Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at University Hospital Muenster

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University Hospital Muenster

Münster, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Claudia Rössig

Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Muenster offers medical care for children and adolescents with blood diseases and tumors. The department is considered as one of the biggest medical institutions for pediatric hematology and oncology in Germany. It is certified by the German Cancer Society for its efforts in the field of pediatric oncology and takes part with the Society of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology in researches on the improvement of treatment of tumors and blood diseases like researches on non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Ewing’s sarcoma. Clinical trials are also conducted in the department to develop new therapeutics for cancer. Psychological support is offered for children with cancer as it is established that cancer has a depressing effect on the patient.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Claudia Rössig, the department treats more than 1,200 inpatients and 15,000 outpatients every year. A special feature of the department is stem cell transplantation which is offered for patients with leukemia, metabolic disorders, immunodeficiency, and bone marrow failure.

Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at University Hospital Muenster is specialized in stem cell transplantation as well as the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Leukemia
•   Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
•   Hodgkin’s lymphoma
•   Astrocytoma
•   Ganglioglioma
•   Ependymoma
•   Neuroblastoma
•   Wilms’ tumor
•   Osteosarcoma
•   Ewing’s sarcoma
•   Yolk sac tumor
•   Teratoma
•   Histiocytosis
•   Myelodysplastic syndrome
•   Fanconi syndrome
•   Kostmann syndrome
•   Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
•   Anemia
•   Thrombocytopenia

Education

1988 - 1995 Study of Human Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lübeck.
23.10.1995 State Examination
07.12.1995 Doctoral thesis defense with honors, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lübeck. Subject: "Examination of the central and peripheral parts of the auditory analyzer, as well as the development of speech in children with alcoholic embryopathy".
March 1998 Certificate of the Educational Commission For Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), Philadelphia, USA.
2006 Registration as Pediatrician, General Medical Council, London, UK.

Clinical Activities

July 1, 1997 Admission to medical practice by the President of Schleswig-Holstein.
Training for board certification:
- University Hospital Muenster, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (focus on Pediatric Hematology and Oncology).
- January 1996 - June 1997 Intern.
- January 1998 - December 2000 Postdoctoral Candidate, Center for Cellular and Gene Therapy, Houston, USA.
April 23, 2005 Board Certification in Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
July 21, 2007 Specialization in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.
Work as Senior Physician:
- 10.2005 - 02.2015 Senior Physician in the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.
- 05.2010 - 02.2015 Leading Senior Physician in the Department.
- 2007 March-May Internship as an Honorary Consultant in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
- Since 2005 Head of the Laboratory for Special Hematology and Oncology.
Since 03.2015 Head of the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.
Member of the Research Commissions (NHL-BFM, ALL-BFM, AML-BFM, ALL-REZ-BFM).

Research Activities

January 1998 - December 2000 Postdoctoral Fellow of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine.
January 2011 Head of the Working Group on Cellular Immunotherapy of Tumors, Muenster.
July 11, 2006 Habilitation, University of Muenster, Faculty of Medicine "Genetically Modified T-Cell-Based Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapy of Cancer".
July 21, 2009, Extraordinary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Muenster.
November 15, 2010, W3 Professor in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Muenster.

Scholarships

January 1998 - December 1999 Dr. Mildred Scheel Foundation Scholarship of the German Cancer
Society, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
January 2000 - December 2000 Scholarship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
January 2001 - September 2002 Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research Scholarship, Muenster.

Awards

2001 SIOP Prize of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, Brisbane, Australia.
June 2004 Young Scientist Award of the University of Muenster.