University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Ania Muntau
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf provides medical care for newborns, children, and adolescents for the full range of diseases. The department has an extraordinary medical staff of 352 qualified members who are specialized in the health of children. The department of pediatrics has a specialized unit for newborns and pediatric intensive care. The ward dedicated to newborns is composed of 21 beds where babies with diseases requiring care in the first few days of life are treated.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Ania Muntau, the department treats over 17,000 outpatients and nearly 5,000 inpatients every year. The research unit of the department of pediatrics is more concerned with research areas of the metabolism and respiratory distress in premature newborns.
Department of Pediatrics at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Degenerative brain diseases
• Epilepsy
• Tuberous sclerosis
• Renal failure
• Glomerulopathies
• Asthma
• Hay fever
• Vasculitis
• Dermatomyositis
• Phenylketonuria
• Lysosomal storage diseases
• Respiratory distress syndrome
Academic and Professional ?areer
- Since 2014 Head of the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
- 2010 - 2014 Head of the Department of Congenital Metabolic Disorders, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University of Munich, Munich.
- 2007 - 2014 Project Manager (LMU Excellence Initiative).
- 2006 - 2014 (W2) Professor in Pediatrics.
- 2004 - 2014 Head of the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University of Munich, Munich, as well as Project Manager of the Bavarian Genome Research Network.
- 2001 - 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University of Munich, Munich.
- 2000 - 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Ruhr University in Bochum.
- Since 2000 Board certification in Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
- 1997 - 2004 Training in Biochemical Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- 1990 - 2000 Training for board certification in Pediatrics.
- 1984 - 1990 Study of Human Medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Awards and Honorary Memberships
- Since 2015 Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
- 2012 Therese von Bayern Award.
- 2008 Honorary Mention, Nature Awards for Mentoring and Science.
- 2004 Adelbert Czerny Prize for Outstanding Researches in Pediatrics.
- 2001 - 2005 Research Scholarship of the German Research Foundation.
Membership in Professional Societies
- German Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
- Congenital Metabolic Disorder Association.
- American Society of Human Genetics.
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
- Working Group on Metabolic Disorders in Children.
Department of Pediatrics
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