Theodoros Xenitidis, M.D., Dipl.-Biol. (univ)
Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date and Place of Birth: July 10, 1971 in Thessaloniki, Greece
Nationality: Greek
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
1991 – 1997: Degree in biology at Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. Core subject: Biochemistry. First elective: Human Genetics. 2-semester experimental thesis, Topic: “Investigation of polymorphism of alpha-like DNA sequences in human acrocentric chromosomes using in situ hybridization”
1997 – 2004: Degree in medicine at Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg.
November 10, 2004: Receipt of the medical license
MEDICAL EDUCATION
12/2004 – 06/2008: Capio Franz von Prümmer Clinic – Acute Care Clinic for Rheumatology and General Hospital Bad Brueckenau (Medical Director: Prof. Dr. P. Kern)
Jan. 2008 – present: Medical Clinic, Department of Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen (Current Medical Director: Prof. Dr. C. Lengerke)
July 21, 2009: Certification in Emergency Medicine
August 17, 2011: Certification in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology
February 7, 2013: Authorized to supervise residency training in the subspecialty of Rheumatology (3 years) together with Prof. Dr. J. C. Henes
Since February 2013: Deputy Head of the Rheumatology Division
Since 11/2014: Senior Physician at the University Medical Center, Internal Medicine II
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Since 7/2008: Regular participation as a principal investigator in clinical trials in the field of immunology and rheumatology, including Phase II trials
July 2008 – July 2012: Study coordinator for a national, BMBF-funded clinical trial in the field of Behçet’s disease (Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. I. Kötter)
April 2011 – April 2013: Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology, and Autoimmune Diseases (INDIRA) at the UKT
July 4, 2012: Doctor of Medicine degree, thesis title: “Difficult Differential Diagnosis of a Rare Disease in Germany: Analysis of a Clinic at a Reference Center for Behçet’s Disease”.
TEACHING
September 2009 to present: Regular teaching in the Internal Medicine examination course, interdiscipinary clicical curricula (IKliC), Rheumatology, Rheumatology internship and clinical rotation instruction
SPECIAL AWARDS
November 8, 2013: 2013 Rheumatology Research Grant “Competitive Grant Pfizer”.