Annual Report 2014 - Berliner Institut für Gesundheitsforschung
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Annual Report 2014 - Berliner Institut für Gesundheitsforschung
14 0 2 t r o p e R l a Annu Table of contents 3Foreword 42014 Highlights 6 On the Road to a New Charité 12 2014 in Numbers 16 Health Services 17 Research 18 Education and Teaching | Training 19 Organizational Structure 20 Overview of Medical Facilities and Institutes Selected Publications 2014 Legal notice Publisher Corporate Communications Division, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 400 | [email protected] | www.charite.de Responsible as per Press Law Uwe Dolderer, Head of Corporate Communications Division Proofing Dr. Julia Biederlack, Nancy Janz, Verena Wolff, Manuela Zingl Editing Dr. Katja Furthmann Translations English Express Design Christine Voigts Zentrale Mediendienstleistungen, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Photos Wiebke Peitz, Zentrale Mediendienstleistungen, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Beatrice Staib (page 4, middle left), Jens Jeske (page 4, middle right), Randy Tarango (page 5, bottom left), Stephan Baumann (page 5, bottom left), Schweger Architekten (page 8, top left), Sabine Gudath (page 8, top right), picture alliance / dpa (page 10, top left) Frontispiece: Construction work on the new façade of the main ward (CCM) 2 Foreword Professorial appointments, construction projects, the Ebola virus, staffing changes and positive annual results: these are the keywords that best describe 2014 at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. By appointing numerous renowned doctors, the Charité has significantly strengthened its work in cardiology, tumor and transplantation surgery, gynecology, and sports medicine. In addition, Prof. Dr. Thomas Südhof, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will be spending three years with the Charité as an Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow at the Berlin Institute of Health. There were also changes in key administrative departments. Evelyn Möhlenkamp replaced Hedwig François-Kettner as Nursing Director in February. The Faculty Council elected Prof. Dr. Axel R. Pries as Dean in December. He took over from Prof. Dr. Annette Grüters-Kieslich. The Charité’s largest construction project began in January with the handing over of keys to the general contractor. The project will fully renovate and modernize the main ward building, which dates back to 1982. The cornerstone ceremony for the new building that will stand on the eastern side of the 21-storey ward building was held in September. Berlin’s then mayor, Klaus Wowereit, was in attendance. Once finished, the building will house operating theaters, intensive care medicine and emergency medicine. Campus Charité Mitte is not the only Charité location to be benefiting from building work. The new emergency diesel generator at Campus Virchow-Klinikum has gone into operation, and the 1960s operating theaters on Campus Benjamin Franklin are undergoing extensive renovations. The new rooms for the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy have also been completed. In response to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, the Charité has put numerous preparatory measures in place. Doctors and nurses attended Germany’s biggest isolation unit at Campus Virchow-Klinikum for intensive, regular training on how to handle a potential emergency. For many years now, the Charité has been addressing its role in Germany’s National Socialist era. The GeDenkOrt.Charité – Science and Social Responsibility project is part of these efforts. Last year, six memorial columns were installed across three of the Charité’s four campuses, displaying the biographies of employees who were forced into exile. The Charité enjoyed a successful year in 2014. Focus magazine’s nationwide hospital ranking crowned it Germany’s Best Hospital for the third year in a row. It also closed 2014 with a positive operating result for the fourth year running. This year’s profits totaled €7.6 million. Given the increasingly difficult financial situation facing university hospitals in Germany, we are very pleased with this successful outcome. It would not have been possible without the spirit of cooperation and the daily efforts of the some 16,800 employees working throughout the Charité. For this, we would like to extend our warmest thanks. In 2015, our shared commitment will continue to be the basis for developing the Charité further and securing its success. Prof. Dr. Karl Max Einhäupl Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. Axel R. Pries Dean Matthias Scheller Hospital Director Prof. Dr. Ulrich Frei Medical Director 3 New Nursing Director: Evelyn Möhlenkamp takes over from Hedwig François-Kettner Health sector convenes for high-level meeting: The Charité attends the Medicine and Health congress in Berlin Comfort for parents of preemies: Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen opens a new parents’ room in the neonatology department Health education for all: The Charité’s XXL Sunday lecture focuses on dementia, cancer, rheumatism and osteoarthritis Makeover for the main ward façade: 2,068 aluminum elements give the building a bright new look Building in Mitte: Cornerstone ceremony marks the start of a new home for surgery, intensive care and emergency medicine Unusual patients: Germany’s health minister, Hermann Gröhe, visits the stuffed toy clinic at the Charité Joining forces for university hospitals: The Charité participates in a nationwide campaign week Germany’s biggest health study: The Charité opens the National Cohort’s Berlin-Mitte study center Latest clinical diagnostics: High-resolution imaging with three new magnetic resonance imaging systems Charity for Charité: Benefit gala for children with serious chronic and rare diseases Christmas music on every campus: The CharitéBrass-Band plays Christmas songs for staff and patients On the Road to a New Charité 2014 was an eventful and groundbreaking year for the and Director of the Department of Cardiology at the DHZB. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Many topics and pro- These appointments are also very important from a research jects were initiated or continued and all of them helped to perspective, as the professors will provide a major boost for move the Charité forward. Once again, for example, the the clinical cardiovascular research being performed at the Charité succeeded in attracting renowned doctors and re- Berlin Institute of Health. The cross-institutional collabora- searchers from around the world. tion between Berlin’s new heart specialists, and closer links between clinical and experimental research will strengthen Top-Flight Doctors Appointed Prof. Dr. Johann Pratschke became Director of the Depart- translational medicine in the German capital overall. In their capacity as teachers, the cardiologists will also make an important contribution to training the next generation of doctors. ment for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery in June. This puts Prof. Dr. Patschke, a specialist in tumor and transplantation surgery, at the head of the largest depart- Raising the Bar in Sports Medicine ment in the Charité. The role involves leading and restructu- Olympic doctor Prof. Dr. Bernd Wolfarth was appointed Medical ring the surgical departments at Campus Virchow-Klinikum Director of the new sports medicine department and university and Campus Charité Mitte. outpatient clinic in September. This means the Charité is one of the few hospitals in Germany to have an interdisciplina- The Department of Gynecology and the Breast Center also ry, clinically oriented university outpatient facility for sports underwent structural changes. Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Blohmer medicine. Prof. Dr. Wolfarth has also been professor of sports became the new Director of the Department of Gynecology medicine at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since 2014. at Campus Charité Mitte in September. He also heads the Charité’s Breast Center at all three locations. The Department of Gynecology at Campus Virchow-Klinikum and at New Managers Campus Benjamin Franklin continues to be run by Prof. Dr. Last year saw further staffing changes at the managerial Jalid Sehouli, who became a tenured professor in 2014. level in the Charité. Evelyn Möhlenkamp became the new Nursing Director and a member of the Charité’s Clinical Cen- This year also saw three world-renowned cardiologists leave ter Management in February. She takes over from Hedwig positions in Europe to take up roles at the Charité and bring François-Kettner, who stepped down as planned after more their expertise to its cardiovascular departments. Prof. Dr. Ulf than 30 years in the role. Andrea Schmidt-Rumposch was ap- Landmesser became the new Director of the Department of pointed Deputy Nursing Director. Prof. Dr. Adelheid Kuhlmey, Cardiology at Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin in October. Director of the Institute of Medical Sociology and Rehabili- The winter semester saw Prof. Dr. Volkmar Falk take up a pro- tation Science, became the new Vice Dean for Education in fessorship for cardiac surgery at the Charité in cooperation May after a vote by the Faculty Council. She took over from with the Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (DHZB). He is also Prof. Dr. Claudia Spies after she stepped down. The exis- the DHZB’s new Medical Director and heads its Department ting Vice Dean for Research, Prof. Dr. Christian Hagemeier, of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. Prof. Dr. Burkert was confirmed in office. Prof. Dr. Axel R. Pries, Director of Pieske came to Berlin in November to serve as Director of the Institute of Physiology, was elected Dean by the Faculty the Department of Cardiology at Campus Virchow-Klinikum Council in December. 6 4 17 100 Locations Charité Centers almost Hospitals and Institutes He took over from Prof. Dr. Annette Grüters-Kieslich, who had the interior of the 21-story ward building started at the same served as Dean and a member of the Executive Board from time as the removal of the old façade. Work on renovating the 2008 until she stepped down at the end of 2014. 20,500 m2 façade started later in the year, on time and as planned. The bright new unitized façade features high-quality Driving Translation insulation that makes for a more energy-efficient building. The Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) was set up by the Charité The new building on the eastern side of the ward building and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin- is also progressing on schedule and within budget. The cor- Buch as a facility for pooling their translational research. The nerstone ceremony was held in September. Some 100 guests institute is designed to promote the translation of research attended the celebrations, among them Klaus Wowereit, findings into clinical application for the benefit of patients, the then mayor of Berlin, and Sandra Scheeres, chair of the and to investigate clinical questions in the laboratory. This Supervisory Board at the Charité and senator for Education, makes it the first facility in Germany to adopt a holistic, Youth and Science. The work on the main ward building also systems-medical approach. The BIH successfully launched includes replacing the bridge over Luisenstraße, which con- its first major research projects and a number of key in- nects the ward with the historic campus. The new bridge will frastructure measures in 2014. Thanks to support from the be made of steel and glass and will feature a light, transpa- Private Excellence Initiative Johanna Quandt, whose funds rent design. The whole master-plan project is expected to are managed by the Charité Foundation, Prof. Dr. Thomas be completed at the end of 2016. Südhof will be spending the next three years at the BIH as an Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow. A Stanford professor and lau- Last year also saw a great deal of activity on construction reate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Prof. Dr. sites at the other locations. Construction teams are hard at Südhof will be working on a neuroscience project in which he work extensively renovating the 1960s operating theaters on will investigate how neurons in the brain communicate with Campus Benjamin Franklin. The project is being carried out one another and how diseases disrupt this communication. in two construction phases while work continues in the theaters. This master-plan project, which is also on schedule and Master-Plan Projects at all Locations within budget, should be complete in 2016. The new rooms for the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy on Campus Some of the Charité’s key construction projects are part Benjamin Franklin – also part of the Charité’s master-plan – of the master-plan that the Berlin Senate agreed in 2010. were completed in December 2014 and went into use in Janu- The Senate has made a total of €376.5 million available for ary 2015. This meant that the Charité could give up another renovating and improving critical structures. external location and significantly improve its patient care structure. The master-plan’s emergency diesel power project The Charité launched its largest master-plan project in Ja- at Campus Virchow-Klinikum was completed in December. nuary 2014 with a symbolic handing over of keys to the ge- The state-of-the-art high-voltage switchgear is housed in neral contractor, a consortium of Ed. Züblin AG and VAMED its own building and is equipped with two emergency diesel Deutschland. The main ward building at the Mitte location will generators that can be used to support the existing power be modernized and a new building erected for surgery, inten- supply. The commissioning of the system is part of a project sive care medicine and emergency medicine. Work on gutting to restructure the site’s entire electricity supply. 