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🔹Professor Achim Wöckel works at the University Hospital Würzburg (UKW). He succeeded Professor Johannes Dietl, who retired after 18 years as the director of the university women's clinic.
🔹Professor Achim Wöckel began his medical career in 1995 by studying in Halle an der Saale. After passing the Physikum exam in 1997, he moved to Berlin—initially at the Free University and later at the Charité. He completed his specialist training in gynecology at the University Women's Clinic in Ulm. Prior to his move to Würzburg, he served as the managing senior physician at Ulm.
🔹Early in his career, he was engaged in research as a Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Fellow, demonstrating his dedication to scientific exploration. Prof. Dr. med. Achim Wöckel then moved on to roles as an Intern and Assistant Physician, continuing his work in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
🔹These experiences underscore his unwavering commitment to patient care and medical practice. Dr. Achim Wöckel's journey embodies a harmonious blend of academic success and a strong dedication to clinical practice, positioning him as a dynamic and promising figure in the field of medicine.
🔹1995–1998: Preclinical studies in human medicine at Martin-Luther-University
Halle-Wittenberg.
🔹1998–2002: Clinical studies in human medicine at FU Berlin.
🔹2002: Graduated with a third medical state examination.
🔹2003: Completed the doctoral process at Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin with
a magna cum laude distinction (thesis on the influence of the NOS-1/NO system
on angiogenesis in the musculus extensor digitorum longus of mice).
🔹2003 – 2003: Post-doc and scientific employee at the Institute of Anatomy at
Charité Berlin (Prof. Dr. R. Gossrau).
🔹2004 – 2005: Intern and assistant physician at Humboldt-Klinikum in Berlin, in
the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, an academic teaching hospital
affiliated with Charité (Prof. Dr. J. Strecker).
🔹2005 – 2006: Assistant physician in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
at St. Joseph Hospital in Berlin, another academic teaching hospital affiliated
with Charité (Dr. M. Abou-Dakn).
🔹2007 – 2007: Scientific employee and project coordinator at the Ärztliches
Zentrum für Qualität in der Medizin (Medical Center for Quality in Medicine),
Berlin (a joint institution of the German Medical Association and the National
Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians) (Prof. Dr. Dr.
Ollenschläger).
🔹2007 – 2010: Assistant physician at the University Women's Clinic Ulm (rotation
in departments for obstetrics, sonography, operative medicine, oncology).
🔹2010: Certified as a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology by the State
Chamber of Physicians of Baden-Württemberg.
🔹2010: Appointed as a clinical senior physician in the University Women's Clinic
Ulm, with a focus on operative gynecology.
🔹2010 – 2011: Managing senior physician in the University Women's Clinic Ulm,
working under ÄD Prof. Dr. Kreienberg.
🔹2012 – 2012: Acting head and director of the clinic during the interim phase
(jointly with Prof. Dr. Terinde).
🔹2012 – 2014: Managing senior physician responsible for personnel in the
University Women's Clinic Ulm under ÄD Prof. Dr. Janni, deputy head of the
Interdisciplinary Breast Center, head of mammography screening, and quality
management representative.
🔹2013: Appointed as an extraordinary professor by the Faculty of Medicine at the
University of Ulm.
🔹2014: Offered a W3 professorship in obstetrics and gynecology at Johannes
Gutenberg University Mainz, with leadership of the institution as Medical
Director.
🔹2014: Offered a W3 professorship in obstetrics and gynecology at
Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, with leadership of the institution as
Clinic Director.
🔹Since 2014: Clinic Director of the Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
University Hospital of Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg.
Research
Interests:
🔹2002–2007: Clinical and experimental investigations of benign, inflammatory
breast diseases, particularly during the puerperal period.
🔹2007: Development, methodology, and implementation of oncological guidelines.
🔹2007–2011: Coordination of a senological healthcare research project (BRENDA);
effects of guideline-compliant therapies for breast carcinoma.
🔹Since 2011: Co-founding and coordination of a national research consortium for
translational studies in patients with primary breast carcinoma
(BRENDA-translational); pharmacogenetic studies in breast cancer patients with
hormone receptor-positive tumors.
🔹General Operative and Conservative Gynecology
🔹Special Gynecological Oncology
🔹Operative and Conservative Treatment of Gynecological Malignancies (Ovarian, Endometrial, Cervical, Vulvar, and Vaginal Carcinoma)
🔹Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Carcinoma
🔹Therapeutic and Cohort Studies in Breast Carcinoma and Gynecological Malignancies
🔹Advancement of Oncological Care Structures
🔹Development and Methodology of Senological and Oncological Treatment Guidelines
🔹Management of the Certified Breast Center
🔹Management of the Certified Genital Cancer Center
🔹Oncoplastic Surgery for Breast Carcinoma and Carcinomas of the External Genitalia
🔹Therapeutic Innovations in Gynecological Oncology and Senology
