Department of Nuclear Medicine (535098)

Prof. Dr. med.

Ambros Johannes Beer

Specialized in: nuclear medicine

Specialization Curriculum vitae

About the Department of Nuclear Medicine at University Hospital Ulm

The Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Ulm offers the full range of services in this field. Of particular interest are the diagnostics and treatment of diseases of the thyroid gland, heart, brain and cancers. The department is engaged in active research, thanks to which many innovative methods of molecular imaging and therapy are being introduced into the clinical practice. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Ambros Johannes Beer.

Radioisotope diagnostics serves for the imaging and quantitative estimation of the important body functions, such as blood circulation, metabolism, and functions of the vital organs (brain, heart, kidneys, bone tissue, thyroid gland).

The diagnostic options of the department include:

Combined PET-CT method in the case of:
- Lung tumors
- Lymph node cancer (malignant lymphoma)
- Head and neck tumors
- Colon cancer
- Bone tumors
- Skin tumors (melanoma)
- Neuroendocrine tumors
- Prostate cancer
- Alzheimer's disease
- Neurodegenerative diseases
- Cardiac diseases
- Joint diseases and stability control of implanted prostheses
Scintigraphy
SPECT
SPECT-CT
Thyroid diagnostics
- Ultrasound examinations
- Scintigraphy
- Puncture biopsy
- SPECT-CT
- PET-CT
Other diagnostic methods

The department offers the following treatment methods:

Radioiodine therapy for the treatment of thyroid diseases
Radiopeptide therapy for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors
Lu-177-PSMA radionuclide therapy for the treatment of certain stages of metastatic prostate cancer
Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) for the treatment of liver tumors and metastases
Radium-223 therapy for the treatment of patients with painful bone metastases, prostate cancer, distant metastases
Other therapeutic options

Curriculum vitae of Prof. Dr. med. Ambros Johannes Beer

1992 - 1999 Study of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
1999 Doctoral thesis defense, Institute of Radiation Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Prof. Dr. med. E. Lengfelder).
2001 Admission to medical practice.
1999 - 2001 Assistant Physician, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the Technical University of Munich, Rechts der Isar Hospital Munich.
2001 Consultant, Siemens Medical Solutions, CT Concepts (computed tomography).
2001 - 2003 Assistant Physician, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the Technical University of Munich, Rechts der Isar Hospital Munich.
2003 - 2004 Assistant Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Technical University of Munich, Rechts der Isar Hospital Munich.
2004 - 2006 Assistant Physician, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Rechts der Isar Hospital Munich.
2006 - 2009 Assistant Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Technical University of Munich, Rechts der Isar Hospital Munich.
2006 Medical Specialist Examination.
2007 Habilitation, Nuclear Medicine.
2009 Examination for the title of a Medical Specialist in Nuclear Medicine.
2009 - 2014 Senior Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Rechts der Isar Hospital, Munich.
2014 Extraordinary Professor in Nuclear Medicine.
Since 2014, Prof. and Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Ulm.

Awards

2004 Image of the Year, Annual Congress of the German Society of Nuclear Medicine (DGN), Rostock.
2005 Young Investigator Award of the Society of Nuclear Medicine at the Technical University of Munich.
2005 First place in the nomination "Outstanding Clinical Trials" in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), 2006, San Diego.
2007 Best Clinical Document (3rd place) of the Young Specialists Committee of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) 2007, Washington.
First place, International Conference on Cardiovascular Diseases, Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) 2008, New Orleans.
2008 Honorary Award of the Bavarian Radiological Society, "Imaging of the human antigen-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes marked with the superparamagnetic iron oxide particles".
2008 Honorary Award of the Bavarian Radiological Society, "Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with rectal cancer before neoadjuvant chemotherapy for the prediction of low-risk circular resection and survival rate improvement".
Molecular Imaging Travel Award for the Publication, Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2009, Chicago.
Center of Excellence for Molecular Imaging, Young Researcher Award (2nd place), Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) 2010, Salt Lake City.

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