University of Würzburg University of Würzburg Universitätsklinikum Würzburg Medical Faculty Medical Faculty Josef-Schneider-Str. 2 · 97080 Würzburg 2008 Report – Research University of Würzburg Medical Faculty http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/ueber/fakultaeten/ Research Report 2008 medizin/startseite/ University of Würzburg Medical Faculty Research Report 2008 Content 1 General Part 1.1 Preface 1.2 Medical Education ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Students’ Representatives ........................................................................................................................................... 9 1.4 The History of the Würzburg Medical Faculty ................................................................................................................ 10 2 Research Institutes 2.1 Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology I ........................................................................................................................ 12 2.2 Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology II ....................................................................................................................... 14 2.3 Institute of Physiology I ............................................................................................................................................ 16 2.4 Institute of Physiology II ............................................................................................................................................ 18 2.5 Biocenter Würzburg Chair of Physiological Chemistry I .................................................................................................. 20 2.6 Biocenter Würzburg Chair of Physiological Chemistry II ................................................................................................. 22 2.7 Institute for the History of Medicine ............................................................................................................................ 24 2.8 Institute of Psychotherapy and Medical Psychology ..................................................................................................... 26 2.9 Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology ....................................................................................................................... 28 2.10 Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, Chair of Virology ............................................................................................ 30 2.11 Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, Chair of Immunology ....................................................................................... 32 2.12 Institute for Molecular Infection Biology ...................................................................................................................... 34 2.13 Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Chair of Toxicology ......................................................................................... 36 2.14 Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Chair of Pharmacology ................................................................................... 38 2.15 Institute of Forensic Medicine .................................................................................................................................... 40 2.16 Institute of Pathology ................................................................................................................................................ 42 2.17 Institute for Medical Radiation and Cell Research ........................................................................................................ 44 2.18 Institute of Human and Medical Genetics .................................................................................................................... 46 2.18.1 Division of Medical Genetics ...................................................................................................................................... 48 3 University Hospital 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 50 3.2 Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care ............................................................................................................... 52 3.3 Department of Surgery I ............................................................................................................................................ 54 3.4 Department of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ................................................................................. 56 3.5 Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Haemotherapy ................................................................................................... 58 3.6 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ..................................................................................................... 60 3.7 Department of Urology and Paediatric Urology ............................................................................................................. 62 3.8 Department of Orthopaedics ...................................................................................................................................... 64 3.9 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ................................................................................................................... 66 3.10 Department of Pediatrics ........................................................................................................................................... 68 3.11 Department of Internal Medicine I ............................................................................................................................. 70 3.12 Department of Internal Medicine II ............................................................................................................................. 73 3.12.1 Division of Molecular Internal Medicine ....................................................................................................................... 76 3.13 Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry – Central Laboratory (IKBZ) ....................................................... 78 3.14 Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology ............................................................................................. 80 3.15 Institute of Radiology ................................................................................................................................................ 82 3.15.1 Division of Neuroradiology ......................................................................................................................................... 84 3.16 Department of Nuclear Medicine ................................................................................................................................ 86 3.17 Department of Radiation Oncology ............................................................................................................................. 88 3.18 Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery ................................ 90 3.19 Department of Ophthalmology ................................................................................................................................... 92 3.20 Department of Neurosurgery and Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery (until October 2007) ................................................ 94 3.21 Department of Neurology .......................................................................................................................................... 96 3.22 Institute for Clinical Neurobiology ............................................................................................................................... 98 3.23 Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy with Division of Forensic Psychiatry ................................ 100 3.24 Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy .................................................... 102 4 Dental Hospital 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 105 2 4.2 Department of Orthodontics .................................................................................................................................... 106 4.3 Department of Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry .................................................................................... 108 4.4 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery .................................................................................................. 110 4.5 Department of Prosthodontics ................................................................................................................................. 112 4.6 Department of Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology ........................................................................................... 114 4.6.1. Division of Periodontology ........................................................................................................................................ 116 5 Additional Scientific Units 5.1 Collaborative Research Centers ...............................................................................................................................