Rating : 9.7/10 (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
🔹Prof. Dr. Bernd Hamm boasts an illustrious and extensive career in Radiology that spans numerous significant positions and achievements.
🔹Since 2010, he has held the esteemed role of Professor of Radiology and Director of three merged Radiology Clinics at Charité – encompassing Campus Mitte, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, and Campus Benjamin Franklin in Berlin.
🔹Prior to this, he served as the Professional Head of four Medical Care Centers in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Charité, concurrently acting as the Scientific and Clinical Head of three Imaging Centers in Berlin since 2009.
🔹His academic journey includes being appointed as a C4-Professor for Radiodiagnosis at Charité, Medical Faculty of Humboldt University, Berlin, in 1994, and a C3-Professor for Clinical Radiology at the Free University of Berlin in 1993.
🔹Prof. Hamm's expertise and leadership roles expanded further as he became the President of several renowned scientific societies, such as the European Society of Radiology and the European Congress of Radiology.
🔹Additionally, he contributed significantly to collaborative projects and received numerous prestigious awards and honorary memberships, cementing his reputation as a distinguished figure in the field of Radiology.
Professional
Journey:
🔹Since 2010: Professor of Radiology and Director of the three merged
Radiology Clinics at Charité – Campus Mitte, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, and
Campus Benjamin Franklin in Berlin.
🔹Since 2009: Professional Head of four Medical Care Centers in Radiology
and Nuclear Medicine at Charité, as well as the Scientific and Clinical Head of
three Imaging Centers in Berlin.
🔹Since 2006: Professor of Clinical Radiation Medicine and Director of the
merged Radiology at Charité – Campus Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum.
🔹Since 2006: Head of CharitéCentrum 6 for Diagnostic and Interventional
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Medical Physics.
🔹2006 - 2009: Acting Director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at
Charité, Berlin.
🔹1994: Appointed as a C4-Professor for Radiodiagnosis at Charité, Medical
Faculty of Humboldt University, Berlin.
🔹1993: Appointed as a C3-Professor for Clinical Radiology at the Free
University of Berlin.
🔹1990 - 1993: Chief Senior Physician at the Department of Radiology and
Nuclear Medicine at the Klinikum Steglitz of the Free University of Berlin.
🔹1986: Habilitation in Radiology at the Department of Medicine of the Free
University of Berlin.
🔹1986: Specialization in Radiology.
🔹1982: Doctoral degree (Dr. med.) at the Department of Medicine of the Free
University of Berlin.
🔹1978 - 1986: Research Assistant at the Institute of Pathology, the
Department of Radiation Therapy, and the Department of Radiology and Nuclear
Medicine at the Klinikum Steglitz of the Free University of Berlin.
🔹1972 - 1978: Studied Human Medicine at the Free University of Berlin.
Roles
in Scientific Societies and Committees:
🔹2018: President of the European Congress of Radiology.
🔹2017 - 2018: President of the European Society of Radiology.
🔹2015: President of the European Congress of Radiology.
🔹Since 2009: Member of the Congress Committee (ECR) of the European Society
of Radiology (ESR).
🔹Since 2008: Member of the Medical Science Committee of the German Research
Foundation (DFG).
🔹2008 - 2010: President of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology
(ESUR).
🔹2003 - 2005: President of the German Roentgen Society.
🔹Since 2002: 2nd Chairman of the Professional Association of German
Radiologists.
🔹1995 - 1996: President of the Berlin Roentgen Society.
Project
Coordination, Membership in Collaborative Projects:
🔹2008 - 2014: Spokesperson of the DFG Clinical Research Group
"Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Cellular and Molecular MR
Imaging."
Awards
and Honorary Memberships (Selection):
🔹Since 2017: Honorary Member of the Korean Society of Radiology.
🔹Since 2015: Honorary Member of the Chinese Medical Association.
🔹2012: Honorary Professorship from the China-Japan Friendship Hospital,
Beijing, China.
🔹Since 2010: Honorary Member of the Japan Radiological Society.
🔹Since 2009: Honorary Member of the Swiss Society of Radiology.
🔹His research significantly contributed to the improvement of medical diagnostics for pathological tissues and organs through imaging techniques. This includes methods based on magnetic fields, such as magnetic resonance imaging, as well as a newly developed ultrasound-based technique known as elastography for gentle tumor diagnostics.
🔹In the development of elastography, he applied the well-established knowledge that healthy tissue reacts differently to slight pressure than pathologically altered tissue. Hamm adapted this insight to his radiological examinations of tumor tissues using ultrasound and demonstrated that solid, denser tumor tissue produces different images in elastography under slight pressure from the ultrasound probe compared to softer and finer healthy tissue. Prof. Dr. Bernd Hamm developed an elegant method to distinguish tumor tissue more reliably from healthy tissue.
🔹Another breakthrough in applied research was achieved by Prof. Dr. Bernd Hamm in the treatment of narrowed arteries that, undesirably, re-close after previous surgical widening, known as restenosis. To keep blood vessels permanently open, Prof. Dr. Bernd Hamm developed a special balloon catheter coated with an active substance derived from the bark of the Pacific yew tree. The substance, known as Paclitaxel, inhibits cell division and was primarily used for cancer treatment up to that point.
