Department of Nephrology and Dialysis at University Hospital Mainz

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University Hospital Mainz

Mainz, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Julia Weinmann-Menke

Department of Nephrology and Dialysis

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Nephrology and Dialysis at University Hospital Mainz provides care for patients with congenital and acquired diseases affecting the kidneys. The department offers its service for the full range of kidney diseases, benign to malignant, acute to chronic and congenital to acquired. It also provides kidney transplantation along with pre and post-procedure monitoring and care. The department works in close cooperation with the Department of Urology to provide the patients with the best management plan.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Julia Weinmann-Menke, the department treats 1,450 inpatients every year. The department is also in collaboration with various Dialysis Centers to provide optimal care for more than 600 patients every year. Dr. Weinmann-Menke is one of the best specialists in her field of work and has done amazing achievements with the department.

The Department of Nephrology and Dialysis at University Hospital Mainz is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Glomerulonephritis
•   Pyelonephritis
•   Tubulointerstitial nephritis
•   Gestational nephropathy
•   Cystinuria
•   Glycosuria
•   Bartter syndrome
•   Gitelman syndrome
•   Renal failure
•   Renal anemia
•   Arterial hypertension
•   Congenital polycystic kidney disease

Education and professional career

1997 - 2004 Study of Human Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
2004 Medical examination and admission to medical practice.
2004 - 2006 Assistant Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Mainz.
2005 Doctoral Degree in Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Mainz (Doctoral thesis defense with honors).
2006 - 2008 German Research Foundation Scholarship, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA. Laboratory: Prof. Dr. V. R. Kelley.
2008 - 2012 Assistant Physician, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Mainz.
2011 Medical Specialist in Internal Medicine.
2012 Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Internal Medicine.
2012 Specialization in Nephrology.
Since 2012 Head of the Department of Nephrology and Dialysis at the University Hospital Mainz.
Since 2013 Teaching activities, Internal Medicine, University Hospital Mainz.
Since 2014 Authorized Person in Transplantation, University Hospital Mainz.

Awards

2006 - 2008 Research Scholarship of the German Research Foundation.
2010 Dagmar-Eissner Encouraging Prize for Young Scientists.
2005 and 2009 Award (Posterpreis) of the German Society for Rheumatology.
2010, 2012, 2013 ARRP Award (Posterpreis).
2011 Award (Posterpreis) of the Therapists Congress Saar and Rhineland-Palatinate.
2013 Young Investigators Award (Rheumatology), German Society of Internal Medicine.
2014 Boehringer Ingelheim Prize.
2015 Research Scholarship of the German Society of Nephrology.
2014 and 2015 Rhineland-Palatinate Lecturer Prize.

Memberships

German Society of Internal Medicine.
German Society for Rheumatology.
German Transplantation Society
American Society of Nephrology.
Working Group on Rheumatology and Joint Center for Rheumatology Rhineland-Palatinate.

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