Improving the Care of Your Patient with NHL: An International Visiting Professor Program

3/30/2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

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Presenter(s)

Mathias J. Rummel, MD, PhD
Head, Department for Hematology
Hospital of the Justus-Liebig University
Gießen, Germany


Mathias J. Rummel, MD, PhD is the head of the Department for Hematology at the Clinic for Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Justus-Liebig University-Hospital, Gießen, Germany. Dr Rummel studied medicine at J.W. Goethe University Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, obtaining his license to practice medicine in 1995. Following this, he completed his doctoral degree and residency, obtained board certification in internal medicine, and was awarded his PhD from J.W. Goethe University Hospital.

Dr Rummel’s current research focuses on novel treatment approaches in hematological malignancies, most notably follicular and other indolent lymphomas as well as hairy cell leukemia and also ITP. He is the chair of the Study Group Indolent Lymphomas (StiL) and principal investigator of several on-going clinical protocols.

Dr Rummel is actively involved in a number of professional scientific societies, including the American Society of Hematology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, the European Society for Medical Oncology, the European Haematology Association, and the German Society of Haematology and Oncology. He is also a reviewer for a number of journals such as Haematologica, Annals of Oncology, Annals of Hematology, Leukemia and Lymphoma, and the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr Rummel is principal investigator of many clinical trials in leukemia and lymphoma, and has published several book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals.