University Hospital Mainz
Mainz, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Mathias Schreckenberger
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Mainz offers the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid, neurological and oncological diseases with radioactive materials. The department is equipped with the most advanced, state-of-the-art equipment such as PET-CT, MRI, and CT scan. With Prof. Dr. Med. Mathias Schreckenberger as the head of the department, about 520 patients are treated there yearly. The department has a nuclear medicine therapy ward where radioactive drugs are used for the treatment of various diseases, 90% of which are thyroids diseases. The remaining 10% are mainly hormone-secreting tumors, such as pheochromocytoma and neuroendocrine tumors, as well as lymph node tumors and metastases. The department is in cooperation with the University Medical Center which enables services to be exchanged with the Departments of Gynecology, Genetics, Neuropsychology, Pathology and Radiation Therapy.
The Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Mainz is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Pheochromocytoma
• Lymph node metastases
• Liver cancer
• Liver metastases
• Hodgkin lymphoma
• Non- Hodgkin lymphoma
• Goiter
• Neuroendocrine tumors
• Neuroblastoma
• Brain tumor
• Skin cancer
• Pheochromocytoma
• Thyrotoxicosis
• Thyroid tumor
- Prof. Dr. med. Mathias Schreckenberger studied Human Medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (1984 - 1990) after the end of military service.
- After receiving his doctoral degree, he worked as a Research Assistant at the University Hospital Erlangen-Nuremberg, Mainz and Aachen in the field of Anatomy of the Nervous System, Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Nuclear Medicine.
- In 1999, the professor received the title of a Medical Specialist in Nuclear Medicine. In the same year, Dr. Schreckenberger took the position of a Senior Physician in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Aachen.
- In 2007, he was habilitated and took the position of the Leading Senior Physician in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University
- Hospital Mainz.
- In 2003, the doctor was offered the position of C3 Professor in Nuclear Medicine
- In 2006 he was appointed to the post of an Acting Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Mainz.
- In May 2008, he became the Professor and Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Mainz.
Department of Nuclear Medicine
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