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Place
and date of birth
Schlüchtern, Germany, February 7, 1953
Current
position
Professor of Psychosomatic Medicine at the Clinic of Psychosomatic
Medicine and Psychotherapy
(Head : Prof. Dr. Ch. Reimer), Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen,
Germany
Educational
background
University of Giessen, Germany (1971-1978)
Residence training, Philipps University Dept. of Dermatology Marburg,
Germany (1981 – 1987)
MD thesis (1980)
Board certified in Dermatology and Venerology, 1987
Board certified in Psychotherapeutic Medicine 1997
Board certified in Allergology 1990
Board certified in Environmental Medicine 1997
Employment
history
Junior Hospital Resident, Dept. Dermatology Univ. Marburg (1981 – 1986)
Senior Hospital Resident, Dept. Dermatology Univ. Marburg (1986 – 1995)
Professor of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy ; University
Giessen, Germany (1995 – present) (Chair
of the Department : Prof. Dr. Ch. Reimer)
Responsibilities
Chairman of the Consultation-Liaison- Service at the Clinic of
Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
Chairman of the Atopic Dermatitis Education Academy Hessen-Thüringen
Secretary of the « Allery Prevention Program » in Germany (an initiative
by the German Goverment of Health
Professional
organizations
Board Member of the European Society for Dermatology & Psychiatry
Board Member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neurodermitis-Schulung in
Deutschland (AGNES) (Atopic Dermatitis Education Programmes)
Member of the European Task Force on Atopic Dermatitis (ETFAD)
Member of the German Society of Dermatology (DDG)
Member of the German Society for Psychosotherapeutic Medicine (DGPM)
Member of the German Collegues of Psychosomatic Medicine (DKPM)
Main
areas of research
More than 70 articles in journals and chapters in books in the fields of
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-Psychodermatology
-Atopic dermatitis (Education Programs, Psychoimmunology, Stress)
-Body Dysmorphic Disorders
-Itch
-Development of Questionnaires in Psychodermatology
-Somatoform Disorders (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity)
Others
-Coordination of numerous studies in Psychodermatology
-Designer of atopic dermatitis education programe (national multicenter
study Germany 2001 – 2004)
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