7 Germany’s Best Hospital The German magazine Focus awarded the title of Germany’s be responsible for the medical management of the center. Best Hospital to the Charité when it published its national The aim is to provide optimum patient care by combining a hospital ranking in September 2014. The Charité thus suc- municipal care structure with university expertise. cessfully defended its title, which it has held for the past few years, and at the same time set new quality standards for the future. The Focus list is based on Germany’s most Outstanding Surgical Achievement comprehensive quality comparison, which reviews more than Surgeons successfully reattached the arm of a 30-year-old 1,000 hospitals across the country. The Charité achieved out- man in an operation that lasted around seven hours. The me- standing results in most of the 16 areas included in the study. dical team successfully performed a rare macroreplantation of the right arm, which had been severed eight centimeters The Family-Friendly Charité above the elbow. The high quality of the emergency medical care provided by the paramedics was key to the success of In June, the Charité was awarded familiengerechte hochschu- the operation. The arm’s blood supply was restored just 3.5 le (Family-Friendly University) and berufundfamilie (Family- hours after the accident. The patient has been making an Friendly Workplace) certification after it successfully completed excellent recovery. To fully restore the functions of his hand the corresponding audits. This was the third time in a row that and fingers, surgeons will have to carry out further operations, it had received the certification, in recognition of its sustainable such as transplanting neural tracts. The doctors estimate that initiatives for helping staff combine working and family life. It it will take more than two years for the nerves to grow and for received particular praise for giving parents access to a wide the patient to regain full movement in his hand and fingers. range of childcare options, even in unforeseen situations. The Charité has expanded its commitment even further and Robot Surgeons currently collaborates with six children’s day-care centers. The Charité began using the latest generation of the da Flexible working hours for nurses, and formats such as job Vinci robot for complex surgical interventions in January. sharing and working from home are also well established This makes it one of the few hospitals in Berlin and Branden- at the Charité. burg to have access to this innovative surgical technology. Numerous new features allow the system to perform opera- Partnership with Vivantes tions with outstanding precision and the utmost safety. It can drastically reduce the occurrence of unwanted side effects. The Charité and Vivantes are expanding their partnership. Once Labor Berlin had established itself as a successful joint In contrast to conventional keyhole surgery, doctors using venture, work on building the radiotherapy center at the the da Vinci system benefit from high-definition 3D vision Vivantes hospital in Friedrichshain also made swift progress. and instruments that allow complete freedom of movement. The shell of the building was completed in December. This When operating in tight spaces, such as in urological, thora- means the project, which is expected to cost €9 million, is cic and colorectal-cancer surgery, it is especially helpful for on schedule and within budget. The building should be ready surgeons to have three instrument arms at their disposal for use by the middle of 2015. The new rooms will feature and the ability to guide the camera themselves. state-of-the-art equipment and technology. The Charité will 8 First Mobile CT Scanner In May, the Charité became the first hospital in Europe to They will each benefit from a monthly grant of €300 for have a mobile computer tomography (CT) scanner. The a period of at least one year. The grants are funded by new device can scan patients while they are undergoing the German government and private sponsors, who each neurosurgery – and even sitting up. This allows the surgeon provide half of the total. to update important diagnostic 3D data at any time during surgery and check, for instance, whether a tumor has been completely removed. The ring-shaped high-tech device also National Cohort means that the Charité can now produce 3D images of the The Charité began participating in the National Cohort in entire spine, and it is faster, gentler and more accurate September, when it opened a study center in Berlin-Mitte. than other scanners. Before its arrival, surgery patients Entitled “Joint Research for a Healthier Future”, the National had to be moved to a stationary scanner in the radiology Cohort is Germany’s largest-ever national population study department before doctors could evaluate the outcome of and will examine around 200,000 people over the next 20 the operation. to 30 years. The large-scale project is receiving €210 million in funding from the German government, the participating Cardiac Arrest Center states and the Helmholtz Association. The aim is to improve research into widespread diseases such as cancer, diabetes Each year, over 75,000 people in Germany suffer cardiac and cardiovascular diseases, so as to enhance their preven- arrest and have to be resuscitated. Just 5,000 of them tion and therapy. survive this dangerous cardiac event. In order to improve patients’ survival chances, the Charité opened the country’s first center of excellence for cardiac arrests in July. It de- Powerful Research livers fast, specialized treatment to those who have been The Charité proved once again in 2014 that it is a research resuscitated after suffering a cardiac arrest. This involves powerhouse. This was reflected in the decision of the Ger- quickly identifying the cause of the arrest and rapidly re- man Research Foundation (DFG) to extend two Collaborative ducing the patient’s body temperature, as this has been Research Centres / Transregios that are coordinated by the proven to reduce neurological damage. The aim is to use Charité. The scientists involved are investigating how innate standardized procedures and treatment in hospitals with or acquired immune responses can be used to treat pneu- specialized cardiac arrest centers to significantly increase monia and cancer. The DFG also approved a new research the number of people who survive a cardiac arrest with a group that will spend the next three years investigating which good neurological prognosis. factors cause bones to heal more slowly in old age. Funding for Dedicated Students The faculty applied for DFG funding for five large-scale research devices in 2014. The applications were approved and In April 2014, the Charité awarded 40 new Germany Schol- the faculty received around €1.2 million from the DFG to arships to selected students pursuing programs in medicine fund the devices. and dentistry and other health-related fields. In addition to their outstanding academic achievements, the recipients The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research also demonstrated a strong commitment to civil society. (BMBF) is funding the national research group CAPSyS 9 (Systems Medicine of Community-Acquired Pneumonia) for tients in Hamburg and Frankfurt, while others have traveled three years. The financing totals €3.8 million. The Charité is to West Africa to work with aid organizations on the ground. receiving €1.4 million of that for its research into how seri- The Ebola epidemic was also the subject of a symposium ous or fatal forms of pneumonia can be identified early and that was held at the sixth World Health Summit in October what can be done to significantly improve the progression and organized in cooperation with Germany’s foreign office of the disease. and health ministry. International experts and the German government’s special envoy for Ebola, Walter Lindner, The Charité is participating in the BMBF’s research network used the special event to call for a coordinated approach, on mental illnesses. It is involved in seven groups and coordi- sustainable infrastructure on the ground, and support for nates the addiction research group. The nationwide research international aid workers. The World Health Summit was network is receiving €35 million in funding and will spend held under the patronage of German chancellor Angela the next four years doing intensive research into the causes, Merkel, French president François Hollande, and European diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses. Commission president José Manuel Barroso. Around 1,200 