Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and General Medicine at University Hospital Cologne

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University Hospital Cologne

Cologne, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Thomas Benzing

Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and General Medicine

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and General Medicine at University Hospital Cologne provides care for patients with diseases affecting the urinary system, endocrine organs, as well as rheumatic disorders. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Thomas Benzing, the medical staff has achieved excellent results in the field of kidney and hypertensive diseases as it treats more than 2,250 inpatients there every year.
The department is a certified Hypertension Center DHL by the German Hypertension Association, the German Cancer Aid, the German Cancer Society, and the German Society of Nephrology. The rheumatological unit offers the full range of outpatient and inpatient care for systemic Erkankunge, systemic lupus erythematosus, and sarcoidosis.

The Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and General Medicine at University Hospital Cologne is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

Glomerulonephritis
Kidney failure
Collagenases
Vasculitis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Obesity
Sjogren’s syndrome
Wegener’s granulomatosis
Behcet’s disease
Sarcoidosis
Gout
Spondularthritis
Hypothyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Bone metabolism disorders
Osteoporosis

Education and professional career

since 2017: Co-chair of the Excellence Cluster CECAD (together with Jens Brüning), Cologne Vice
since 2015: Vice Dean of Finances, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
since 2010: Director of the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne,
since 2007: Co-Coordinator of the Cologne Cluster of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne
since 2007: Professor of Medicine (W3), University of Cologne; Director and Chairman Department II of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne
2006 – 2007: Professor of Medicine (W3), University Hospital Freiburg
2003 – 2005: Attending Physician, Heisenberg Fellow of the DFG, University of Freiburg
2003: Board examination Internal Medicine and Nephrology
2002: Habilitation, Venia Legendi for Internal Medicine
2000 – 2002: Fellowship in Nephrology, University Hospital Freiburg
1998 – 2000: Research Fellow in Nephrology, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Research Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1996 – 1998: Postdoctoral Training at the Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Frankfurt
1995 – 1996: Residency in Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg
1994: Promotion (MD thesis), University of Freiburg
1987 – 1994: Medicine, University of Freiburg

Awards, distinctions, and professional activities (selection)

2020: Appointed Member, North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2018: Honorary Member, American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA)
2015: Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
2014: Elected Chair, 10th International Podocyte Meeting, Freiburg
2013: Elected Chair, 29th Ernst Klenk International Symposium on "Systems Approaches in Translational Medicine", Cologne, Germany
2010: Elected Member, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
since 2010: President, Scientific Advisory Board Foundation for Preventive Medicine
2008: Ernst Jung-Award for Medicine, Ernst-Jung Society Hamburg
2008: Elected Honorary Member, Ludwig-Heilmeyer Society
since 2007: Appointed Thesis Opponent, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
2006: Young Investigator Award of the American Society of Nephrology
2005: Franz-Volhard-Award of the German Society of Nephrology
2005: Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology
2003: Heisenberg Fellowship of the German Research Foundation