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Speciality
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Hemotherapy and stem cell transplantation |
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Languages
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English, German
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About
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With more than 20 years of experience in evidence-based medicine and over 14 years clinical experience in hemotherapy including blood transfusions, as well as stem cell transplantation, Dr. Thoennissen is an international specialist in cancer, chronic degenerative diseases, and regenerative medicine with a doctoral thesis in neurological research, graded with “summa cum laude”. |
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Education
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• Westfälische-Wilhelms-University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
• Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, Great Britain
• Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
• Cedars-Sinai-Medical-Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA |
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Professional Experience
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• More than 14 years clinical experience in hemotherapy including blood transfusions, as well as stem cell transplantation.
• Spent 3 years in Los Angeles, USA, at Cedars-Sinai-Medical-Center, UCLA for research.
• Author of more than 40 high-ranking clinical and scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals.
• Investigator and Sub-Investigator of several clinical studies.
• Past consultant of Hem/Onc Dpt. and Emergency Dpt. in the University Clinic of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany |
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Certifications
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Residency and Fellowship:
• Resident Department of Hematology, Oncology & Transplantation Prof. W.E. Berdel, University Hospital of Münster, Germany
• IZKF-research fellowship Laboratory of Molecular Hematology, Prof. C. Müller-Tidow, University Hospital of Münster, Germany
• DFG-research fellowship (2 years) Division of Hematology/Oncology Prof. H. P. Koeffler Cedars-Sinai Medical-Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
• Resident Department of Hematology, Oncology & Transplantation Prof. W.E. Berdel, University Hospital of Münster, Germany |
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Awards
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• Doctoral thesis, University of Münster, Germany (WWU) summa cum laude
• 1st Price for Innovation, University Hsp. of Münster, Germany 09/2006
• Travel Award 51st Congress of American Society of Hematology (ASH) 12/2009
• Travel Award 52nd Congress of American Society of Hematology (ASH) 12/2010
• Sponsorship Award for leukemic research University of Münster, Germany (WWU) 06/2012
• Best Poster Award – Society for Gastroenterology, Germany „Nicotinamide and its therapeutical effects on colitis in a mouse model“ 12/2012
• Best of DGHO – Translational Medicine „Exome sequencing of paired chronic-blast phase samples in myeloproliferative neoplasms reveals high frequency of rare germline sequence variants In TYK2 and novel blast phase-restricted mutations“ 10/2014 |
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