University Hospital Rechts der Isar
Munich, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Uwe Heemann
Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology
The Rechts der Isar department of Nephrology carries out pre-operative (care before the transplant operation) and post-operative care (care after the transplant) in the area of kidney transplants. The department also carries out a routine follow-up of post-transplant patients. The head of the department Prof. Dr. med. Uwe Heemann is a co-editor of several international journals and has gone on to contribute to the body of knowledge in medicine worldwide. He works with a team of senior medical doctors who are well-experienced and also contribute internationally to the body of knowledge. The department of nephrology at Rechts der Isar hospital is recognized as a research and training institution by the Europäischen Nieren- und Transplantationsgesellschaft (ERA / EDTA) which can be translated as the European Renal and Transplant Society. It is also recognized by the German Society of Nephrology.
The wards of the Hospital consist of single and double rooms equipped with basic amenities. Some of them are bathrooms that are easily accessible, safes for storing valuables and a TV system for each bed. There is also a broad network of out-patient clinics that patients can visit for care after a kidney transplant for further care. In addition to that, outpatient clinics take care of general nephrology and rheumatology. There are also dialysis units for people who need dialysis.
The Department of Nephrology at the university hospital Rechts der Isar specializes in:
- Chronic renal diseases such as glomerulonephritis; chronic kidney disease caused by complications of diabetes or hypertension; bacterial kidney disease and inflammatory kidney diseases.
- Kidney damage due to Systemic autoimmune diseases such as lupus erythematosus
- Genetic kidney disease eg familial cystic kidney, M. Fabry, Alport syndrome
- Diagnosis and treatment of secondary hypertension.
- Diagnosis and treatment of metabolic abnormalities and other rare diseases
- Enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease and Gaucher disease
- All forms of dialysis including hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
- Targeted removal of antibodies from the blood for therapy of kidney diseases caused by autoimmune diseases
- 1980 - 1986 Study of Medicine at the Ruhr University Bochum.
- 1986 - 1989 St. Johannisstift Paderborn.
- 1989 - 1991 Center for Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Essen.
- 1991 - 1994 Department of Transplantology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
- 1994 - 2002 Center for Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Essen.
- Since 2002, Head of the Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich.
Memberships
- 2005 - 2010 President of the German Society of Transplantology.
- Since 2005, Board Member of Eurotransplant (European bank of organs, tissues and blood).
- 2007 Doctor Honoris Causa, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
- Since 2009, Chairman of the Eurotransplant Kidney Advisory Committee.
Awards and Honors
- 1992 Research Award of the Transplantation Society.
- 1994 Young Investigators Award, Transplantation Society.
- 1997 and 1998 Research Award of the European Dialysis and Transplantology Association.
- 1999 Honorary Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University, China.
- 2000 Award of the Hungarian Kidney Foundation.
- 2001 Hans Zollinger Medal of the German Society of Nephrology.
Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology
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