About the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Charite University Hospital Berlin
The Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Charite University Hospital Berlin offers the full range of radioisotope diagnostics and treatment using radionuclides. Of particular interest to the department's specialists are the diagnostics and therapy of cancers, diseases of the nervous system, heart, musculoskeletal system, ENT pathologies, surgical diseases, disorders of the urological and gynecological sphere. The department's doctors carry out outpatient diagnostics, inpatient and outpatient treatment in accordance with the guidelines of professional societies. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Winfried Brenner.
The department is equipped with all the innovative equipment available in nuclear medicine. For example, the department performs all types of scintigraphy (including whole body scintigraphy), SPECT, advanced hybrid examinations (SPECT-CT, PET-CT, PET-MR). In addition, the department has several radiochemical modules, including cyclotron for the synthesis of radioactive isotopes for SPECT and PET, as well as for the creation of radioisotope drugs.
The service range of the department includes:
- Outpatient diagnostics
- Brain examinations
- Perfusion
- Dopamine D2 receptor scintigraphy
- Dopamine transporter scintigraphy
- Benzodiazepine receptor scintigraphy
- Cerebrospinal fluid scintigraphy
- Cardiovascular examinations
- Radionuclide ventriculography
- Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
- Lung examinations
- Perfusion scintigraphy
- Ventilation scintigraphy
- Inhalation scintigraphy
- Kidney examination
- Perfusion/functional scintigraphy
- Glomerular and tubular clearance
- Static scintigraphy
- Abdominal/gastrointestinal examinations
- Hepatobiliary functional scintigraphy
- Selective spleen scintigraphy
- Radioactive blood pool scintigraphy
- Search for bleeding source
- Gastric mucosal examinations
- Esophageal scintigraphy
- Scintigraphy for the determination of gastric emptying degree
- Salivary gland scintigraphy
- Skeletal examinations
- Skeletal scintigraphy
- Bone marrow scintigraphy
- Scintigraphy for the detection of inflammatory processes
- Scintigraphy for the detection of benign and malignant neoplasms
- Endocrine examinations
- Thyroid scintigraphy
- Parathyroid scintigraphy
- Adrenal gland scintigraphy
- Examinations of the hematopoietic system
- Examinations of the lymphatic system
- Sentinel lymph node scintigraphy
- Scintigraphy in lymphedema
- Brain examinations
- PET-CT and PET-MRI
- Diagnostics of inflammations and neoplasms
- Diagnostics of brain function
- Skeletal diagnostics
- Prostate cancer diagnostics
- Diagnostics of brain tumors
- Diagnostics of neuroendocrine tumors
- Outpatient treatment
- Pain therapy in bone metastases
- Radiosynoviorthesis in joint pain
- Cevalin therapy
- Inpatient treatment
- Radioiodine therapy in thyroid diseases
- Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in neuroendocrine tumors
- Selective intra-arterial radiation therapy in multiple liver metastases
- MIBG therapy in neuroblastomas
- Other medical services
Curriculum vitae
Higher Education and Postgraduate Training
- 1986 - 1993 Medical studies at the Universities in Budapest, Giessen, and Munich.
- 1988 Thesis defense with honors, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich. Subject: "Nucleation areas in neuroendocrine gastrointestinal and pancreatic tumors: correlation with histopathological and clinical data".
- 2006 Habilitation in Nuclear Medicine.
Current Positions
- Head Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Charite University Hospital Berlin.
Photo of the docto: (c) Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin