Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine - University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
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Department id #
229507
Prof. Dr. med. Ania Muntau
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Specialized in: pediatric and adolescent medicine About the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
The Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf provides a full range of services for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases in newborns, infants, young children, and adolescents. A special feature of the department is its unique competence in the treatment of rare and complex pathologies in young patients. The medical facility provides medical care for children with gastrointestinal diseases, liver pathologies, immunodeficiency disorders, kidney and lung diseases, rheumatic diseases, metabolic disorders, and pathologies of the central and peripheral nervous system. A highly professional medical team of 75 doctors works with young patients. The specialists have many effective therapeutic methods at their disposal. Each child receives a personalized treatment regimen, which is developed taking into account the diagnosis, stage of the pathological process, general health condition, and age. In total, more than 23,000 young patients are treated in the department each year, about 17,700 of them on an outpatient basis. The doctors get along well with the children and support the young patients and their parents in every possible way on their way to recovery. The department has a pleasant and friendly atmosphere that ensures maximum comfort for the child. The Head Physician of the department is Prof. Dr. med. Ania Muntau.
The department regularly consults young patients with diseases of the digestive system, liver conditions, and nutritional disorders. Diagnosis includes a clinical examination, laboratory tests, and ultrasound scans. When clinically indicated, the doctors of the department perform endoscopic examinations. Highly qualified gastroenterologists with extensive clinical experience take care of children's health. They work hand in hand with pediatric surgeons, radiologists, nutritionists, and other specialists to provide comprehensive medical care. In most cases, young patients receive drug treatment. The availability of advanced equipment in the department allows for a wide range of endoscopic therapeutic procedures, including gastroscopy, colonoscopy, polypectomy, balloon enteroscopy, endoscopic mucosal resection, and others. Endoscopy is a second-line treatment used in cases where drug therapy and diet therapy do not work.
Diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract complement the therapeutic options of the department. The department's pediatric nephrologists focus on young patients with acute and chronic kidney failure, glomerulopathies, and tubulopathies. If kidney pathology is suspected, the young patient undergoes a comprehensive diagnosis, including laboratory tests and ultrasound scans. A personalized treatment regime is then elaborated based on the use of medications to normalize kidney function. Children with chronic kidney failure often require renal replacement therapy (dialysis): the department has a special dialysis unit for peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis. In complex cases, nephrologists work with pediatric surgeons and transplant surgeons to evaluate the possibility of kidney transplantation. Young patients with acute kidney failure can be treated with hemofiltration and plasmapheresis.
The department's team of pediatric neurologists treats newborns, young children, and adolescents with diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system. Common conditions treated include cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, chronic headaches, and traumatic brain injuries. The department is one of the few medical institutions in Germany that has many years of experience in treating children with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis and leukodystrophy, which are degenerative diseases of the brain. In addition, the department operates a specialized Center for Neuromuscular Diseases with certification of the German Muscle Society (DGM). The specialists have at their disposal all modern diagnostic methods for assessing the state of the nervous system: video-EEG monitoring, electrophysiological studies, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and genetic testing, including exome sequencing. Treatment includes modern medications, botulinum toxin injection therapy, diet therapy, and other therapeutic measures. If the child requires surgery, possible options are discussed with neurosurgeons.
The medical services provided by the department are as follows:
- Diagnostics and treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver, including the care of a child before and after a liver transplant
- Diagnostics and treatment of gastritis
- Diagnostics and treatment of gastroenteritis
- Diagnostics and treatment of duodenitis
- Diagnostics and treatment of enterocolitis
- Diagnostics and treatment of chronic constipation
- Diagnostics and treatment of chronic abdominal pain
- Diagnostics and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
- Diagnostics and treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
- Diagnostics and treatment of celiac disease
- Diagnostics and treatment of pancreatitis
- Diagnostics and treatment of hepatitis
- Diagnostics and treatment of liver cirrhosis
- Diagnostics and treatment of infectious diseases, immunodeficiency disorders
- Diagnostics and treatment of transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy
- Diagnostics and treatment of IgG subclass deficiency
- Diagnostics and treatment of selective IgA deficiency
- Diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection
- Diagnostics and treatment of kidney diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of acute and chronic kidney failure
- Diagnostics and treatment of congenital and acquired glomerulopathies
- Diagnostics and treatment of congenital and acquired tubulopathies
- Diagnostics and treatment of lung and respiratory diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of pathological lung lesions due to rheumatic, neurological, or metabolic diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of bronchial asthma
- Diagnostics and treatment of allergic diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of hay fever
- Diagnostics and treatment of food allergies
- Diagnostics and treatment of insect sting allergies
- Diagnostics and treatment of rheumatic diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Diagnostics and treatment of reactive arthritis
- Diagnostics and treatment of vasculitis
- Diagnostics and treatment of collagenosis
- Diagnostics and treatment of hereditary periodic fever syndromes
- Diagnostics and treatment of juvenile sarcoidosis
- Diagnostics and treatment of metabolic disorders
- Diagnostics and treatment of phenylketonuria
- Diagnostics and treatment of amino acid metabolism disorders
- Diagnostics and treatment of urea cycle disorders
- Diagnostics and treatment of mitochondriopathies
- Diagnostics and treatment of peroxisomal disorders
- Diagnostics and treatment of lipid metabolism disorders
- Diagnostics and treatment of neurological disorders
- Diagnostics and treatment of cerebral palsy
- Diagnostics and treatment of autism
- Diagnostics and treatment of epilepsy
- Diagnostics and treatment of chronic headaches
- Diagnostics and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Diagnostics and treatment of traumatic brain injuries
- Diagnostics and treatment of degenerative diseases of the brain with a special emphasis on neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis and leukodystrophy
- Diagnostics and treatment of tuberous sclerosis
- Diagnostics and treatment of other diseases in children and adolescents
Curriculum vitae
Higher Education and Professional Career
- Since 2014 Head Physician, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
- 2010 ‐ 2014 Head Physician, Department for Congenital Metabolic Disorders, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, part of the University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 2007 - 2014 Project Manager within the framework of the initiative program "LMU Excellence Initiative".
- 2006 - 2014 W2 Professorship for Pediatrics.
- 2004 ‐ 2014 Head Physician, Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital at the University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Project Leader of the Bavarian Genome Research Network.
- 2001 - 2004 Postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital at the University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 2000 - 2001 Postdoctoral fellowship, Institute of Physiological Chemistry at the Ruhr University Bochum.
- 2000 Board certification in pediatric and adolescent medicine.
- 1997 - 2004 Training in biochemical genetics and molecular biology.
- 1990 - 2000 Training as part of preparation for board certification in pediatric and adolescent medicine.
- 1984 - 1990 Medical studies, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Awards, Honors, and Honorary Memberships
- Since 2015 Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
- 2012 Therese von Bayern Award.
- 2008 Honorary Mention, Nature Awards for Mentoring and Science.
- 2004 Adelbert Czerny Prize for outstanding research in pediatrics.
- 2001 - 2005 Scholarship from the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Memberships in Professional Societies
- German Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ).
- Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM).
- American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG).
- Working Group for Pediatric Metabolic Disorders (APS).
Photo of the doctor: (c) Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
