University Hospital Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Ute Spiekerkötter
Department of General Pediatrics
Department of General Pediatrics at University Hospital Freiburg provides care for children and adolescents with acute or chronic diseases. The department offers its service for inpatients as well as those in need of emergency care all hours of the day. The department of pediatrics takes pride in its diagnostic equipment and special features such as a Molecular Genetic Laboratory for Pulmonary and Allergic Disorders and another Laboratory for the Diagnosis of Metabolic Disorders.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Ute Spiekerkötter, the department treats more than 5,100 inpatients every year. The research unit of the department is working towards the early detection and management of genetic diseases.
Department of General Pediatrics at University Hospital Freiburg is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Infectious hepatitis
• Toxoplasmosis
• Tuberculosis
• Osteomyelitis
• Toxic shock syndrome
• Sepsis
• Lyme arthritis
• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• Vasculitis
• Uveitis
• Type I Diabetes Mellitus
• Premature development
• Celiac disease
• Constipation
• Crohn’s disease
• Preterm birth
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Atopic dermatitis
• Cystic fibrosis
- 1986 - 1992 Study of Human Medicine at the Universities of Aachen, Göttingen and Muenster.
Social Activities
- 1985, 1989 - 1990, 1993, 2001 Medical activities in Zimbabwe, India and Nepal.
Clinical Activities
- 1994 -1995 Internship, Department of General Pediatrics, University of Essen.
- 1995 Admission to medical practice.
- 1995 - 2001 Assistant Physician, Department of General Pediatrics, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf.
- 2000 Medical Specialist in Pediatrics.
- Since 2005 Senior Physician, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf.
- Since 2008 Head of the Section for Metabolic Disorders in Children (W2 Professor specialized in metabolic disorders in children).
- 2008 Additional qualification in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology.
- Since 1.10.2012 Head of the Department of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the University Hospital Freiburg.
Research Activities
- 1994 Doctoral degree.
- 2001 - 2003 University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (Prof. Dr. W. Strauss).
- 2004 - 2005 Casimir-Ziegler Research Fellowship of the Academy of Sciences of North Rhine-Westphalia, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), Prof. Dr. R. J. A. Wanders.
- 2005 Habilitation. Subject: "Congenital disorders of fatty acid oxidation: molecular and pathophysiological studies."2008 - 2012 W2 Professor (metabolic disorders in children), Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf.
- Invitation to the position of the W3 Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Bonn.
- W3 Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Freiburg.
Research Focuses
- Congenital disorders of fatty acid oxidation: pathophysiology and new therapies.
- Mitochondrial morphology and function in genetic enzyme defects of energy metabolism.
- Interprofessional education, training of medical students and nursing students (IPA Päd).
Department of General Pediatrics
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