international representatives from academia, the private As part of its nationwide research network, the BMBF is also sector, politics and civil society discussed strategies for funding three large-scale collaborative projects on diseases solving the medical challenges facing the world today. of the musculoskeletal system. They are being led by the Charité. The projects aim to advance research, networking between experts, and treatment options for conditions such GeDenkOrt.Charité as rheumatism, osteoporosis and back pain. The GeDenkOrt.Charité – Science and Social Responsibility project addresses the role, past and present, of medicine The Charité submitted ten successful applications for the and science in society. The initiative is designed to help the EU’s “Horizon 2020” research and innovation program in institution confront its own past and also to raise awareness 2014. The fields included the neurosciences, cardiology, of current ethical dilemmas. Two important elements of this gastroenterology, rheumatology, and medical nanotech- project were initiated in 2014: the foundation Friede Springer nology. It also received an ERC Starting Grant for medical Stiftung will fund a Medical Humanities guest professorship psychology. at the Charité, and the support organization Freundeskreis der Charité is helping set up an Info Box to inform the public The Ebola Epidemic about the origins and objectives of the GeDenk.Ort project. The Ebola epidemic in West Africa was a top issue for the In addition, two memorial columns have now been installed world and the Charité last year. The university hospital has at each of the hospital locations. The columns bear the na- set up Germany’s largest isolation unit at Campus Virchow- mes of the more than 180 employees who are known to Klinikum. Numerous selected medical staff are undergoing have been forced into exile during the National Socialist era intensive, regular training there so that they will be able and provide more detailed information on the lives of six of to respond if an emergency does arise. In addition, several these individuals. doctors and nurses from the Charité helped treat Ebola pa- 10 120 Years of Pediatrics The Charité had an important event to celebrate in Novem- for children with rare diseases, the journey to a diagnosis ber: the 120th anniversary of Germany’s first chair for pe- alone can be an odyssey that lasts many years and involves diatrics, which was established in Berlin in 1894. This date numerous hospital stays and uncertainties. For the Charité’s has always been considered as marking the birth of modern plans to succeed, its children’s departments need financial pediatric and adolescent medicine. Otto Heubner, Germany’s support from dedicated donors. first full professor of pediatrics, helped turn the field into an independent academic discipline. Heubner was also director The Charity for Charité benefit gala that was held in Decem- of the Charité’s children’s hospital, which was founded in ber raised over €100,000. Jörg Thadeusz was the host for the 1829. In collaboration with leading doctors and scientists evening, which featured a diverse program and a slogan that of his time, Heubner made significant progress in, among called for “better health for our children”. The main event other things, reducing infant mortality. To this day, children of the gala was an auction run by lawyer and art enthusiast benefit from the close links between research and care in Prof. Dr. Peter Raue. The guests included Eva Luise Köhler, Berlin. All nine children’s departments at the Charité take a patron of the Alliance for Chronic Rare Diseases (ACHSE), multiprofessional, interdisciplinary approach to collaborating designer Jette Joop, and Jörg Woltmann, sole shareholder on medical care and research. of the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (KPM). A Thank-You for Generous Support Radio Berlin 88.8 also used its 2014 Christmas fundraising campaign to help improve treatment for children with seri- The Charité relies on donations for many projects that go ous chronic and rare diseases. Its listeners donated a total beyond its legal obligations to provide medical care. In June, of €127,000 to the project. Anyone who donated €5 or more as a way of expressing its thanks for the generosity of many took part in a prize draw to win one of 24 premium Berlin- dedicated supporters, the Charité laid clinker bricks engraved made products. with donors’ names at the entrance to the children’s departments on Campus Virchow-Klinikum. They are designed to The Charité, designer Jette Joop, and KPM also launched symbolize the shared path to better children’s health. During a joint project to support the children’s departments. Joop the ceremony, Prof. Dr. Karl Max Einhäupl personally thanked created a special winged heart design for 101 KPM Cadre everyone, on behalf of the Executive Board and the depart- vases and painted the first one herself. The profits will go to- ments, who has helped the Charité in this way. wards improving the lives of the Charité’s youngest patients. Help for Seriously Ill Children Improving care for young patients who suffer from serious chronic and rare diseases is a project that is very close to the hearts of the staff working in the children’s departments at the Charité. The Charité wants to do more in this area and develop an appropriate care structure of a standard that does not yet exist anywhere in Germany. Particularly 11 2014 in Numbers Profitability Investments The Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin comprises around The Charité invested a total of €125.8 million in tangible 100 departments and institutes spread across four loca- fixed assets and intangible fixed assets during the fiscal tions: Campus Benjamin Franklin, Campus Berlin-Buch, year. These investments were funded in large part by the Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum. The state of Berlin, with €33.7 million in general investment sub- Charité has a total of about 16,800 employees in medical sidies from the state being used for teaching, research and care, research and teaching, service, administration, and medical care. third-party funding. This makes the Charité one of the biggest employers in the German capital. In fiscal year 2014, the Charité generated total revenue of more than €1.5 billion (including investment grants), with revenue of €848.4 million coming from more than 139,000 inpatient and semi-inpatient cases and over 656,000 outpatient cases. On the expenses side, personnel costs represent the largest item. They totaled €766.2 million, increasing €20.4 million from the year before. The cost of materials rose €9.7 million to €402.8 million. Other operating expenses stood at €201.0 million, of which €69.4 million was for maintenance. Net income for fiscal year 2014 was €7.6 million. It is the fourth consecutive time that the Charité has posted positive results for the year, and another year of beating the ambitious target set out in its business plan. It has thus stayed the course of economic consolidation for yet another year. The continued economic improvement of the Charité is largely thanks to the outstanding dedication of all Charité employees in implementing the program of reforms adopted several years ago.They have enabled the implementation of a comprehensive portfolio of structural improvements to achieve greater efficiency. As a result, the Charité managed to offset and overcompensate for the effects of collective-bargaining agreements and inflation as well