Hannover Medical school (MHH)
Hannover, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Reinhold E. Schmidt
Department of Immunology and Rheumatology
Department of Immunology and Rheumatology at Hannover Medical school is a clinical department that primarily treats patients with primary and secondary immunodeficiencies, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases, especially those in the rheumatic area.
In 1994, it was established as a separate department of Clinical Immunology and in 2007, Rheumatology was merged with it to make Department of Immunology and Rheumatology.
This department isn’t only engaged clinically, but also has an active role in researches for antiretroviral therapy and studies of genes that may be causing immunodeficiency in infants. The department, under the leadership of Prof. Dr. med. Reinhold E. Schmidt treats more than 1,500 inpatients with immunity disorders and over 2000 patients suffering from persistent joints inflammation with a positive rheumatoid factor in the blood.
Department of Immunology and Rheumatology at Hannover Medical school is specialized in:
• Diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases
• Diagnosis and treatment of allergies
• Diagnosis and treatment of infections
• Diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired immunodeficiency
• Diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune disease
• Diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases causing immunodeficiency
• Diagnosis and treatment of HIV and AIDS.
Education and Professional Experience
- 1970 - 1976 Study of Medicine at the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn.
- 1971 - 1977 Second higher education in Psychology at the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn.
- 1976 - 1977 Assistant Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine (University Hospital Bonn) and Surgery.
- 1977 -1983 Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Bonn.
- 1980 Research Internship in the Department of Rheumatology, Hammersmith Hospital, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England.
- 1980 - 1986 Head of the Laboratory for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology.
- 1983 - 1986 Research Internship in the Department of Tumor Immunology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
- 1985 Invitation to the post of University Professor (C2) and Senior Physician in the Department of Clinical Immunology preceded by thesis defense at the Hannover Medical School.
- 1986 - 1994 Senior Physician in the Department of Clinical Immunology at the Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology at the Hannover Medical School.
- 1986 - 1994 Rotation in various departments as a Senior Physician within the Center of Internal Medicine, including the specialized Department of Rheumatology, Hematological Oncology, Spinal Cord Transplantation, Infectious Diseases, the Department of General Internal Medicine, and as a Resident in various Outpatient Departments.
- Since 1995 Director of the Department of Clinical Immunology at the Center for Internal Medicine at the Hannover Medical School.
- Since 2004 Head of the Jeffrey Modell Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Immunodeficiency Disorders.
- Since 2007 Chief Physician of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology at the Hannover Medical School
Department of Immunology and Rheumatology
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