Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Tübingen

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University Hospital Tübingen

Tübingen, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Christian La Fougère

Department of Nuclear Medicine

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Tübingen provides diagnostics and therapeutics which are powered by radioactive substances. The department is fully equipped with the latest, cutting-edge equipment such as SPECT-CT, PET-CT for the diagnosis and early detection of tumors and thyroid diseases. Innovative therapy methods such as MIBG therapy for neuroendocrine tumors as well as Lu-177 PSMA radionuclide therapy for the treatment of prostatic tumors are conducted at the department.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Christian La Fougère, the department treats over 500 inpatients every year, more than half of which are thyroid patients. The department offers thyroid, myocardial, liver, brain, parathyroid, and renal scintigraphy for diagnostic purposes. It also offers radiation therapy for the treatment of all types of tumors.

The department is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Neuroendocrine tumors
•   Prostate cancer
•   Cancer metastases
•   Bone cancer
•   Liver tumors
•   Thyroid nodes
•   Goiter
•   Thyroid cancer
•   Thyroid benign tumors
•   Hemorrhage
•   Inflammatory diseases
•   Lung cancer

Professional Career

2017 and up to now, Deputy Managing Director, Department of Radiology, University Hospital Tuebingen.
2013 and up to now, Full Professor and Director, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Imaging Diagnostics, University Hospital Tuebingen.
2010 Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
2009 - 2013 Chief of the Section of Neurological and Neuro-Oncological Imaging, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
2008 - 2009 Research Fellow, Brain Imaging Centre, Montréal Neurological Institute, McGill-University, Canada.
2003 Doctor of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
2002 - 2008 Resident, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
2002 German Medical License, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
2001 - 2002 Elective, Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, University of Paris, and at the
Departments of Surgery and Radiology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Scholarships, Awards and Administrative Functions

2018 Executive Board Member, German Society of Nuclear Medicine (DGN).
2017 Program Chair, German Nuclear Imaging Congress.
2016 Spokesman, Committee on Multi-Center-Trials of the German Society of Nuclear Medicine (DGN).
2015 Board Member, Comprehensive Cancer Center Tuebingen-Stuttgart.
2015 Member, Editorial Board of the Nuclear Medicine Journal.
2015 Member, Editorial Board, Der Nukelarmediziner.
2011 Committee Member, Neuro-Nuclear Medicine Board of the German Society of Nuclear Medicine.
2008 - 2009 Scholarship from German Research Foundation (DFG).
2008 Scholarship from the Bavarian Research Alliance (Bayerische Forschungsallianz).
2005 Scholarship from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.