as additional liabilities resulting from extensive construction work. 12 2008 2009 2010 -17,8 -19.2 8.2 1.6* 5.2 7.6 2011201220132014 * Figure without special effect; result 2013 including special effect of the dissolution of third party funding obligations: € 36.3 million -56.6 PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT Revenue** Changes in inventories 2013 in T€ 2014 in T€ 816,190848,444 -19925 Subsidies from public funds 197,903201,801 Other operating income 338,743359,783 1.352,6381.410,053 Personnel expenses 745,729766,158 Cost of materials 393,127 Interim result 213,781241,093 402,802 Result from subsidized items related to hospital operations 133,37063,825 Depreciation, amortisation and write-downs Other operating expenses Interim result 84,93573,326 211,266200,999 50,95030,594 Financial result Result from ordinary activities -13,277-16,941 37,673 13,653 Extraordinary expense 3,9595,883 Result from taxes 2,588-183 Net income for the year including special effect of third party funding obligations Net income for the year without special effect of third party funding obligations 36,303 7,587 1,5937,587 ** Revenue is defined as proceeds from hospital services, optional medical services, outpatient services, and revenues from elective procedures conducted by physicians. 13 13.100 Charité Staff members* of those 4.135 Nursing staff 220 Professors BALANCE SHEET ASSETS 31 Dec 2013 in T€ 31 Dec 2014 in T€ A. Fixed assets I. Intangible fixed assets II. Tangible assets III. Long-term financial assets 1,6834,867 1.129,9611.161,660 3,6423,663 1.135,2861.170,190 B. Current assets I. Inventories II. Receivables and other assets III. Cash-in-hand, state central bank balances, bank balances 50,47548,388 252,305257,092 86,40690,436 389,185395,916 C. Deferred charges 3,8623,860 1.528,3331.569,966 EQUITY AND LIABILITIES A. Equity 1. Capital 2. Revenue reserves 3. Accumulated losses brought forward 164,346163,665 1,80036,510 -176,016-174,424 4. Net income 36,3037,587 26,43233,339 B. Special reserves for financing fixed assets 930,390 959,539 C. Provisions 326,668 344,582 D. Liabilities 238,002 228,767 6,841 3,739 E. Deferred income 14 1.528,3331.569,966 3.700 Scientists and physicians 31% Personnel 69% 710 Administrative staff * including Berlin Institute of Health; all figures are rounded CHANGES IN STAFFING LEVELS Active full-time staff (FT) total ø FT 2013 ø FT 2014 Development of fte 9,609.29,502.6 6.2 Medical services 2,075.72,059.6 -16.1 Nursing services 2,437.72,411.4 -26.3 Medical-technical services 2,465.72,408.4 -57.3 Functional services 1,125.21,128.7 of those: 3.5 Operating and supply services 369.1372.8 3.7 Technical services 203.6202.4 -1.2 Administrative services 778.4759.6 -18.8 Special services 96.4100.5 4.1 Staff training services 57.459.3 1,9 Inactive full-time staff 1,230.41,176.2 Active full-time staff (externally funded) 1,548.41,554.6 Full-time staff total 12,388.112,233.4 -54.3 6.2 -154.7 Students 302.2306.1 4.0 Midwife trainees 38.737.3 -1.4 Trainees 91.691.4 -0.3 Interns 1.70.0 -1.7 15 Sclerodermia Consultation for rare diseases Age-related macular degeneration Polyposis syndrome Muscle disease Early onset arthritis Memory Immunodeficiency Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) SpeCial CONSULTING HOURS Anaplastology Ataxia Consultation for rare diseases Psoriasis Hyperhidrosis Short bowel syndrome Transplantation Surgery Movement disorders Adult autism Health services 2013 total 2014 total TOP NATIONALES Number of officially authorized beds 3,0113,011 Beds available 3,0113,011 Utilization rate (average number of available beds in %) 83.483.4 Average occupancy in days 6.05 6.05 Occupancy days 881,981 881,981 Inpatient cases 136,440 136,440 Outpatient cases 637,171637,171 KRANKENHAUS 2015 number 1 Charité DEUTSCHLANDS GRÖSSTER KRANKENHAUSVERGLEICH 250 200 200 182 174 204 198 193 187 201 195 163 159 150 150 127 130 130 133 136 139 140 136 139 117 00 casemix points 50 50 Inpatient cases 100 100 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Number of cases and casemix points, in thousands 16 Clinic Ranking (Focus 20|2014) DFG Graduate Schools 2 Research Centers, including 12 7Collaborative with host function 2 Clinical Research Groups projects, including 5 3Excellence with host function 5 DFG Research Groups 3 Federal Research Ministry Competency Networks Research 47.6 million euros German Research Foundation (DFG) 27.7 million euros Industry Focus of research activities • Immunological science 34.9 million euros Federal Ministry • Cardiovascular research and metabolism •Neuroscience •Oncology 150.7 million euros procured external funding • Regenerative therapies • Rare diseases and genetics 13.1 million euros European Union 13.1 million euros Foundations 12.5 million euros Donations and Other 1.9 million euros Land of Berlin million euros 300 300 250 250 258 255 251 245 240 229 216 203 200 200 190 151 150 150 50 50 00 130 88 97 98 108 101 105 116 153 154 148 199 151 127 state grants external funding 100 100 177 195 189 184 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Development of state consumption subsidies and external revenue 17 Model Medicinal Studies Molecular Medicine Consumer Health Care Cerebrovascular Medicine Dentistry Public Health Medical Neurosciences – International Graduate Program UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM Epidemiology Applied Epidemiology Health and Society: International Gender Studies Berlin BA in Health Science Standard Medical Studies Reformed Medical Curriculum Education and teaching Students, total Number of degree courses First-year students, total December 2013 December 2014 6,9536,906 1719 1,3891,461 of whom: Medicine 697709 Dentistry 102100 Health science Other 6664 524588 Graduates, total * 771744 of whom: Medicine 607614 Dentistry 8473 Health science 8057 * without Master OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING Occupational training at the Health Academy 571 traineeships in 8 different healthcare professions Midwifery Healthcare and nursing Healthcare and pediatric nursing Surgical-technical assistant Nutrition assistant Logopedics Physiotherapy Autopsy and preparation assistants Further qualified occupatients Medical assistant Animal technician Administrative assistant Dental assistant Biology lab assistant Office assistant Information systems assistant 18 Organizational structures Medical Faculty Senate Chairman: Prof. Dr. Peter-André Alt and Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Olbertz Office: Dr. Gerda Fabert Supervisory Board Chairwoman: Sandra Scheeres Faculty Council Chairman: Prof. Dr. Axel R. Pries Office of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Jan Steffen Jürgensen Office: Heike Stein EXECUTIVE BOARD Chairman of the Executive Board Prof. Dr. Karl Max Einhäupl Hospital Director Matthias Scheller Medical Director Prof. Dr. Ulrich Frei Dean Prof. Dr. Axel R. Pries Executive Secretary of the Board Dr. Jan Steffen Jürgensen Clinical Center Management Matthias Scheller (Hospital Director) Prof. Dr. Ulrich Frei (Medical Director) Evelyn Möhlenkamp (Nursing Director) Dr. Helmar Wauer (Hospital Business Director) Faculty Board Prof. Dr. Axel R. Pries (Dean) Prof. Dr. Christian Hagemeier (Vice Dean for Research) Prof. Dr. Adelheid Kuhlmey (Vice Dean for Education) Fabian Hempel (Faculty Business Director) CHARITÉCENTERS CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC5 CC6 CC7 CC8 CC10 CC11 CC12 CC13 CC14 CC15 CC16 CC17 CC9 BUSINESS DIVISIONS Technology and Operations Toralf Giebe Buildings and