Department of Hematology and Oncology at University Hospital Freiburg

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University Hospital Freiburg

Freiburg, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Justus Duyster

Department of Hematology and Oncology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Hematology and Oncology at University Hospital Freiburg provides care for patients of all ages with blood and oncological diseases. The department offers inpatient and outpatient services as well as research and training courses for young doctors. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Justus Duyster, the department of hematology and oncology treats more than 3,300 inpatients every year with the latest diagnostics and therapeutics. The department has research activities that mainly focus on tumor immunology, stem cell transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, coagulation disorders, congenital and acquired blood diseases as well as tumors and the side effects of the therapy.

Department of Hematology and Oncology at University Hospital Freiburg is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Head and neck tumors
•   Esophageal cancer
•   Lung cancer
•   Breast cancer
•   Ovarian cancer
•   Thyroid cancer
•   Sarcoma
•   Meningioma
•   Kidney cancer
•   Endometrial cancer
•   Melanoma
•   Pheochromocytoma
•   Leukemia
•   Hodgkin’s lymphoma
•   Non- Hodgkin's lymphoma
•   Anemia
•   Thrombocytopenia

1981 - 1982 Public Service, Hanover Medical School.
1982 - 1989 Study of Medicine at the University of Freiburg.
02.1987 - 05.1987 Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Vita Insani Clinic, Pematang Siantar, Sumatra.
1987 - 1990 Dissertation, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Freiburg. Subject: "Long-term therapy with captopril in experimental heart failure".

Professional Experience

11.1989 - 04.1991 Internship, Institute of Biochemistry, Freiburg, within the framework of the joint research project "Tumor development and prevention of this process".
1991 Admission to medical practice.
05.1991 - 10.1992 Research Fellow, joint research project "Tumor development and prevention of this process" Institute of Biochemistry, Freiburg.
10.1992 - 10.1994 Research Fellow, University of California, San Diego, Department of Biology (under the guidance of Prof. Wang), scholarship of the German Cancer Society.
11.1994 - 01. 1996 Assistant Physician, Free University of Berlin, University Hospital Virchow, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Oncology.
02.1996 - 01.1998 Medical Assistant, Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Ulm.
02.1998 Medical Assistant, Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich.
07.2001 Medical Specialist in Internal Medicine.
01.2002 Senior Physician in the Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich.
01.2003 Habilitation, Internal Medicine.
07.2005 Partial specialization in Hematology and Internal Oncology.
01.2003 - 08.2012 Leading Senior Physician and Deputy Head of the Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich12.2004 Acceptance of the proposal to fill the position of C3 Professor of Internal Medicine and Experimental Hematology, Technical University of Munich.
2007 Invitation to the position of W3 Professor of Hematology and Oncology, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg (refused).
09.2012 W3 Professor of the Department of Hematology and Oncology at the University Hospital Freiburg (successor to Prof. Mertelsmann)