University Hospital Muenster
Münster, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Hermann-Joseph Pavenstädt
Department of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Hypertensiology, and Rheumatology
Department of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Hypertensiology and Rheumatology at University Hospital Muenster offers the diagnostics and therapeutic measures needed by patients with kidney diseases, hypertension, and rheumatological diseases. The department also performs more than 100 kidney transplantation operations every year, in cooperation with the Department of General and Visceral Surgery. It is recognized as one of the best and most successful centers for kidney transplantation in Germany.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Hermann-Joseph Pavenstädt, the department treats more than 3,000 inpatients, 8,000 outpatients, and nearly 14,000 emergency patients. every year. The department consists of 31 beds in the general wards, 12 in the emergency room, 8 beds in the kidney transplant ward and an intensive care unit. The Rheumatology Unit of the department is highly advanced with its state-of-the-art technological equipment and experienced medical staff. The unit is in close cooperation with specialist departments for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
Department of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Hypertensiology and Rheumatology at University Hospital Muenster is specialized in:
• HIV & AIDS
• Hypertension
• Fabry disease
• Dyslipidemia
• Glomerulonephritis
• Diabetic nephropathy
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Systemic lupus erythematous
• Wegener’s granulomatosis
• Kidney stones
• Acute renal failure
• Chronic renal failure
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Nephritic syndrome
• Nephrotic syndrome
University Education
- 1979 - 1986 Study of Medicine at the Universities of Regensburg and Freiburg, interrupted by alternative service in the St. Augustin nursing home for the elderly.
Doctoral Degree
- 1988 Thesis subject: "Investigation of intracellular antigens in lymphocyte and macrophage subpopulations of bronchoalveolar lavage".
Professional Career
- 01.02.1987 - 31.03.1987 Research Associate at the University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Internal Medicine IV (Head: Prof. Dr. med. P. Schollmeyer).
- 01.04.1987 - 30.06.1989 Research Associate at the Institute of Physiology in Freiburg (Head: Prof. Dr. med. R. Greger).
- 01.07.1989 - 31.07.1995 Assistant Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine IV at the University Hospital Freiburg.
- 09.1994 Habilitation in Internal Medicine. Subject "On the regulation of ion channels on glomerular mesangial and epithelial cells".
- 07.1994 Board certification Internal Medicine.
- 08.1995 Appointment as Senior Physician (C2).
- 09.1996 Subspecialization in Nephrology.
- 09.2000 Franz Volhard Prize.
- 12.2000 Invitation to the position of C3 Professor of Nephrology and Molecular Biology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 05.2001 C3 Professor of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Nephrology and Internal Medicine (Head: Prof. Dr. G. Walz).
- Since 08.2003 C4 Professor, Head of the Department of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Hypertensiology and Rheumatology at the University Hospital Muenster.
- 03.2007 Deputy Medical Director of the University Hospital Muenster.
- 05.2008 Board Member of the University Hospital Muenster.
Department of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Hypertensiology, and Rheumatology
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