Grounds Management Christian Kilz Academy Finance and Purchasing Dr. Marianne Rabe Carsta Prütz Dr. Alexander Hewer Office for Hospital Negotiations with Management Health Insurance Companies Carsta Prütz Marie le Claire Corporate Controlling Strategic Human Corporate Resources Development Matthias Roland Kurney Wiemann (acting) Christof Schmitt Corporate Communications IT Corporate Governance Uwe Dolderer Helmut Greger Marc Deffland Pharmacy Legal Services Dr. Susan Bischoff Christof Schmitt Research Thomas Gazlig Central Academic and International Academic Affairs Burkhard Danz Dr. Mathias John Study Affairs SPIN-OFFS AND HOLDINGS ZTB Zentrum für Transfusionsmedizin und Zelltherapie Berlin gemeinnütziger GmbH Labor Berlin – Charité Vivantes Services GmbH Labor Berlin – Charité Vivantes GmbH Charité CFM Facility Management GmbH CRO Charité Research Organisation GmbH Charité Healthcare Services GmbH Charité Physiotherapie- und Präventionszentrum GmbH Ambulantes Gesundheitszentrum der Charité GmbH Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum der Charité Mitte GmbH WHS Foundation GmbH Last update: February 2015 19 Overview of the clinics and institutes CC1 CharitéCenter for Health and Human Sciences Scientific Director Prof. Dr. Adelheid Kuhlmey +49 30 450 529 171 [email protected] Managing Director Dr. Sabine Damm +49 30 450 529 181 [email protected] Director Institute of General Medicine Dr. Christoph Heintze (acting) Institute of Occupational Medicine Prof. Dr. Adelheid Kuhlmey (acting) Institute of the History of Medicine and Ethics in Medicine Prof. Dr. Volker Hess Institute of Healthcare Research TBA Institute of Health and Nursing Science Prof. Dr. Michael Ewers Institute of Medical Psychology Prof. Dr. Christine Heim Institute of Medical Sociology and Rehabilitation Science Prof. Dr. Adelheid Kuhlmey Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine Prof. Dr. Klaus Beier Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics Prof. Dr. Stefan Willich Berlin School of Public Health Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn CC2 CharitéCenter for Basic Sciences Scientific Director Prof. Dr. Britta Eickholt +49 30 450 539 121 [email protected] Managing Director Thomas Gazlig +49 30 450 528 181 [email protected] Director Specialty Network: Anatomy Institute of Integrative Neuroanatomy Prof. Dr. Imre Vida Institute of Vegetative Anatomy Prof. Dr. Sebastian Bachmann Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology Prof. Dr. Victor Tarabykin (acting) Specialty Network: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Institute of Biochemistry Prof. Dr. Britta Eickholt Institute of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Prof. Dr. Britta Eickholt (acting) Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Prof. Dr. Britta Eickholt Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics Prof. Dr. Christian Spahn Specialty Network: Physiology Institute of Physiology Prof. Dr. Axel R. Pries Institute of Neurophysiology Prof. Dr. Jörg Geiger Institute of Vegetative Physiology Prof. Dr. Pontus B. Persson CC3 CharitéCenter for Dental, Oral and Maxillary Medicine Scientific Director Prof. Dr. Paul-Georg Jost-Brinkmann+49 30 450 562 522 [email protected] Managing Director Manfred Datta +49 30 450 562 001 [email protected] Director Institute for Dental, Oral and Maxilary Medicine Prof. Dr. Paul-Georg Jost-Brinkmann CC4 CharitéCenter for Therapy and Research Scientific Director Prof. Dr. Josef Köhrle +49 30 450 524 021 [email protected] Managing Director Thomas Gazlig +49 30 450 528 181 [email protected] Director Specialty Network: Pharmacology and Toxicology Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kintscher Institute of Pharmacology Prof. Dr. Reinhold Kreutz Specialty Network: Biometry, Epidemiology and Medical Computer Science Institute of Medical Biometrics and Clinical Epidemiology Prof. Dr. Josef Köhrle (acting) Institute of Medical Informatics Prof. Dr. Thomas Tolxdorff Institute of Theoretical Biology Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Herzel Institute of Experimental Endocrinology Prof. Dr. Josef Köhrle Associated: Gender in Medicine (GIM) Prof. Dr. Vera Regitz-Zagrosek CC5 CharitéCenter for Diagnostic Laboratory and Preventive Medicine Medical Director Prof. Dr. Rudolf Tauber +49 30 8445 2555 [email protected] Managing Director Sina Wesoly +49 30 450 569 392 [email protected] Managing MTA Sigrid Kersten +49 30 450 525 189 [email protected] Director Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry Prof. Dr. Rudolf Tauber Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene Prof. Dr. Ulf Göbel Institute of Virology | CBF Prof. Dr. Regine Heilbronn Institute of Virology | CCM Prof. Dr. Detlev Krüger Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences Prof. Dr. Michael Tsokos Institute of Forensic Psychiatry Prof. Dr. Hans-Ludwig Kröber Institute of Pathology Prof. Dr. Manfred Dietel Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine Prof. Dr. Petra Gastmeier CC6 CharitéCenter for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Medical Director Prof. Dr. Bernd Hamm +49 30 450 527 082 [email protected] Managing Director Arne Weber +49 30 450 527 091 [email protected] Managing MTRA Susanne Ortmann +49 30 450 557 071 [email protected] Director Institute of Radiology (including Pediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology) Prof. Dr. Bernd Hamm Department of Nuclear Medicine Prof. Dr. Winfried Brenner 20 Institute of Neuroradiology Prof. Dr. Bernd Hamm (acting) CC7 CharitéCenter for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Medical Director Prof. Dr. Claudia Spies +49 30 450 531 012 [email protected] Managing Director Dr. Matthes Seeling +49 30 450 651 121 [email protected] Nursing Director Timo Bechtel +49 30 450 577 048 [email protected] Director Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine | CCM | CVK Prof. Dr. Claudia Spies Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine | CBF Prof. Dr. Christoph Stein CC8 CharitéCenter for Surgery Medical Director Prof. Dr. Kurt Miller +49 30 8445 2575 [email protected] Managing Director Axel Köhler +49 30 450 522 001 [email protected] Nursing Director Annett Leifert +49 30 450 552 524 [email protected] Director Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery | CCM Dr. Oliver Haase (acting) Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery | CVK Prof. Dr. Johann Pratschke Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery | CBF Prof. Dr. Martin E. Kreis Department of Urology Prof. Dr. Kurt Miller CC9 CharitéCenter for Orthopedics and Traumatology Medical Director Prof. Dr. Norbert Haas +49 30 450 552 012 [email protected] Managing Director Dipl.-Kfm. Gerald Linczak +49 30 450 552 728 [email protected] Nursing Director Stefanie Bieberstein +49 30 450 577 051 [email protected] Director Department of Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery Prof. Dr. Norbert Haas inculding Department of Orthopedic Surgery | CVK | CCM Julius Wolff Institut of Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Duda Department of Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery | CBF Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ertel Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Prof. Dr. Dr. Bodo Hoffmeister CC10 Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center Medical Director Prof. Dr. Ulrich Keilholz (acting) +49 30 450 513 501 [email protected] Managing Director Dr. Regina Jünger +49 30 450 540 011 [email protected] Director Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center Prof. Dr. Ulrich Keilholz (acting) CC11 CharitéCenter for Cardiovascular Diseases Medical Director Prof. Dr. Gert Baumann +49 30 450 513 072 [email protected] Managing Director Dipl.