized in:

•   Delivery
•   Care for high-risk pregnancy
•   Postnatal care for both the mother and baby
•   Diagnosis and treatment of fetal malformation

Curriculum vitae of Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Gembruch

Academic and Professional Activities

Since 2002, Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine at the University Hospital Bonn.
1993 - 2002 Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Head of the Department of Prenatal Medicine at the University Hospital Lübeck.
1992 Ph.D. thesis defense in Fetal Echocardiography.
1987 - 1993 Senior Physician, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Bonn.
1982 - 1987 Training for Medical Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Bonn.
1980 - 1982 Assistant Physician, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Bonn.
1980 Doctoral thesis defense.
1974 - 1980 Study of Human Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.

Positions in Scientific Societies and Committee

Member and Former Board Member of the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG).
Board Member and Former President of the German Society for Perinatal Medicine (DGPM).
Member and Former President of the German Society of Prenatal Medicine and Obstetrics (DGPGM).
Board Member of the German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM).
Editorial Board Member of several journals.

Project Coordination, Participation in Joint Projects

1998 - 2004 Project of the German Research Foundation "Color Doppler ultrasound examinations of blood flow velocity in the venous duct of the fetus during childbirth".

Awards and Honorary Memberships

2015 Gold Medal of Dr. Haackert Foundation for Achievements in Prenatal Medicine.
2014 Fritz Acker Award for Merits in Prenatal Diagnostics of Severe Heart Defects, German Cardiac Society.
Since 2014, Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
2009 Ian Donald Golden Medal, International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
1989 Research Scholarship of Dr. Haackert Foundation for the Development of Prenatal Medicine.

Main Research Focuses