Prof. Dr. med. Robert Thimme

internal medicine, gastroenterology, gastroenterologic oncology, and endocrinology, infectious diseases

User Score	Experience	Rating	Price Range	Publications	Online Consultations
96%	28 years	9.8/10	$$$$	645	No

Overview

Country, City

Germany, Freiburg

Health facility

University Hospital Freiburg

Medical unit

Department of gastroenterology, hepatology, endocrinology and infectious diseases

About the doctor

Prof. Dr. med. Robert Thimme is a highly experienced doctor with 27 years of experience in internal medicine, gastroenterology, gastroenterologic oncology, and endocrinology. He works at the University Hospital Freiburg in Germany in the Department of gastroenterology, hepatology, endocrinology, and infectious diseases. Dr. Thimme's impressive career includes multiple achievements and recognitions, including being a leading senior physician, a Heisenberg W2/W3 hepatology professor, and the department's Medical Director. He has also served in various research roles, including being a coordinator and speaker for several research programs and consortiums. Dr. Thimme specializes in gastroenterology and mainly studies liver diseases and infections. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Thimme has an extensive publication record with 644 scientific publications. His research focuses on chronic HCV infection, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. His contributions to the field have been recognized with numerous awards and honors. Dr. Thimme's expertise, extensive experience, and dedication to research make him an excellent doctor in gastroenterology and hepatology. His focus on liver and infectious diseases allows him to provide comprehensive and specialized care to his patients.

Skills & Expertise

Resume

CV (Curriculum Vitae)

Education

1989-1991 Studied human medicine at the Free University of Berlin
1991-1996 Studied human medicine at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
Obtaining a license for medical practice
1993-1994 Defense of the dissertation in medicine at the University of Freiburg
1998-2001 Postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of molecular medicine at the Scripps Research Institute of La Jolla
2002 Scholarship of the Emmy-Noether program from the German Research Foundation
2005 Obtaining specialization in internal medicine
2006 Habilitation and a teaching license in internal medicine at the University of Freiburg
2006 Received additional qualifications in the field of gastroenterology
2006 Obtaining further specialization in gastroenterological oncology from the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Disorders
2011 Received additional qualifications in the field of endocrinology

Experience

1996-1998 Intern and Assistant Physician in the Department of gastroenterology, hepatology, endocrinology, and infectious diseases at the University Hospital Freiburg
2001-2005 Assistant Physician in the Department of gastroenterology, hepatology, endocrinology, and infectious diseases at the University Hospital Freiburg
2005-2009 Junior professorship of the Chair of the hepatitis viral infection
2007-2013 Leading Senior Physician in the Department of gastroenterology, hepatology, endocrinology, and infectious diseases at the University Hospital Freiburg
2009 Heisenberg W2/W3 Professor in hepatology
2009-2013 Head of the newly founded Gerok Liver Centre of Freiburg
2012-2013 Assistant Medical Director
2013 Medical Director, Department of gastroenterology, hepatology, endocrinology, and infectious diseases at the University Hospital Freiburg
2019-2022 Vice Dean for academic affairs of the faculty of medicine at the Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg
2022 Vice Dean and Dean for the strategy of the faculty of medicine at the Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg

Awards & Memberships

1994 Ludwig Heilmeyer Prize of the Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg for the best experimental dissertation
2000 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from the Cancer Research Institute in New York
2002 Research Award of the American Liver Foundation in San Diego
2003 Heine Medin Award of the European Society of Clinical Virology
2007 Dr. Norbert-Henning Prize for gastroenterology at the University of Erlangen
2007 Kussmaul Prize from the Southwest German Society of Gastroenterology
2007 Thieme Prize for medicine from the Leopoldina Academy for Natural Scientists
2009 Postdoctoral Fellow of the evaluation committee from the German Academic Exchange Service
2009 Spokesman of the Hepato-Regio-Net
2009 Speaker of the research unit of the German Research Foundation
2009-2012 Scientific Secretary of the German Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
2011 Professional Board Member on the medicine of the German Research Foundation
2013-2018 Coordinator of Else-Kroener-Fresenius MD-Kolleg Project
2015 Co-Speaker of the SFB 1160 "IMPATH"
2015-2020 Coordinator of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Consortium (Horizon Project)
2016 Spokesman of the Berta-Ottenstein-Program for Clinician Researchers
2016 Speaker of SFB/TRR 179 symposium
2016 Scientific Member and Section Leader in immunology (International coalition to eliminate HBV/ ICE-HBV)
2017 Co-Speaker of newly established clinician scientist program EXCEL (funded by the Else-Kroener-Fresenius Foundation)
2018 Speaker of the Center for Medicine
2018 Coordinator of the Clinician Scientist Program IMM-PACT (funded by the German Research Foundation)
2019 Member of the permanent senate commission for fundamental issues in clinical research of the German Research Foundation
2019 Member of the research strategy board and rectorate of the Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg
2019 Election Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2020 Project Leader H2020 IP-cure B Host-directed interventions to cure hepatitis B infections (EU-Project)
2020 Election Member of the Leopoldina - German National Academy of Sciences
2021 Member of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's selection committee for the Award of Humboldt Research Fellowships
2021 Speaker of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany, advanced clinician scientist-program "IMMediate – Immune-Mediated Diseases"
2022 Member of the senate committee on collaborative research centers