University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

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Hamburg, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Stefan Rutkowski

Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf provides medical care for newborns, children, and adolescents for blood disorders and tumors. The department is the only one in Hamburg and one of the largest centers in Germany of its specialty. The department is in possession of state-of-the-art diagnostics and therapeutics as it’s in association with GPOH. The department excels in the fields of brain tumors, bone tumors, and leukemia. One of the things that make this department remarkable is the stem cell and bone marrow transplantation.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Stefan Rutkowski, the department treats more than 10,000 outpatients as well as 1,300 inpatients every year. The department of pediatric hematology and oncology is conducting multiple trial activities for leukemia, medulloblastoma, and ependymoma.

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

•   Sickle cell disease
•   Thalassemia
•   Hemolytic disease of the newborn
•   Hemolytic anemia
•   Spherocytosis
•   Cyclical neutropenia
•   Chronic granulomatous disease
•   Leukocyte adhesion deficiency
•   Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia
•   Diamond-Blackfan anemia
•   Dyskeratosis congenita
•   Hemophilia
•   von Willebrand disease
•   Neuroblastoma
•   Neurofibromatosis
•   Retinoblastoma
•   Sarcoma
•   Wilm's Tumor

10.1988 - 04.1995 Study of Human Medicine, University of Bonn.
12.06.1995 Medical Examination.
06.1996 Doctoral thesis, University of Frankfurt. Subject: "Cytokines in umbilical cord blood of mature newborns and premature babies during normal pregnancy and under the influence of perinatal stress and infections".
07.1995 - 08.2002 Intern and Research Fellow, University Hospital Würzburg.
09.2002 - 03.2005 Acting Head of the Department, Department of Oncology with the focus on Neuro-Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg.
12.2003 Board certification in Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
04.2005 - 02.2009 Senior Physician, Department of Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Würzburg.
06.2005 Philip Kind Prize for the Best Scientific Work in Pediatric Oncology in German-speaking countries (in collaboration with Prof. J. Kühl).
01.2007 Habilitation and Venia legendi, Faculty of Medicine, University of Würzburg.
04.2007 Venia legendi in Pediatrics, University of Würzburg.
02.2008 Specialization in Pediatric Oncology and Hematology.
03.2009 - 09.2015 W2 Professor in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, as well as Deputy Head of the Department.
Since 10.2015, Head of the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Other Activities

Since 11.2002 Elected Head of the HIT-MED Research Group of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology.
Since 03.2006 Representative of the HIT Medical Network (Working Group on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology and All Researches of Brain Tumors of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology).
01.2007 - 06.2012 Chairman of the European PNET Working Group of the European Society of Pediatric Oncology, the Researches of Medulloblastoma and Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors.
11.2009 - 12.2015 Board Member of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology.
09.2011 Adam Balinski Academy Award, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
03.2012 Scientific Director at the ?onference of HIT Medical Network within the Comprehensive Cancer Centre Hamburg.
09.2012 -12.2015 First Deputy Chairman of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology.
Since 04.2014. Member of the Ethics Committee of the Medical Association Hamburg.
Since 06.2014 Research Director, Multicenter Research SIOP PNET5-MB (sponsored by the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf).
Since 06.2014 Chairman of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Committee, European Section of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology.

Memberships in Professional Societies