-Kfm. Gerald Linczak +49 30 450 552 728 [email protected] Nursing Director Stefanie Bieberstein +49 30 450 577 051 [email protected] Director Department of Cardiology | CBF Prof. Dr. Ulf Landmesser Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Konertz Medical Department, Division of Cardiology and Angiology | CCM Prof. Dr. Gert Baumann Medical Department, Division of Cardiology | CVK Prof. Dr. Burkert Pieske CC12 CharitéCenter for Internal Medicine and Dermatology Medical Director Prof. Dr. Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester+49 30 450 513 061 [email protected] Managing Director Fred Vock +49 30 450 513 201 [email protected] Nursing Director Barbara Jung +49 30 450 677 026 [email protected] Director Medical Department, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology | CCM Prof. Dr. Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester (including Physical Medicine) | CBF | CCM Medical Department, Division of Infectiology and Pneumonology | CCM / | CVK Prof. Dr. Norbert Suttorp (including Outpatient Pneumology) Medical Outpatient | CCM Prof. Dr. Jürgen Scholze Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology Prof. Dr. Torsten Zuberbier (acting) Institute of Medical Immunology Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Volk Medical Department, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine Prof. Dr. Matthias Rose CC13 CharitéCenter for Internal Medicine with Gastroenterology and Nephrology Medical Director Prof. Dr. Bertram Wiedenmann +49 30 450 553 022 [email protected] Managing Director Volker Schnittger +49 30 450 513 181 [email protected] Nursing Director Dagmar Hildebrand +49 30 450 577 368 [email protected] Director Specialty Network: Nephrology Medical Department, Division of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine | CVK Prof. Dr. Achim Jörres (acting) Medical Department, Division of Nephrology | CCM Prof. Dr. Klemens Budde Department of Nephrology | CBF Prof. Dr. Walter Zidek 21 Specialty Network: Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Medical Department, Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology | CVK | CBF Prof. Dr. Bertram Wiedenmann (including Metabolic Diseases) Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology | CBF Prof. Dr. Britta Siegmund (acting) (including Nutrition Medicine) Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Prof. Dr. Joachim Spranger (including Division of Lipid Metabolism) Institute of Clinical Physiology TBA Emergency Department | CBF Prof. Dr. Rajan Somasundaram Emergency Departments | CVK | CCM Prof. Dr. Martin Möckel CC14 CharitéCenter for Tumor Medicine Medical Director Prof. Dr. Bernd Dörken +49 30 450 553 111 [email protected] Managing Director Dr. Felix Mehrhof +49 30 450 513 274 [email protected] Nursing Director Judith Heepe +49 30 450 577 098 [email protected] Director Medical Department, Division of Oncology and Hematology | CCM Prof. Dr. Hanno Riess Medical Department, Division of Hematology, Oncology | CBF Prof. Dr. Antonio Pezzutto Medical Department, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology | CVK Prof. Dr. Bernd Dörken Department of Radiation Oncology and Radiotherapy | CCM | CVK Prof. Dr. Volker Budach Department of Radiation Oncology and Radiotherapy | CBF Prof. Dr. Volker Budach Institute of Immunology Prof. Dr. Thomas Blankenstein Institute of Transfusion Medicine Prof. Dr. Abdulgabar Salama CC15 CharitéCenter for Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry Medical Director Prof. Dr. Matthias Endres +49 30 450 560 101 [email protected] Managing Director PD Dr. Uwe Reuter +49 30 450 560 274 [email protected] Nursing Director Sinah Krueger +49 30 450 677 035 [email protected] Director Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology Prof. Dr. Matthias Endres Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy | CCM Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinz Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy | CBF Prof. Dr. Isabella Heuser-Collier Department of Neurosurgery with Pediatric Neurosurgery Prof. Dr. Peter Vajkoczy Institute of Neuropathology Prof. Dr. Frank Heppner CC16 CharitéCenter for Audiology / Phoniatrics, Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Medical Director Prof. Dr. Manfred Gross +49 30 450 555 401 [email protected] Managing Director Christoph Wigger +49 30 450 555 161 [email protected] Nursing Director Diane Jetschmann +49 30 450 577 118 [email protected] Director Department of Ophthalmology Prof. Dr. Antonia Joussen Department of Otolaryngology Site Management CVK | CCM Prof. Dr. Heidi Olze Site Management CBF PD Dr. Minoo Lenarz Department of Audiology and Phoniatrics Prof. Dr. Manfred Gross CC17 CharitéCenter for Gynecology, Perinatal, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine with Perinatal Center and Human Genetics Medical Director Prof. Dr. Ulrike Lehmkuhl +49 30 450 566 202 [email protected] Managing Med. DirectorPD Dr. Uwe Reuter +49 30 450 566 321 [email protected] Managing Director Juliane Kaufmann +49 30 450 566 341 [email protected] Nursing Director Judith Heepe +49 30 450 577 098 [email protected] Sinah Krüger +49 30 450 677 035 [email protected] Director Specialty Network: Perinatal Medicine Department of Obstetrics Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Henrich Department of Neonatology Prof. Dr. Christoph Bührer Further Facilities Department of Gynecology with Center for Oncological Surgery Prof. Dr. Jalid Sehouli Department of Gynecology with Breast Center of the Charité | CCM Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Blohmer Department of Gynecology | CV | CBF Prof. Dr. Jalid Sehouli (CBF acting) Specialty Network: Pediatrics and Youth Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Endocrinology and Diabetology Prof. Dr. Annette Grüters-Kieslich Department of Pediatrics Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and Metabolic Medicine Prof. Dr. Angelika Eggert (acting) Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology Prof. Dr. Felix Berger Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pneumonology and Immunology Prof. Dr. Bodo Niggemann (acting) and Intensive Medicine including Emergency Department Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology Prof. Dr. Angelika Eggert Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology Prof. Dr. Uwe Querfeld Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology Prof. Dr. Christoph Hübner Department of Pediatric Surgery Prof. Dr. Karin Rothe Center for Social Pediatrics Dr. Theodor Michael Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine Prof. Dr. Ulrike Lehmkuhl and Psychotherapy Institute of Experimental Pediatric Endocrinology Prof. Dr. Heiko Krude Further Facilities Institute of Medical Genetics Prof. Dr. Bernhard Herrmann Institute of Medical Genetics and Human Genetics Prof. Dr. Stefan Mundlos 22 Last update: March 2015 Ausgewählte Publikationen 2014* Selected Publications 2014* CC1 für Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften Entringer S, Epel ES, Lin J, Blackburn EH, Buss C, Simhan HN, Wadhwa PD. Maternal estriol (E3) concentrations in early gestation predict infant telomere length. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolims. 