CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME:
Roland Heinrich Mertels­mann, M.D., Ph.D.

DATE OF BIRTH:
October 5, 1944

PLACE OF BIRTH:
Hameln, Germany

HOME ADDRESS:
Sonnhalde 72
79104 Freiburg
Germany

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Department of Medicine I (Hematology/Oncology)
University Medical Center
Hugstetter Str. 55
D-79106 Freiburg

Fon  +49/761/270-3406
Fax  +49/761/270-3206
e-mail: roland.mertelsmann@uniklinik-freiburg.de

EDUCATION 

1968
B.Sc., Univ. of Göttingen, Germany

1969
King's College, London, Great Britain

1972
M.D., Univ. of Hamburg, Medical School, Germany

1980
Ph.D., Univ. of Hamburg, Germany (Habilitation)

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

1970
Subinternship, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York

1972
Rotating Internship, Medicine & Surgery, University of Hamburg, Germany

1973-1976
Residency and Fellowship in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology and Hematology, University of Hamburg, Germany

1976-1977
Medical Oncology/Hematology Fellow, Memorial Hospital

1976-1978
Research Fellow, Sloan Kettering Institute

1977-1978
Special Fellow, Memorial Hospital

POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

1973-1980
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Hamburg, Germany

1978-1982
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York

1982-1986
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York

1978-1979
Clinical Assistant Physician, Memorial Hospital

1980-1982
Assistant Attending Physician, Memorial Hospital

1982-1986
Associate Attending Physician, Memorial Hospital

1978-1980
Research Associate, Sloan-Kettering Institute

1980-1982
Associate, Sloan-Kettering Institute

1982-1984
Assistant Member, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

1984-1985
Associate Member, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

1985-1989
Professor of Medicine, Chief, Department of Hematology, University of Mainz, West Germany

1989-present
Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department Oncology and Hematology Director, Fellowship Program, Internal Medicine and Hematology/Medical Oncology, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany

SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL SOCIETIES

1973
German Society for Internal Medicine

1975
German Society for Hematology

1976
German Society for Oncology

1979
American Society for Clinical Oncology

1979
American Association for Cancer Research

1979
American Society for Hematology

1979
New York Academy of Sciences

1990
European Society of Medical Oncology

1990
Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte e.V.

1993
Royal Society of Medicine

1994
German Working Group for Gene Therapy

1997
International Society for Hematotherapy and Graft Engineering

1998
American Society for Gene Therapy

1998
Member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie, Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft (AIO)

2000
European Society of Gene Therapy (ESGT)

2002
Austrian Society for Hematology and Oncology

2004
European Academy of Sciences (EAS)

HONORS AND AWARDS

1966
Scholarship, Max-Planck-Institute for Experi­men­tal Medicine, Göttingen, Germany

1969
Scholarship, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

1976
Konjetzny Prize for Cancer Research

1976
American Cancer Society - Eleanor Roosevelt In­ternational Cancer Fellow

1980
Fellow, American College of Physicians

1980
Czerny Award for Cancer Research (DGHO)

1982
Boyer Award for Clinical Investigation (MSKCC)

1986
Warner Award for Cancer Research

1990
Hamilton-Farley Award (ESMO)

1994
Emil-von-Behring Award (DGTI)

2000
Excellency Award of the 13th International Symposium on Molecular Biology of Hematopoiesis, New York

2000
Basic Science Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Frankfurt

2004
Visiting Professor University of Buenos Aires

2005
Professor "honoris causa", Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina

CURRENT EXTRAMURAL PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Editorial Boards: International Journal of Cell Cloning, Current Opinion in Hematology, Clinical Cancer Research, European Cytokine Network, Journal Molecular Biotherapy, European Journal of Cancer, Cytokines, Cellular & Molecular Therapy, International Journal of Oncology;

Central European Society for Anticancer Drug Research (CESAR), Gene Scan Scientific Advisory Board, Scientific Advisory Board of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research France (INSERM), Reviewer for The Wellcome Trust London, President of the International Association for Comparative Research on Leukemia and Related Diseases.

LICENSED PHYSICIAN

1973
Fed. Rep. Germany, #8335, Hamburg, Germany

1978
New York, #133949, New York

BOARD CERTIFICATION

1972
ECFMG

1978
FLEX

1978
American Boards of Medicine

1979
American Boards of Medical Oncology

1979
German Boards of Medicine

1980
American Boards of Hematology

1986
German Boards of Hematology

MILITARY SERVICE

1964-1966
West German Air Force

PUBLICATIONS

Will be forwarded upon request