Prof. Dr. med. Werner Scherbaum

Medical career:

Prof. Scherbaum had studied medicine in Hamburg and Tuebingen and was promoted to PhD in 1975.

From 1984-1992 Prof. Scherbaum was a senior physician at the Medical Clinic and Polyclinic of the Ulm University Hospital, where he headed the rheumatology department and the immunological laboratory.

In 1993 he accepted a professorship for internal medicine, endocrinology, diabetology, and nephrology at the University of Leipzig.

In 1996 he was offered a position at Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf. Until his retirement in summer 2012, he was director of the Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetology and Rheumatology in Dusseldorf.

National and international awards

In 1997 Prof. Scherbaum and his team received the qualification and the tasks of a "WHO Collaborating Center for Diabetes", which he headed until 2007. From 1997-1998 he was president of the German Diabetes Society (DDG), and from 1997-2009 chairman of the guideline commission of the DDG, in which the standards for diabetes treatment are developed and updated.

From 1996-2012 he was chairman of the scientific advisory board of the Thyroid League Germany. Prof. Scherbaum was President of MEDICA from 2005-2012, where he was also responsible for the medical program at the world's largest medical trade fair, which is located in Düsseldorf. Prof. Scherbaum has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Frerichs Prize (highest research prize) from the German Society for Internal Medicine in 1986 and the Berthold Prize from the German Society for Endocrinology in 2009.

In 2003, Prof. Scherbaum was accepted into the Leopoldina, German Academy of Natural Scientists - National Academy of Sciences.

Memberships

Prof. Scherbaum is a member of numerous national and international specialist societies, including the Endocrine Society (USA), the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE), the European Diabetes Society (EASD), the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM); and the German Diabetes Society (DDG).

Education

• 1968-1974 Human medicine Universities of Tübingen and Hamburg

Professional Experience

• 1974 - 1975 PhD thesis defense Institute of Hygiene, Tübingen University
• 1975 License to practice medicine
• 1975 Doctoral thesis The University of Tübingen
• 1975 - 1980 Research assistant Medical Polyclinic & Cardiology Department, Tübingen University Hospital
• 1980 Certificate in Internal Medicine
• 1981 - 1982 Research fellowship (German Research Association) Immunology Department, Middlesex-Hospital London, United Kingdom
• 1983 Sub-specialization in endocrinology
• 1983 - 1984 Research assistant Medical Polyclinic, Tübingen University Hospital
• 1984 - 1992 Senior physician Internal Medicine Clinic and Polyclinic, Ulm University Hospital
• 1986 Habilitation
• 1989 Sub-specialization in rheumatology
• 1990 - 1993 Professor by special appointment Ulm University
• 1993 - 1997 Professor of internal medicine with focus on endocrinology and metabolism The University of Leipzig
• 1993-1997 Director Medical Clinic and Polyclinic III, Leipzig University Hospital
• 1993-1997 Initiator and spokesperson University of Leipzig Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF)
• 1993-1997 Leipzig University Faculty of Medicine Management Board spokesperson and research officer
• 1993-1997 Co-founder of Leipzig University Neuro Science Post-Graduate Program
• 1997 - 2007 Director Endocrinology Clinical Department and German Diabetes Clinic, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
• 2007 - 2012 Professor of Internal Medicine, specializing in endocrinology and metabolism Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
• Since 2012 Cardiologist Private cardiology clinic "Cardio Centrum", Dusseldorf

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