Gunter Burkhard Wolf - Curriculum Vitae#

• Professor of Medicine (internal medicine, nephrology, diabetology, hjypertensiology)
  
• Department head, Department of Internal medicine III, University hospital Jena, Germany

• 1980 Premature graduation from high school, ("Abitur") with honours
  
• 1881 - 1987, Study of medicine and philosophy, University of Frankfurt
  
• 1987 M.D.("Approbation"), University of Frankfurt
  
• 1987 - 1988 University Hospital Frankfurt/M, Department of Internal Medicine
  
• 1988 Doctoral degree (Summa cum laude) for the doctoral thesis: "Comparative biochemical and immunohistochemical characterization of antigens from human kidney, fetal kidney, placenta and renal adenocarcinoma. Use of lectins and monoclonal antibodies as membrane marker"
  
• 1988 Exam for foreign medical graduates (ECFMG)
  
• 1988 - 1991 Postdoctoral research fellow, Renal-Electrolyte Section, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Eric G. Neilson, Chief; Work on molecular mechanisms of tubulointerstitial growth with the focus on vasoactive hormones as growth factors, fibrosis of the kidney, molecular characterization of immunoglobulin idiotypes in a model of chronic interstitial nephritis, and cyclosporine
  
• A nephrotoxicity. Recipient of a fellowship from the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, Stuttgart, Germany. Since 10/1990 - 9/1991 full salary support from the Renal-Electrolyte Section
  
• 1991 - 1993 University Hospital Frankfurt/M, Department of Internal Medicine
  
• 1993 - 2004 University Hospital Hamburg
  
• 1996 Assistant Professor of Medicine ("Habilitation")
  
• 1996 Dr. Martini Award of the University of Hamburg
  
• 1999 Franz-Volhard Award of the German Society of Nephrology
  
• 2002 - 2004 Associate Professor of Medicine (C3, University of Hamburg)
  
• Since 2005 Professor of Medicine (W3), University of Jena, Head: Department of Internal Medicine III (Nephrology, Osteology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Diabetology)
  
• 2006 Bernd Tersteegen Award
  
• 2010 Bürger-Büsing Award
  
• 2010 Master of Health Business Administration (MHBA), University of Erlangen-Nurnberg (Prof. Schöffski)
  
• 2007-2010 Vice-Dean for Research, Facultiy of Medicine, University of Jena
  
• 2012-2017 Chairman of the Working Group Diabetes and the Kidney of the Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft
  
• Since 2010 honorary membership of the Thuringian Society of Internal medicine
  
• 2010 Master of Health Business Administration (MHBA), University of Erlangen-Nurnberg (Prof. Schöffski)

• Diabetic nephropathy
  
• Progression of renal disease
  
• Inflammatory kidney disease
  
• Renal fibrosis
  
• Non-hemodynamic mechanism of the Renal-angiotensin system
  
• Hypoxia and renal disease
  
• Relationship between the humanities and medicine