University Hospital Ulm
Ulm, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek
Department of Dermatology and Allergology
The department of dermatology and allergology at the university hospital of Ulm treats all kind of dermatological and allergic diseases. The department consists of 35 inpatients and 14 semi-stationary beds. The department also specializes in the treatment of benign and malignant tumors of the skin. The skin tumor center of Ulm was founded in 2009 and covers the entire dermato-oncological spectrum. As a skin cancer center certified by the German cancer society (DKG), the department offers not only the modern guideline-compliant treatment but also many new therapies that are otherwise inaccessible to patients. The department offers a careful diagnosis with the most modern test methods, by experienced doctors as the basis for successful therapy. The head of the department, Prof. Scharffetter-Kochanek, is one of the board members of the European Tissue Repair Society (ETRS) and has access to new therapeutic developments (including the development of the use of stem cells).
The department of dermatology and allergology at the university hospital of Ulm has been also certified by the European network of excellence for allergic diseases.
The department of dermatology and allergology at the university hospital of Ulm specializes in the treatment of following diseases:
- Dermatology
- Psoriasis
- Psoriasis Vulgaris
- Neurodermatitis
- Dermatomyositis
- Scleroderma
- Atopic dermatitis
- Reactive perforating collagenosis
- Photodermatosis
- Vitiligo
- Graft-versus-host disease
- Dermato-oncology
- Malignant melanoma (black skin cancer)
- Squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma (white skin cancer)
- Actinic keratosis (white skin cancer in the early stages)
- Lymphomas of the skin (mycosis fungoides, b-cell lymphomas and others)
- Merkel cell carcinoma, dermatofibrosarcoma, angiosarcoma and other rare tumors
- Benign skin tumors
- Allergology
- Hay fever
- Asthma
- Urticarial
- Conjunctivitis
- Drug reactions
- Study of Medicine at the Rhine-Westphalian Technical University Aachen, University of Vienna (Austria).
Academic and Professional Career
- 2002 Invitation to the Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ulm University.
- 1993 - 1995 Heisenberg Scholarship, Institute of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
- 1988 Research Scholarship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA.
- 1987 - 1989 Research Scholarship of the German Research Foundation, Connective Tissue Laboratory, Department of Dermatology, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich.
- Senior Physician at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospitals of Duesseldorf and Cologne.
- Work at the Institute of Pathology at the Rhine-Westphalian Technical University Aachen.
Positions in the Scientific Societies and Committees
- Deputy Spokesperson, Geriatric Competence Center, Ulm.
- Board Member of the Comprehensive Cancer Centers.
- Board Member of the European Tissue Research Society.
Awards and Honorary Memberships
- Since 2008, Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
Main Research Focuses
- Skin diseases.
- Impaired wound healing.
- Skin aging processes: diagnostics, prevention and molecular bases.
Department of Dermatology and Allergology
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