Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at University Hospital Mainz

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University Hospital Mainz

Mainz, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Matthias Theobald

Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at University Hospital Mainz provides care for patients with tumors and diseases of the blood. The department offers its service on both outpatient and inpatient basis where the diagnosis and treatment of bone marrow, blood, and lymphatic system malignancies are provided. The department also offers stem cell transplantation for complex diseases.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Matthias Theobald, the department treats about 2,900 inpatients every year, 250 of which are lymphoma patients. The department is equipped with the cutting-edge diagnostics and therapeutics for malignant diseases of all organs. The department offers the full range of tumor therapy such as transfusion therapy, growth factor therapy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy as well as immunotherapy. Another focus of the department is blood clotting disorders as the department works in close cooperation with the Comprehensive Care Center in the treatment of complex bleeding disorders.

The Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at University Hospital Mainz is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Leukemia
•   Myelodysplastic syndrome
•   Multiple myelomas
•   Anemia
•   Lung tumors
•   Sarcoma
•   Kidney tumors
•   Head and neck tumors
•   Thrombocytopenia
•   Hemophilia A
•   Hemophilia B
•   Von Willebrand disease

Education, Training and Professional Experience

1981 - 1987 Study of Chemistry, Human Biology, and Medicine at the Universities of Giessen, Marburg, Mainz and Ulm.
1987 Medical examination and admission to medical practice.
1989 Doctoral thesis defense and the title of the Candidate of Medical Sciences (magna cum laude), Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulm.
1987 - 1992 Research Fellow/Assistant Physician, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm.
1992 - 1995 Scholarship and Research Fellow, Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California.
1995 - 1996 Research Fellow/Assistant Physician, Department of Hematology, Internal Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Hemostaseology at the University Hospital Mainz.
1996 Certified Therapist.
1997 Invitation to the position of Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Bone Marrow Transplantation Program and part-time Corresponding Member of the Blood Research Institute Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1996 - 2006 Senior Physician, Department of Hematology, Internal Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Hemostaseology at the University Hospital Mainz.
1998 Doctoral thesis defence, Venia Legendi, Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
2000 Specialization: Hematology and Internal Oncology.
2003 - 2006 Invitation to the post of (C3) University Professor, Professor of the Jose Carreras Foundation, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
2004 - 2006 Medical Director, Department of Hematology, Internal Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Hemostaseology at the University Hospital Mainz.
2006 - 2009 Invitation to the position of Full Professor of Hematology, Head of the Department of Hematology, Van Creveld Hospital, University Medical Center of Utrecht, Netherlands, as well as the Department of Immunology.
Since 2008 Board Committee Member of the Research Center for Immunology (FZI), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Since 2009 Invitation to the position of (W3) University Professor in Hematology/Oncology, Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Mainz.
2010 - 2013 Board Member of the Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH) at the University Hospital Mainz.
2010 - 2013 Speaker of the Clinical Research Group KFO 183 "Optimized Allogeneic Lymphocyte Therapy" of the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the University Hospital Mainz.
2011 - 2016 Board Speaker of the Mainz University Cancer Center (UCT) at the University Hospital Mainz.
Since 2013 Representative of the German Society of Hematology and Oncology (DGHO) in the Commission "Clinical Trials in Oncology" of the German Cancer Society (DKG).
Since 2013 Speaker of the Mainz medical staff in the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), Frankfurt/Mainz.
Since 2014 Representative of the German Society of Hematology and Oncology (DGHO) at the German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM).
Since 2016 Representative of the German Society of Hematology and Oncology (DGHO) at the Scientific Council of the Paul Ehrlich Institut in "Tissue Engineering Technology".
Since 2016 Head of the University Cancer Center (UCT) at the University Hospital Mainz.