Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics at University Hospital Muenster

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University Hospital Muenster

Münster, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Ludwig Kiesel

Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics at University Hospital Muenster provides medical care for pregnant women, females during and after their reproductive period and as well as newborns. The department is recognized as one of the best medical facilities in Germany in the field of obstetrics by FOCUS Magazine. The department has the latest diagnostics and therapeutics for gynecological diseases, gynecological tumors, hormonal imbalance, obstetrics, and perinatal medicine. The department is specialized in the treatment of tumors of the female reproductive organs as it is a part of the Comprehensive Cancer Society and is certified by the German Cancer Society. The obstetrics unit of the department offers the care for women during pregnancy and delivery as well as newborns. The department provides therapeutics approaches to fertility disorders.

Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Ludwig Kiesel, the department treats more than 4,300 inpatients and delivers nearly 1,000 live births every year. The department is a part of the UKM Breast Center, along with the Departments of Clinical Radiology, Pathology, Human Genetics, Nuclear Medicine, Clinical Andrology and Radiation Therapy. The clinical studies of the department are mainly directed towards early detection of breast cancer which improves the prognosis.

Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics at University Hospital Muenster is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Adrenogenital syndrome
•   Premature sexual development
•   Myoma
•   Endometriosis
•   Polycystic ovary syndrome
•   Premenstrual syndrome
•   Corpus luteum insufficiency
•   Hyperprolactinemia
•   Hair loss
•   Hirsutism
•   Contraception
•   Uterine cancer
•   Cervical cancer
•   Ovarian cancer
•   Vaginal cancer
•   Infertility
•   Genetic syndrome

Education and Professional Experience

1975 - 1978 Study of Medicine in Heidelberg.
1978 - 1979 Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Royal Free Hospital Medical School, University of London.
1979 - 1981 Doctoral research work in the Department of Gynecology at the University Hospital Heidelberg.
1981 Approbation (medical license).
1981 - 1982 Research Fellowship of the German Research Foundation.
1982 American State Examination (ECFMG).
1983 - 1989 Internship in the Department of Gynecology at the University Hospital Heidelberg.
1989 Board certification in Gynecology and Obstetrics.
1990 Habilitation.
1992 - 2000 Senior Physician in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Tuebingen (Head: Prof. Dr. med. H. A. Hirsch).
1996 Facultative medical training in Special Surgical Gynecology, Special Obstetrics, Gynecologic Endocrinology, and Reproductive Medicine.
1996 - 2000 Managing Senior Physician and subsequently Chief Physician of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Tuebingen (Head: Prof. Dr. D. Wallwiener)
Since 2000 Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Gynecology, Obstetrics at the University Hospital Muenster.

Membership in Scientific Societies

Member of the Ethics Committee of the Medical Association of Westphalia-Lippe.
Chairman of the Foundation for Endometriosis Research (SEF).
Board Member of the World Endometriosis Society (WES).
Board Member of the German Menopause Society.
Ex-President of the German Menopause Society.
Board Member of the Umbrella Association of Reproductive Medicine (DVR).
1st Chairman of the Tumor Center Muensterland.
Board Member of the German Society of Gynecologic Endocrinology and Reproductive Health.
Chairman of the German-Hungarian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DUGGG).
Member of the Guidelines Commission of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG).
Member of the International Menopause Society.
Member of the European Endometriosis League.
The representative of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics in the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF).
Member of the European Menopause / Andropause Society (EMAS).
Editorial Board Member, Associate Editor of "Breast Care".
Editorial Board Member of "Journal of Endometriosis".

Awards

1981 European Research Prize of the Japanese Medical Society.
1986 Schoeller Junkmann Award of the German Society of Endocrinology.
1991 Julius Redel Prize of the Heidelberg University.
1991 Endometriosis Research Award of the Foundation for Endometriosis Research (SEF).
1992 Poster Award of the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
2010 Semmelweis Medal of the Hungarian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics.