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Prof. doc. Roland Gartner

current position is the head of the outpatient clinic for Endocrinology and diabetes he working since July 1979 without any interruption at Munich University clinic. He is also the Assistant medical director for the ward for general internal medicine and lecture in Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Intensive care Medicine.

Prof. Gartner did his university degree in Medicine at LMU, Munich, Germany in 1976, later he has multiple scientific training course under the mentorship of Prof. P.C. Scriba in (Development of different methods for hormone determination, isolation and characterization of human TBG) and in Cell biology under the mentorship of Prof. Herzog.

He is a member of Endocrine society, European thyroid association, German society for Internal medicine, German Society for Intensive Internal Medicine and Androgen Excess Society.

 

Education:

 - University degree in Medicine at the LMU, Munich, Germany Approbation 1976

 - Thereafter scientific training (development of different methods for hormone determination, isolation and characterisation of human TBG) at the University of Munich under the mentorship of Prof. P.C. Scriba.

 - Training in cell biology under the mentorship of Prof. Herzog, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Munich 1984-1985

 - Since 1979 permanent employment at the Hospital for Internal Medicine, Klinikum Innenstadt, University of Munich. Education in Internal Medicine, final exam 1985

 - Afterwards training in Endocrinology and Diabetes:  final exam 1987

 - Training in Intensive Care Medicine, final exam 1991.

 - Habilitation 1987, topic: Growth regulation of isolated porcine thyroid follicles ex vivo

 - Training in Osteology, exam 2004 (Osteologe DVO)

 - Recognition of Quality in Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism from the Board of Endocrinology of the U.E.M.S. 2001

 

 

Scientific activities:

  • Development of radioimmunoassays for thyroid hormones, TBG and thyroglobulin

  • Isolation and characterization of human TBG, investigation of microheterogeneity

  • Investigation of thyroid cell growth, growth regulation, iodine metabolism, and goiter involution in rats and isolated intact porcine thyroid follicles ex vivo.

  • Investigation of the paracrine interaction of thyroid cells, endothelial cells and fibroblasts

  • Identification of iodolactones in thyroid cells, investigation of the role of iodolactones on thyroid cell function and growth (in collaboration with Prof. Pisarev, Buenos Aires)

  • Epidemiology of iodine deficient disorders, participation and organization of the survey of iodine intake in Germany 1996 and 2006

  • Iodine intake of pregnant women in Bavaria

  • Iodine and selenium intake in omnivores, vegetarians and vegans

  • Investigation of bone metabolism under ovarectomy and cyclosporine in rats

  • Clinical trials on transplantation osteoporosis and postmenopausal osteoporosis

  • Clinical trials on selenium substitution in severe sepsis

  • Clinical trial on the effect of a selenium substitution in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis

  • Incidence of autoimmune thyroiditis in PCO patients

  • Clinical trial on metformin therapy in PCO patients. 

  • Main investigator of the SIC – Study (multicenter trial : selenium in severe sepsis)

  • Clinical trials on endocrine tumors and thyroid carcinoma

  • In-vitro examination of iodine and iodolactone on thyroid and breast cancer cells

 

University carreer:

Ass. Prof since 1989;

since 1993 Prof. for Endocrinology and Head of the outpatient department of Endocrinology and Diabetes at the University of Munich.

Head of the Department of Intensive Care Medicine since 1995

Prof. Internal Medicine, Lecturer in Endocrinology, Internal Medicine and Internal Intensive Care Medicine.

 

Current Position:

Private clinic Munich, Germany, Perusastr. 1, 80333

Senior Lecturer in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Intensive Care Medicine

German Representative of ICCIDD

Head of the task force of iodine deficiency in Germany

 

Referee for several peer reviewed Internal journals:

Acta Endocrinol since 1985

Horm Metab Res since 1985

KlinWo/ Research in Experimental Medicine since 1986

DMW since 1990

Endocrinology since 1991

J Clin Endocrinol Metab since 1992

Eur J Endocrinol since 1992

DFG/SFB, Deutsche Krebshilfe since 1991

J Cancer since 1999

Exp Gerontology since 2003

Thyroid since 2003

J Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology since 1999

 

Member of the Editorial board of following journals:

J Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Thyroid Research

 

Awards:

“Von Basedow Price” German Society of Endocrinology 1986 for investigation of thyroid growth regulation

 

International Congresses organized and headed

 

1990 Thyroid Growth regulation, Munich

1997 European Thyroid Association Annual Meeting, Munich Germany

2003 Antioxidants in Thyroid Diseases, Kreta, Greece

 

Membership:

Endocrine Society

European Thyroid Association

German Endocrine Society

German Society for Internal Medicine

Bavarian Society of Internal Medicine

German Society for Intensive Care Medicine

Androgen Excess Society

ICCIDD

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