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Professor Thomas Schmitz-Rode studied Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University and received a Dipl.-Ing. degree in 1982. After working as an engineer at Symbion GmbH/Inc from 1984-1986, he finished a subsequent study of Human Medicine at RWTH Aachen University with a medical degree in 1988. From 1989 to 2003 he worked successively as resident, senior consultant, chief consultant of the Clinic for Diagnostic Radiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital (Head: Professor Dr. med. Rolf W. Günther). In 1992 he spent a research fellowship at Dotter Interventional Institute and Research Laboratory, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA. After receiving habilitation in 1996 and associate professorship in 1999, he was appointed as a Full Professor (C3) for Experimental Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology of the Medical Faculty of RWTH Aachen University in 2003. Since 2005 Thomas Schmitz-Rode is Full Professor (C4) and director of the Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, which is part of the Helmholtz Institute of RWTH Aachen University.
Professor Schmitz-Rode is a member of the steering committee of the Health Technologies Network, German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), member of the steering committee of the National Strategy Process on Innovation in Medical Technology, vice chairman of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering and vice chairman of the Aachen Center of Competence for Medical Technology.
Among notable honors and awards there are the Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Award of the German Röntgen Society, the Heinz Meise Award of the German Heart Foundation, the Schering Award of the Cardiovascular Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, the Intensive Care Medicine Award of the Fresenius Foundation of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, and the Golden Inventor’s Award of the German Röntgen Society.
Professor Schmitz-Rode is author or co-author of 224 peer-reviewed journal articles listed in NCBI/PubMed/U.S. National Library of Medicine, 10 book chapters and more than 170 patent applications and patents listed in DEPATISnet.de. |