Department of Clinical Genetics - University Hospital Oldenburg
University Hospital Oldenburg
Oldenburg, Germany
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Department id #
364657
Prof. Dr. med. Marc-Phillip Hitz
Department of Clinical Genetics
Specialized in: clinical genetics About the Department of Clinical Genetics at University Hospital Oldenburg
The Department of Clinical Genetics at the University Hospital Oldenburg offers the full range of services in this area of medicine. Genetic counseling is carried out here on all possible genetic problems of a human. A cytogenetic laboratory is functioning at the department where prenatal and postnatal chromosome analyzes and molecular-cytogenetic studies of all suitable materials are conducted to clarify many issues. The Head Physician of the department is Prof. Dr. med. Marc-Phillip Hitz.
Great attention is paid to the genetic consultations. Such consultations are carried out for the families who plan on having a baby and worry about the hereditary illnesses or genetic risks. Genetic consultations are offered both for the couples and for one of the partners in the next cases:
- One of the parents suffers a hereditary disease or suspects its presence
- A baby was already born with the hereditary disease or there is a risk of developing the disease in the future
- Presence of hereditary diseases in close relatives and risk of their transfer
- Family relationship with a partner
- The presence of more than two unexplained miscarriages
- Radiation therapy or taking drugs that modify genetic material before and after pregnancy
- Questions about prenatal genetic studies
- Questions on studies of imminent or already inherited diseases
- The couple plans to use artificial insemination
The department offers a wide range of studies that are conducted in the own cytogenetic laboratory of the department. The main ones are:
- Prenatal chromosomal tests:
- Amniotic fluid
- Chorionic vorsin
- Cord blood
- Chromosomal tests:
- Chromosomal blood test
- Skin or tendon biopsy
- Chromosome analysis of abortion tissue
- Molecular-cytogenetic test
- Fluorescent in situ hybridization or FISH (combines molecular genetic and cytogenetic methods)
Curriculum vitae
Since 2021, Prof. Dr. med. Marc-Phillip Hitz has been the Head Physician of the Department of Clinical Genetics at the University Hospital Oldenburg. He studied medicine at the University of Goettingen. In 2004, he received his doctorate and then became an Assistant Physician in the Department of Pediatrics at the Hannover Medical School. After clinical practice and research at the Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal, Canada, and the Sanger Institute in Cambridgeshire, UK, Prof. Marc-Phillip Hitz received his PhD from the University of Cambridge. In 2014, he joined the Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel. There he led a research group on genetic changes in congenital heart defects and completed a special training in human genetics in 2017. In 2019, Dr. Marc-Phillip Hitz was appointed Professor at the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) for the genetics of structural heart diseases. Prof. Dr. med. Marc-Phillip Hitz was awarded the 2017 Scientific Prize by the German Society of Pediatric Cardiology (DGPK) for the discovery of three new genes involved in the development of heart defects.
Photo of the doctor: (c) Klinikum Oldenburg AöR