2014 Oct 22:jc20142744. Grabenhenrich L, Gough H, Reich A, Eckers N, Zepp F, Nitsche O, Forster J, Schuster A, Schramm D, Bauer CP, Hoffmann U, Beschorner J, Wagner P, Bergmann RL, Bergmann KE, Matricardi PM, Wahn U, Laus S, Keil T. Early life determinants of asthma from birth to age 20: a German birth cohort study. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2014;133(4):979-88. Hess V, Mendelsohn A. Sauvages‘ paperwork: how disease classification arose from scholarly note-taking. Early Sci Med. 2014;19 (5):471-503. Muckelbauer R, Barbosa CL, Mittag T, Burkhardt K, Mikelaishvili N, Müller-Nordhorn J. Association between water consumption und body weight outcomes in children and adolescents: a systematic review. Obesity. 2014; 22(12):2462-75. Douros A, Schlemm L, Bolbrinker J, Ebinger M, Kreutz R. Insufficient anticoagulation with dabigatran in a patient with short bowel syndrome. Thromb Haemost. 2014 Aug;112(2):419-20. Lauer D, Slavic S, Sommerfeld M, Thöne-Reineke C, Sharkovska Y, Hallberg A, Dahlöf B, Kintscher U, Unger T, Steckelings UM, Kaschina E. Angiotensin type 2 receptor stimulation ameliorates left ventricular fibrosis and dysfunction via regulation of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 1/matrix metalloproteinase 9 axis and transforming growth factor ß1 in the rat heart. Hypertension. 2014 Mar;63(3):e60-7. Lück S, Thurley K, Thaben PF, Westermark PO. Rhythmic degradation explains and unifies circadian transcriptome and proteome data. Cell Rep. 2014 Oct 23;9(2):741-51. Schweizer U, Schlicker C, Braun D, Köhrle J, Steegborn C. Crystal structure of mammalian selenocysteine-dependent iodothyronine deiodinase suggests a peroxiredoxin-like catalytic mechanism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jul 22;111(29):10526-31. Schauber SK, Schalk L. Matters of detail - does basic science content support future learning? Medical Education. 2014; 48 (7): 650-652. CC5 für diagnostische und präventive Labormedizin CC2 für Grundlagenmedizin Dernedde J, Weise C, Müller EC, Hagiwara A, Bachmann S, Suzuki M, Reutter W, Tauber R, Scherer H. Cupulin is a zona pellucida-like domain protein and major component of the cupula from the inner ear. PLoS ONE. 2014;9(11):e111917. Budkevich TV, Giesebrecht J, Behrmann E, Loerke J, Ramrath DJ, Mielke T, Ismer J, Hildebrand PW, Tung CS, Nierhaus KH, Sanbonmatsu KY, Spahn CM. Regulation of the mammalian elongation cycle by subunit rolling: a eukaryotic-specific ribosome rearrangement. Cell. 2014 Jul 3;158(1):121-31. Frielingsdorf S, Fritsch J, Schmidt A, Hammer M, Löwenstein J, Siebert E, Pelmenschikov V, Jaenicke T, Kalms J, Rippers Y, Lendzian F, Zebger I, Teutloff C, Kaupp M, Bittl R, Hildebrandt P, Friedrich B, Lenz O, Scheerer P. Reversible [4Fe-3S] cluster morphing in an O(2)tolerant [NiFe] hydrogenase. Nat Chem Biol. 2014 May;10(5):378-85. Hu H, Matter ML, Issa-Jahns L, Jijiwa M, Kraemer N, Musante L, de la Vega M, Ninnemann O, Schindler D, Damatova N, Eirich K, Sifringer M, Schrötter S, Eickholt BJ, van den Heuvel L, Casamina C, StoltenburgDidinger G, Ropers HH, Wienker TF, Hübner C, Kaindl AM. Mutations in PTRH2 cause novel infantile-onset multisystem disease with intellectual disability, microcephaly, progressive ataxia, and muscle weakness. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2014 Dec;1(12):1024-35. Hüser D, Gogol-Döring A, Chen W, Heilbronn R. Adeno-associated virus type 2 wild-type and vector-mediated genomic integration profiles of human diploid fibroblasts analyzed by third-generation PacBio DNA sequencing. J Virol. 2014 Oct;88(19):11253-63. Loibl S, von Minckwitz G, Schneeweiss A, Paepke S, Lehmann A, Rezai M, ZahmDM, Sinn P, Khandan F, Eidtmann H, Dohnal K, Heinrichs C, Huober J, Pfitzner B, Fasching PA, Andre F, Lindner JL, Sotiriou C, Dykgers A, Guo S, Gade S, Nekljudova V, Loi S, Untch M, Denkert C. PIK3CA mutations are associated with lower rates of pathologic complete response to anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (her2) therapy in primary HER2-overexpressing breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Oct 10;32(29):3212-20. Raftery MJ, Lalwani P, Krautkrämer E, Peters T, Scharffetter-Kochanek K, Krüger R, Hofmann J, Seeger K, Krüger DH, Schönrich G. Beta2 integrin mediates hantavirus-induced release of neutrophil extracellular traps. J. Exp. Med. 2014 Jun 30; 211(7):1485-97. Srivatsa S, Parthasarathy S, Britanova O, Bormuth I, Donahoo AL, Ackerman SL, Richards LJ, Tarabykin V. Unc5C and DCC act downstream of Ctip2 and Satb2 and contribute to corpus callosum formation. Nat Commun. 2014 Apr 17;5:3708. Ruhnke M, Arnold R, Gastmeier P. Infection control issues in patients with haematological malignancies in the era of multidrugresistant bacteria. Lancet Oncol 2014; 15:e606-19. Yamamoto H, Unbehaun A, Loerke J, Behrmann E, Collier M, Bürger J, Mielke T, Spahn CM. Structure of the mammalian 80S initiation complex with initiation factor 5B on HCV-IRES RNA. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2014 Aug;21(8):721-7. CC6 für diagnostische und interventionelle Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin CC3 für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde Braun J, Guo J, Lützkendorf R, Stadler J, Papazoglou S, Hirsch S, Sack I & Bernarding J. High-resolution mechanical imaging of the human brain by three-dimensional multifrequency magnetic resonance elastography at 7T. Neuroimage. 2014;90:308-14. Radlanski RJ. An equilibrating splint combined with active orthodontic screw segments for the initial treatment of patients with a posterior forced bite. J of Craniomandibular Function. 2014; (6) 117-129. Elgeti T, Knebel F, Hättasch R, Hamm B, Braun J & Sack I. Shear-wave amplitudes measured with cardiac MR elastography for diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction. Radiology. 2014;271(3):681-7. 6,214. Rafayelyan S, Meyer P, Radlanski RJ, Minden K, Jost-Brinkmann PG, Präger TM. Effect of methotrexate upon antigen-induced arthritis of the rabbit temporomandibular joint. J Oral Pathol Med. 2014 Sep 22. Haeckel A, Appler F, Figge L, Kratz H, Lukas M, Michel R, Schnorr J, Zille M, Hamm B & Schellenberger E. XTEN-annexin A5: XTEN allows complete expression of long-circulating protein-based imaging probes as recombinant alternative to PEGylation. J Nucl Med. 2014;55(3):508-14. Schwendicke F, Dörfer CE, Schlattmann P, Page LF, Thomson WM, Paris S. Socioeconomic inequality and caries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Dent Res. 2015 Jan;94(1):10-8. Strietzel FP, Neumann K, Hertel M. Impact of platform switching on marginal peri-implant bone level changes. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Oral Implants Res 2014. Epub 2014 Jan 20. Walter MH, Marré B, Vach K, Strub J, Mundt T, Stark H, Pospiech P, Wöstmann B, Heydecke G, Kern M, Hartmann S, Luthardt R, Huppertz J, Wolfart S, Hannak W. Management of shortened dental arches and periodontal health: 5-year results of a randomised trial. J Oral Rehabil. 2014 Jul;41(7):515-22. CC4 für Therapieforschung Ebinger M, Winter B, Wendt M, Weber JE, Waldschmidt C, Rozanski M, Kunz A, Koch P, Kellner PA, Gierhake D, Villringer K, Fiebach JB, Grittner U, Hartmann A, Mackert BM, Endres M, Audebert HJ; STEMO Consortium. Effect of the use of ambulance-based thrombolysis on time to thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2014 Apr 23-30;311(16):1622-31. Schilling R, Jastram B, Wings O, Schwarz-Wings D & Issever AS. Reviving the dinosaur: virtual reconstruction and three-dimensional printing of a dinosaur vertebra. Radiology. 2014;270(3):864-71. 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