Hannover Medical school (MHH)
Hannover, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Arnold Ganser
Department of Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Department of Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation at Hannover Medical school offers care for patients with solid and systemic tumor diseases. It also treats people with coagulation and bleeding disorders and tumors affecting the hematopoietic system which are spleen, bone marrow, thymus and lymph nodes. The distribution of these diseases and their treatments are increasing and progressing and so is the treatment approach of the department. With Prof. Dr. med. Arnold Ganser as the director and a large team of doctors, psychologists, scientists and nursing staff, the department treats over 1,600 patients annually. More than 230 patients with bone marrow cancer and 1,300 patients in need of blood transfusion seeks this department's care.
Department of Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation at Hannover Medical school is specialized in:
• Diagnosis and treatment of all types of leukemia
• Diagnosis and treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes
• Diagnosis and treatment of all types of lymphomas
• Diagnosis and treatment of malignant hematological diseases
• Diagnosis and treatment of benign hematological disorders
• Stem cell transplantation
• Diagnosis and treatment of hemostaseology (blood clotting)
• Palliative medicine
- 1972 - 1979 Study of Medicine in Aachen, Glasgow, Baltimore, Denver. Scholarship (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), medical examination and admission to medical practice (RWTU Aachen).
- 1979 Doctor of Medicine (RWTU Aachen).
- 1990 Medical Specialist in Internal Medicine.
- 1992 Additional qualification in Hematology and Internal Oncology.
- 2007 Additional training in Hemostaseology.
- 1991 Habilitation, Internal Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt. Subject: "Changes in the system of hematopoietic stem cells in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)".
- 1988 Artur Pappenheim Prize, German Society of Hematology and Oncology.
- 1990 Dr. Paul und Cilli Weil Prize, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt.
Professional Career
- 1979 - 1981 Head of the Medical Service in the Central Bundeswehr Hospital Koblenz, Department of Surgery
- 1981 - 1982 Fellow of the Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Ulm (Prof. Dr. med. T. Fliedner).
- 1982 - 1984 Fellow of the Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm ((Prof. Dr. med. H. Heimpel).
- 1984 - 1990 Fellow of the Department of Hematology (Prof. Dr. med. D. Hoelzer) and special training at the University Hospital Frankfurt.
- 1991 - 1995 Senior Physician at the Center for Internal Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt.
- Since 10.2007 Head of the Department of Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at the Hannover Medical School.
Memberships
- American Society of Hematology.
- American Society of Clinical Oncology.
- Working Group on Internal Oncology.
- German Working Group on Gene Therapy.
- German Working Group on Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.
- German Society of Hematology and Oncology.
- German Society of Internal Medicine.
- German Society of Naturalists and Physicians.
- German Society of Oncology.
- European Association of Hematology.
- European Leukemia Net.
- European Working Group on the Transfer of Human Genes and Gene Therapy.
- Society for the Study of Thrombosis and Hemostasis.
- International Association for Comparative Leukemia Research.
- International Society for Experimental Hematology.
- Network of the Centers of Excellence for Acute and Chronic Leukemia.
- South German Group on the Treatment of Hemoblastosis.
- American Society of Gene Therapy.
Department of Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
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