PAProf. Gerd U. Auffarth
Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology · Department Head
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41 yrsSince graduation (1985)
1 areaSpecialties: Otorhinolaryngology
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English, GermanLanguages
33 staffListed at this hospital
Prof. Peter K.Plinkert is a Managing Director - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (ORL-HNS) at Heidelberg University Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany. Graduated in 1985 (41 years ago). Lists Otorhinolaryngology.
Education
- Medical School at the University of Goettingen.
Professional Experience
- Consultant surgeon at the Department ORL-HNS, University Tuebingen (Professor Dr. Dr. H. P. Zenner).Post-doctorial fellowship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) at the Institute for Neurochemistry and Neurotoxicology, University Stockholm (Prof. Dr. E. Heilbronn, WS1989/90): Innervation of cochlear hair cells.Venia Legendi for ORL-HNS, University Tuebingen (Assistant professorship).Additional specialist designation “Plastic Surgery”.Additional specialist designation “Allergology”.Vice Director at the Department of ORL-HNS, Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen.Additional specialist designation “Special ORL-HNS”.Guest Professor at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston.Appointed the position of chairman of the Department of ORL-HNS, University Greifswald (declined).Chairman and Director of the Department of ORL-HNS, Saarland University.Member of the Board of Directors of the Cancer Center Saarland.Dean (Vice) of the Medical Faculty, Saarland University.Chairman and Director of the Department of ORL-HNS, University Heidelberg.Member of the Board of Directors of the Department “Kopfklinik”, University Heidelberg.Granting of a honorary doctorate (Honoris causa) Universitas Medicinae et Scientiae Pharmaceuticae “Victor Babes“ Timisiensis, Timisoara Rumania.Re-elected as member of the Board of Directors of the Department “Kopfklinik”, University Heidelberg.
Memberships
German Society for ORL-HNS.
German Society for Base Scull Surgery.
German Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), USA.
Association for Endoscopy in the German Society for ORL-HNS (member of the board of directors).
President of the Association for German speaking Audiologists and Neurootologists (ADANO).
Member of Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitae Sacrum (CORLAS).
German Society for Base Scull Surgery.
German Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), USA.
Association for Endoscopy in the German Society for ORL-HNS (member of the board of directors).
President of the Association for German speaking Audiologists and Neurootologists (ADANO).
Member of Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitae Sacrum (CORLAS).
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