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Prof. Dr. Michael Nerlich, M.D. |
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Prof. Dr. Nerlich is Head of the Department of Trauma at the University of Regensburg Academic Medical Center Surgery and President of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH).
Professor Dr. med. Michael Nerlich was born in Landshut, Germany in 1953. He received his approbation in medicine in 1978 from Munich University, where he earned his medical doctor degree in 1979. He finished his surgical training at Hannover Medical School in 1985, specialised in trauma surgery, got his Ph.D. degree in 1988. He spent research fellowships at the University of California, Davis, USA and at the Inselspital in Berne, Switzerland.
He was elected full professor of trauma surgery at the Medical Faculty of the University of Regensburg and became head of the Department of Trauma at the University of Regensburg Academic Medical Center Surgery in 1992. He received several awards in trauma surgery and emergency medicine and is honorary member of several national trauma societies. He additionally serves currently as chair of the Regensburg Emergency Services Center at the University (RESCU).
He has been principal investigator in many European and national research programmes, especially in the field of telematics in healthcare. He has published over 160 reseach articles and book chapters and edited several books. His interest in telemedicine made him a founding member of the German Health Telematics Association, he is board member of the European Society of Telemedicine. At present he serves as president of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH).
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