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Prof. Dr. med. Christine Spitzweg
1. General Information
Name
Christine Spitzweg, Prof. Dr. med.
Date of Birth
19.03.1970
Place of Birth
München, Germany
Gender
Female
Address
Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II – Klinikum Grosshadern, LMU
Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 München, Germany
Phone
+ 49 89 7095 2299/8737
E-mail
Christine.spitzweg@med.uni-muenchen.de
Current Position
Full Professor (“ausserplanmässige Professorin”) in Internal Medicine/Endocrinology
Consultant, Division of Endocrinology
Chair of the Thyroid Center and co-chair of the Center for Neuroendocrine Tumors
Head of the research laboratory for Molecular Endocrinology
2. University education
03/1990 – 06/1996
Studies in Human Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
3. Scientific degrees / Board certification
03/2006
Board certification Endocrinology and Diabetes
03/2005
Board certification Internal Medicine
2004
Habilitation in Internal Medicine/Endocrinology, Klinikum Grosshadern, LMU München,
Germany, (Advisor: Prof. Dr. B. Göke)
1997
Doctoral Thesis in human medicine at LMU München, Germany
(Advisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. P.C. Scriba and Prof. Dr. Heufelder)
4. Other scientific degree
None
5. Professional Development (Post University Degree)
Since 2011
Chair of Research Committee American Thyroid Association
Since 06/2009
Full Professor (“ausserplanmässige Professorin”) in Internal Medicine/Endocrinology,
Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II - Grosshadern, Klinikum der Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München (Director: Prof. Dr. B. Göke)
06/2009
Visiting Professor , Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine Program, Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
05/2007
Visiting Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Endocrine
Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Since 10/2006
Consultant, Division of Endocrinology, Chair of Thyroid Center and co-chair of Center for
Neuroendocrine Tumors, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Klinikum Grosshadern, LMU
München (Director: Prof. Dr. B. Göke)
12/2004 – 05/2009
Privatdozentin (Associate professor) in Internal Medicine/Endocrinology, Medizinische
Klinik und Poliklinik II, Klinikum Grosshadern, LMU München (Director: Prof. Dr. B. Göke)
03/2001 – 12/2004
Internal Medicine residency and endocrinology fellowship, Medizinische Klinik und
Poliklinik II, Klinikum Grosshadern, LMU München (Director: Prof. Dr. B. Göke)
05/1998 – 12/2000
Research fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Division of Endocrinology, Rochester, MN, USA
(Mentor: John C. Morris, M.D.) funded by a research grant from the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Mayo Foundation
01/1998 – 04/1998
Residency in Internal Medicine, Medizinische Klinik - Innenstadt, Klinikum der LudwigMaximilians-Universität München (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. P.C. Scriba)
08/1996
ECFMG certification (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Gradutes)
07/1996 – 12/1997
Junior residency in Internal Medicine, Medizinische Klinik - Innenstadt, Klinikum der
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. P.C. Scriba)
6. Miscellaneous (Honors, Awards, Others)
2008 – 2011
Member Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
2007 – 2011
Member Research Committee American Thyroid Association
2006
Travel grant from the Endocrine Society, Boston
2004
Travel grant from the American Thyroid Association, Vancouver, Canada
2003
Travel grant from the American Thyroid Association, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
2002
Travel grant from the American Thyroid Association, Los Angeles, USA
2002
Travel grant from the Endocrine Society, San Francisco, USA
2001
The Edward C. Kendall Alumni Award of the Mayo Medical Alumni Association,
Rochester, MN, USA
2000
Merck European Thyroid von Basedow Research Prize of the German Endocrine Society,
Munich, Germany
2000
Mallinckrodt Research Award of the German Society of Nuclear Medicine, Munich,
Germany
1999
Poster award of the German Endocrine Society, Kiel, Germany
1998
Research grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1997
Travel grant of the Endocrine Society, Minneapolis, USA
1997
Poster award of the German Society of Internal Medicine, Wiesbaden, Germany
1994
Travel grant of the Carl-Duisberg-foundation for an elective in York/Great Britain
Memberships in professional societies
The American Thyroid Association
The European Thyroid Association
The Endocrine Society
The German Endocrine Society
The German Society of Internal Medicine
The European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society
German Diabetes Association
Mayo Alumni Association
German Society of Gene Therapy
German Cancer Society
European Society of Endocrinology
7. Publications
Klutz K, Schaffert D, Willhauck MJ, Grünwald GK, Haase R, Wunderlich N, Zach C, Gildehaus FJ,
Senekowitsch-Schmidtke R, Göke B, Wagner E, Ogris M, Spitzweg C. 2011. Epidermal growth factor
receptor-targeted 131-I therapy of liver cancer following systemic delivery of the sodium iodide symporter
gene. Mol Ther 19:676-685.
Knoop K, Kolokythas M, Klutz K, Willhauck MJ, Wunderlich N, Draganovici D, Zach C, Gildehaus FJ, Böning
G, Göke B, Wagner E, Nelson PJ, Spitzweg C. 2011. Image-guided, tumor stroma-targeted 131-I therapy of
hepatocellular cancer after systemic mesenchymal stem cell-mediated NIS gene delivery. Mol Ther 19:17041713.
Klutz K, Russ V, Willhauck MJ, Wunderlich N, Zach C, Gildehaus FJ, Göke B, Wagner E, Ogris M, Spitzweg
C. 2009. Targeted radioiodine therapy of neuroblastoma tumors following systemic non-viral delivery of the
sodium iodide symporter (NIS) gene. Clin Cancer Res 15:6079-6086.
Willhauck MJ, Sharif Samani B, Gildehaus FJ, Wolf I, Senekowitsch-Schmidtke R, Stark HJ, Göke B, Morris
JC, Spitzweg C. 2007. Application of 188-Re as an alternative radionuclide for treatment of prostate cancer
after tumor-specific sodium iodide symporter (NIS) gene expression. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92:4451-4458.
Spitzweg C, O'Connor MK, Bergert ER, Tindall DJ, Young CYF, Morris JC. 2000. Treatment of prostate
cancer by radioiodine therapy after tissue-specific expression of the sodium iodide symporter. Cancer Res
60:6526-6530.
8. Patents
None