University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Christian Betz

Department of Otolaryngology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Otolaryngology at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf provides medical care for ear, nose and throat diseases as well as head and neck tumors. The Department of Otolaryngology is composed of 38 beds where more than 2,800 inpatients are treated every year. The department is in possession of the most advanced equipment for diagnosis and treatment, it has a section for Functional Diagnostics, a Cochlear Implantation section, an operation rooms with cutting-edge technology for middle ear, inner ear, nasal, paranasal and skull base surgery.
Department of Otolaryngology at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is in cooperation with the Harvard Medical School, the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston. The department also hosts a Tumor Expert Congress every other year. With Prof. Dr. Med. Christian Betz as the head of the department, it provides medical care for more than 9,000 outpatients and performs over 1,500 operations annually. The head and neck surgery unit of the department of otolaryngology has the main focus on tumors of the area. More than 1,000 surgical interventions are performed every year for the removal of tumors of the thyroid, scalp, neck and salivary glands as it’s certified by the German Cancer Society.

Department of Otolaryngology at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Malformations of the middle ear
•   Eustachian tube ventilation dysfunction
•   Sinusitis
•   Allergic reactions
•   Head and neck tumors
•   Sleep disorders
•   Salivary gland tumors
•   Impaired secretion outflow
•   Otitis media
•   External ear infection
•   Mastoiditis
•   Cholesteatoma
•   Osteosclerosis
•   Tinnitus
•   Sinusitis
•   Nasal airway obstruction
•   Decompression of the optic nerve and orbit
•   Vocal cord paralysis
•   Laryngeal cancer
•   Polyps of the vocal cords
•   Tracheal stenosis
•   Salivary glands stones
•   Sialosis
•   Salivary glands cyst

Education

10.1993 - 06.2000 Study of Human Medicine at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Professional Qualifications

08.2000 Partial admission to medical practice.
02.2002 Admission to medical practice.
01.2006 Board certification in Otolaryngology.
04.2012 Additional qualification in Plastic Surgery.
10.2013 Optional advanced training in Special Otolaryngological Surgery.
10.2015 Additional qualification in Allergology.

Professional Background

08.2000 - 01.2002 Internship, Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital at the University of Munich.
02.2002 - 05.2006 Research Fellow, Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital at the University of Munich.
06.2006 - 05.2007 Research and Clinical Fellow, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital at the University College London, London, UK.
07.2007 - 09.2009 Research Fellow, Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital at the University of Munich.
10.2009 - 06.2010 Senior Physician of the Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital at the University of Munich.
07.2010 - 06.2011 Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
07.2011 - 11.2013 Senior Physician of the Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital at the University of Munich.
12.2013 - 09.2017 Leading Senior Doctor of the Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital at the University of Munich.
10.2017 - 06.2018 Deputy Head of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University Hospital Tuebingen.
Since 07.2018 Head of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Scientific Qualifications

12.2000 Doctoral thesis (Summa cum laude), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Subject: "Combined fluorescent diagnostics (5- ALA-induced PpIX and autofluorescence) for diagnosing and determining the boundaries of oral carcinomas: fluorescence imaging, spectral analysis, and kinetics ".
03.2010 Habilitation, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Subject: "The use of optical methods for the early diagnostics of tumors of the upper respiratory tract".

Scientific Background

Since 10.1996 Researcher in various projects.
Since 12.1996 Active participation in numerous congresses, meetings, and seminars.
Since 10.1997 Numerous scientific publications.
Since 08.2003 Work as a supervisor of medical students.
Since 08.2006 Chief Researcher in the research projects.
Since 03.2009 Organization of congresses and scientific seminars.
Since 04.2015. Junior Editor of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine.
Since 06.2016 Editor of the Laryngology and Tracheal Diseases column, HNO Journal.
06.2016 Extraordinary Professor of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
07.2018 University Professor, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Scholarships and Awards

04.1999 - 09.1999 Scholarship of the Federal State of Bavaria at Harvard Medical School (within the framework of the Munich and Harvard Medical Education Alliance).
05.1999 Video Award for the video work of the German Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. The theme of the video: "Diagnostics of oral tumors using 5-ALA-induced PpIX fluorescence".
03.2009 Award for the Best Report in the field of Optical Diagnostics of Head and Neck Pathologies.
11.2012 Scholarship for training abroad of the German Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (participation in the course on skull base surgery), University of Pittsburgh.

Memberships in Professional Societies

Since 2000 German Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Since 2001 Harvard Club Germany, Alumni Association of Harvard University in Germany (2001-2018 Section in Munich, 2018 Section in Hamburg).
Since 2002 German Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.
Since 2003 German Society for Laser Medicine (DGLM).
Since 2007 Photonics21 (European Technology Platform).
Since 2008 European Platform for Photodynamic Medicine (EPPM).
Since 2008 Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics Society (HNODS).
Since 2013 Society of Skull Base Surgery and European Society of Skull Base Surgery.
Since 2015 European Laryngological Society.
Since 2015 Working Group on Laryngology and Tracheal Diseases of the German Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (Board Member).
Since 2018 Working Group on Endoscopy of the German Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (Board Member).