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Prof. Dr. med. Eckart RütherDepartments of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Download biography as PDF |
Education |
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1959 |
General qualification for university entrance, Humanistic secondary school, Paderborn/Germany |
1959 - 1965 |
Academic studies in medicine, philosophy, psychology, Munich University (LMU), |
1964 - 1967 |
Assistant at the Department of Neurochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, (Prof. Dr. N. Matussek) |
1965 |
Medical state examination, LMU München |
1966 |
Medical Dissertation "Antriebssteigerung und Hemmung durch Antidepressiva" (LMU) |
1967 |
Approbation |
1967 - 1969 |
Medical practitioner, general practitioner's office, Borgholz, Westfalen |
1969 - 1970 |
Military service, medical officer, Erding |
1971 |
Assistant at the Department of Neurology, Technical University Munich (Prof. Dr. A. Struppler) |
1972 - 1977 |
Scientific Assistant, Department of Pschiatry, Munich University (LMU) |
Academic career |
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1977 - 1982 |
Assistant medical director, Dept. of Psychiatry, Munich University (LMU) |
1982 - 1987 |
Managing assistant medical director, Dept. of Psychiatry, Munich University (LMU) |
1985 |
Habilitation treatise "Wirkungsverlauf der neuroleptischen Therapie", Munich (LMU) |
1986 |
Professorship (C3) for Psychiatry, Munich(LMU) |
1986 |
Appointment C4 professorship for Psychiatry, Lausanne University (France) |
1986 |
Appointment C4 professorship for Psychiatry, Göttingen University |
1987 - 2006 |
Chairman and head of Dept. of Psychiatry, Göttingen University |
1988 - 2006 |
Chairman of the Center for psychological Medicine, Göttingen University |
1993 - 1995 |
Dean of the Medical Faculty, Göttingen University |
2002 - 2010 |
Management of the Institute for Pharmaceutical Drug Safety in Psychiatry, Munich (LMU) |
2008 |
Professorship Bremen University (NESSY project) |
2010 - 2013 |
Drug safety head officer, Merz, Frankfurt |
since 2006 |
Medical practice for psychiatry and neurology (incl. couples therapy and sleep medicine), Munich |
since 2014 |
Prosomno, Sleep Medical Center Munich |
Publications |
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More than 700 manuscripts in peer-reviewed scientific journals (incl. Nature Genetics, PLoS, Journal Clinical Psychiatrie, Stroke, Schizophrenia Research, Molecular Psychiatrie, Sleep) |
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Several book chapters; Author/Editor of 15 books, including edition of "The substantiality of dreams" in several volumes (commented anthology) |
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>700 scientific lectures; >600 lectures at other events |
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Co-production with channel 3-Sat of the 6 piece series "Expedition into Psychiatry" |
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Focal points |
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1976 |
Foundation of the first clinical sleep laboratory in Germany (Munich) |
1977 |
Foundation of the initiative "Drug monitoring in Psychiatry (AMÜP)" (funded by BGA) |
1984 - 1986 |
2. Chairman European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) |
1985 |
Foundation research group "Clinical sleep centers" |
seit 1987 |
Constitution of Dept. for Psychobiology of psychiatric diseases with multimodal research approaches |
seit 1989 |
Constitution of a scientific and clinical cooperation of Asian and German gerontopsychiatric institutions, foundation of memory clinics in China and Vietnam |
1992 |
Foundation of the German Society for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine (DGSM) |
1992 |
Foundation of the institute for Pharmaceutical Drug Safety in Psychiatry (AMSP), with Swiss and Austrian participation |
1998 - 2006 |
Chairman Ethics Commission and ombudsman, Göttingen University |
seit 2000 |
Foundation and management board member of the research association "Competence Network Dementias" (BMWF) |
seit 2005 |
Membership ENCePP (EMA, London) |
seit 2007 |
Constitution of the international research association "healing architecture" (together with Prof. Nickl-Weller, Berlin University) |
2008 |
Formulation of the affect hypothesis of dream functions |
seit 2008 |
Realization of a comparitive study of antipsychotics in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia, funded by the BMWF (NESSY project) |
seit 2012 |
Membership HTA Task Force (EMA, London) |
Memberships in Editorial Boards/Edition of scientific journals (presently or earlier) |
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Publisher and Editorial Board Member of at least 6 scientific journals (e.g. Pharmacopsychiatry, Psychopharmakotherapie) |
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Founder and Co-Editor of the scientific journal "Somnology" |
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Memberships/Presidencies of medical scientific associations (selection) |
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Chairman of the following associations: AGNP, AKS, DGSM, ESRS |
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Member in more than 10 psychiatric associations |
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