Name

Prof. Dr. Dirk Behringer

Marital Status

Married, four children

Education

1981–1987
Study of Human Medicine at Ruhr University Bochum, Medical License

1987
Internal Medicine elective at Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School) during the third stage of clinical training

1982–1987
Student Assistant at the Chair of Neuroanatomy (Prof. Dr. K.H. Andres, MD)

11/1987–6/1989
Research Assistant at the Chair of Neuroanatomy (Prof. Dr. K.H. Andres, MD), “Chemical Neuroanatomy” working group (PD Dr. Dipl. Chem. R.W. Veh)

7/1989–6/1992
Intern and Resident, Medicine, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore (Director: Bart Chernow, MD, Professor of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The Johns Hopkins University)

6/1992
Four-week observership at the Institute of Pathology of Prof. Lederer, Essen (specialization in hematopathologic diagnostics)

7/92–10/00
Resident, Department I, Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology (Medical Dir.: Prof. Dr. med. R. Mertelsmann), Freiburg University Medical Center

1996–10/2000
Lead Sonographer (>600 examinations)

1994–2000
Resident Representative of the Medical Clinic

Since 1993
Head of the Immunocytology Laboratory of Department I

Since 1997
Head of the Routine Hematology Laboratories of Department I

6/1997
Introduction of a monthly meeting and continuing education for laboratory staff

Since 1998
Criteria Manager for “Policy and Strategy” within the framework of the EFQM measures of Department I

Since 1999
Head of the Clinical Trials Center and GCP Group of Department I: including publication of the “Blue Book 2000” (systematics of oncological therapy protocols and Standard Operating Procedures for oncological medical and nursing measures, intranet version and hard copy), recording of chemotherapies administered in the department in a database for quality control

10/2000
Introduction of the weekly continuing education series: “Internal Systematics,” recognized by the Medical Association as medical continuing education since 03/01.

Since 10/19/2000
Attending Physician in the Department of Medicine I (Hematology/Oncology)

Since 07/01/2002
Managing Attending Physician in the Department of Medicine I (Hematology/Oncology)

Qualifications

10/28/1987
Medical Examination

11/26/1987
Medical License

1987
Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences (FMGEMS)

1990
Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX)

10/16/1990
Medical Doctorate (graduated summa cum laude): “Simultaneous immunoenzymatic double staining of neuroactive substances with labeled primary antibodies of one species and a combination of the ABC method and the hapten-antihapten-bridge (HAB) technique”

1992
Board Certification American Board of Internal Medicine

12/18/1996
Board Certification in Internal Medicine

Since 1997
Head of the Routine Hematology Laboratories of Department I

Since 1999
Head of the Clinical Trials Center and GCP Group of Department I

10/19/2000
Habilitation: “Use of immunocytological methods for the characterization of hematopoietic cells with special consideration of cytokine and chemokine expression – preclinical and clinical applications”

10/19/2000
Attending Physician in the Department of Medicine I (Hematology/Oncology)

04/18/2001
Specialist in Hematology and Internal Oncology

07/01/2002
Managing Attending Physician in the Department of Medicine I (Hematology/Oncology)

01/01/2003
Chief Physician, Department of Hematology / Oncology & Palliative Medicine of the Medical Clinic, Augusta Hospital, Bochum

2005
ESMO Examination

10/09/2010
ESMO Examination

Awards

1981
Scheffel Prize for German (Abitur)

1985
“Intern of the Year” (Sinai Hospital of Baltimore)

1995
1995 Teaching Award of the State of Baden-Württemberg

Memberships

1990
American College of Physicians, American College of Internal Medicine

1996
German Society for Cytometry (DGfZ)

2000
Central European Society for Anticancer Drug Research (CESAR)

2000
Upper Rhine Working Group for Oncology (OAO)

2001
German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO)

2003
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

2003
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

2003
American Society of Hematology (ASH)

2005
Working Group of Leading Hospital Hematologists and Oncologists (ADHOK)

2007
Working Group for Internal Oncology (AIO)

2007
2008 Scientific Advisory Board in the Medical Quality Network