University Hospital RWTH Aachen

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Aachen, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Felix Manuel Mottaghy

Department of Nuclear Medicine

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital RWTH Aachen provides advanced diagnostics and therapeutics with the help of radioisotopes. Nuclear medicine is mostly used for the diagnosis of thyroid, heart, lung, kidney and abdominal diseases. The department uses PET, PET-CT, and SPECT to ensure the patient is diagnosed accurately and rapidly. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Felix Manuel Mottaghy, about 2700 inpatients are treated in this department every year.
Thyroid disorders are the main focus of the Nuclear Medicine department. Radioiodine therapy is utilized for the diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid tumors as well as targeted therapy for damaged cells. It’s also used for synovial mucosal restoration in joint disorders. An important role of nuclear medicine is the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Using the advanced methods of nuclear medicine, the department also examines the heart by myocardial scintigraphy and this saves time and provides an accurate diagnosis of blood flow disorders. Brain tumor markers and diagnostics are being developed and monitored by this department as well.
The department has a remarkable research team who direct their focus and work towards areas like, tumor metabolism and the blood flow and metabolism of the heart muscle and the central nervous system.

Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital RWTH Aachen is specialized in:

•   Radioiodine therapy for benign thyroid disorder
•   Radioiodine therapy for malignant thyroid disorder
•   Selective Internal radiotherapy
•   Peptide receptor radiotherapy
•   Prostate cancer therapy with PSMA- targeted radionuclide therapy

Education

1990 - 1996 Study of Human Medicine at the RWTH Aachen University and at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
1995 - 1996 Practical year at the Luisenhospital Aachen (Surgery), at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA (Internal Medicine) and at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (Neurology).

Qualifications

09.12.1996 State Examination in Medicine.
09.12.1996 Admission to medical practice (preliminary).
1997 1st and 2nd stage of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).
10.03.1998 Doctoral thesis defense at the RWTH Aachen University.
01.09.1998 Admission to medical practice.
23.01.2003 Board certification in Nuclear Medicine.
23.11.2004 Habilitation.

Professional Career

03.1997 - 02.1998 Intern, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Duesseldorf.
03.1998 - 08.1998 Intern, Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen.
09.1998 - 05.2000 Assistant Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Facilities of the Heinrich Heine University at the Juelich Research Center GmbH, Juelich.
06.2000 - 05.2001 Scholarship of the German Research Foundation, Department of Neurology, Harvard University, Boston, research focused on multimodal SPECT, MRI and TMS examination on neuroscience issues.
06.2001 - 10.2002 Assistant Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Facilities of the Heinrich Heine University at the Juelich Research Center GmbH, Juelich.
11.2002 - 01.2003 Acting Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Facilities of the Heinrich Heine University at the Juelich Research Center GmbH, Juelich.
02.2003 - 11.2005 Senior Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ulm.
12.2005 - 12.2006 Senior Physician and Deputy Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ulm.
08.2006 Invitation to the position of Professor of Oncological Nuclear Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven.
Since 01.2007 Professor of Oncological Nuclear Medicine (Assistant Professor) and Deputy Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Since 08.2008 Head and Coordinator of the Working Group on Preclinical Oncological Imaging, MoSAIC KU, Leuven.
19.12.2008 Invitation to the position of W3 Professor in Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University.
Since 01.10.2009 Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen.

Membership in Professional Societies and Organizations

German Society of Nuclear Medicine (Head of the Committee of Advanced Training).
European Association of Nuclear Medicine (Active Member of the Cancer Committee).
European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) (Active Member of the Imaging Committee).
Main Reviewer of PET data in the H10 European Researchers (stage II Hodgkin's lymphoma).
Society of Nuclear Medicine.
Belgian Society of Nuclear Medicine.
European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS).
German Society of Endocrinology