Curriculum vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE
Franz Schaefer, M.D.
ADDRESS:
Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Email: [email protected] EDUCATION:
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Würzburg Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences Postgraduate Course ‘Quality Management in Medicine’ Dept. of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg INTERNSHIPS:
Department of Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, Department of Neurology, University of Bern, Switzerland Department of Internal Medicine, District Hospital Langenthal, Switzerland RESIDENCY/SUBSPECIALTY TRAINING:
Municipal Children’s Hospital Aschaffenburg, Germany University Children’s Hospital Heidelberg, Germany RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP:
University of Heidelberg, Germany (Professor Karl Schärer) LICENSURE:
National Licence of Physicians, Federal Republic of Germany CERTIFICATION:
Diplomate Hypertensiologist DHL by German Hypertension League Board Certification in Pediatric Nephrology
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS:
Department for Growth and Development, Institute of Child Health, London (Professor M.A. Preece) Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. (Prof. J.D. Veldhuis) Departments of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University (Profs. R. Rabkin and R.A. Roth) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Heidelberg University Professor of Pediatrics, Heidelberg University PROFESSIONAL/ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
Consultant, General Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology Heidelberg University Children’s Hospital Director, KfH Kidney Center for Children and Adolescents, Heidelberg DRG Coordinator, University Children’s Hospital Quality Management Coordinator, University Children’s Hospital Professional Leadership Training, University Hospital Heidelberg PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
International Paediatric Nephrology Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association European Society for Paediatric Nephrology European Society for Paediatric Research International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis International Pediatric Hypertension Association PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES:
Steering committee, German Research Foundation Postgraduate College “Experimental Kidney and Hypertension Research”, Heidelberg Medical Thesis Reviewing Board, Heidelberg University European Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Working Group ISPD Ad Hoc Committtee for Peritonitis Treatment in Children Council Member, German Working Group for Pediatric Nephrology (APN) Council Member, European Society for Pediatric Nephrology (ESPN) Council Member, International Pediatric Hypertension Association (IPHA) Council Member, International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) Council Member, International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) Pediatric Nutrition Work Group Member, Kidney Disease Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Acute Kidney Injury Work Group Member, Kidney Disease Improving Head, joint working group for pediatric hypertension of Society for Pediatric Hypertension (GPN) and German Hypertension League (DHL) Member of Ad Hoc Committee, European Society of Hypertension (ESH) for clinical practice guideline development in pediatric hypertension Coordinator, ESPN-ERA/EDTA European Pediatric Renal Replacement Therapy Registry Council Member, Center for Rare Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg Secretary, ERA-EDTA Workgroup for inherited Kidney Disorders Member, WHO Pediatric Nephrology Topic Advisory Group for ICD-11 development REVIEWING AND EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:
Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research, European Journal of Pediatrics, Acta Paediatrica, Pediatric Nephrology, Peritoneal Dialysis International, American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Kidney International, Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, BMC Nephrology, American Journal of Physiology, International Journal of Obesity, American Journal of Transplantation, PLOS One Editorial Board member, Pediatric Nephrology Editorial Board member, Peritoneal Dialysis International Editorial Board member, Current Pediatric Reviews Pediatric Section Editor, Nephrology Dialysis Tranplantation Editorial Board member, Clinical Nephrology Editorial Board member, Nature Reviews Nephrology CONSULTING ACTIVITIES:
Consultant/Scientific Advisory Board member re. pediatric drug development for: Novartis, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Otsuka, Akela, Takeda, Mitsubishi Pharma, Amgen, Alexion, Bayer, Genzyme, Shire, Astellas Visiting Consultant to Ped. Nephrology unit, Dubai Hospital, UAE HONOURS AND AWARDS:

1990
Best Abstract Award, Annual Meeting European Society for Pediatric Travel Award, Annual Meeting European Dialysis Transplantation Jürgen-Bierich Prize, Pediatric Endocrinology Working Group (coauthor) Travel Award, International Congress of Endocrinology, San Francisco Baxter Health Care Prize for Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Research
von Recklinghausen Prize, German Endocrine Society
Kröner-Fresenius Prize, Pediatric Nephrology Working Group (coauthor) Best Pediatric Abstract Award, International Peritoneal Dialysis Meeting, Jürgen-Bierich Prize, Pediatric Endocrinology Working Group (coauthor) Best Scientific Abstract Award, 31st International Symposium on GH and Growth Factors in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Malta 2001 Baxter Health Care Prize for Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Research 2002 Kröner-Fresenius- Prize, Pediatric Nephrology Working Group (senior author) International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis Award 2005 (senior author) Honorary Doctoral degree (Doctor honoris causa),
State Medical University Tbilisi, Georgia
International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis Award 2009 (senior author) Best Poster Award, European Society of Hypertension Meeting, Oslo Top Publication Award, Heidelberg University Hospital (50,000 €) CLINICAL RESEARCH NETWORK ACTIVITIES:
Cooperative Study Group on Puberty in Chronic Renal Failure European Study Group for Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Coordinator, European Study Consortium for Chronic Kidney Disorders Affecting Pediatric Patients (ESCAPE Network) Co-Founder and Coordinator, International Pediatric Peritonitis Registry Initiator and leader of ‚International Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Network’ (consortium of 80 pediatric dialysis units, www.pedpd.org) Initiator and coordinator of ERA-Net European research project ‘PodoNet’ for clinical and experimental research into podocyte disorders Initiator und Coordinator of European “Cardiovascular Complications in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease” (‚4C’) Study CLINICAL TRIAL EXPERTISE:
Investigator for the European Study on Pubertal Development in Children with Chronic Renal Failure Lead Investigator, European Study Group for Blood Pressure Control and Progression of Chronic Renal Failure in Children (ESCAPE Trial) Global Lead Investigator, CINCH Trial (Atacand in children with hypertension), AstraZeneca Global Lead Investigator, Valsartan and Enalapril in Children with Hypertension Trial, Novartis Lead Investigator, Hypertension in Pediatrics (HIP) Trial, AstraZeneca German Lead Investigator, DOLPHIN Trial (Mircera dose finding in hemodialyzed children), Roche German Lead Investigator, Rasilez (Aliskiren) Trial, Novartis ORGANISATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:
Pediatric Program Committee member, Annual Dialysis Conference, USA Co-President, Joint Annual Meeting of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pädiatrische Nephrologie/Société Nephrologie Pediatrique, Strasbourg Seventh Symposium on Growth and Development in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease, Heidelberg Program Committee member, ISPD Congress, Amsterdam Scientific Committee President, Annual Meeting of European Society of Pediatric Nephrology, Istanbul Program Committee member, ISPD Congress, Hong Kong Program Committee Member, International Pediatric Nephrology Association, New York 2010 Elected Scientific Committee President, International Pediatric Nephrology Association, Shanghai 2013 Regular International Symposia ‘New Frontiers in Pediatric Nephrology’, Heidelberg PUBLISHING ACTITIVITIES:
 189 original publications in peer reviewed journals,
including New Engl J Med, Lancet, Nature Medicine, J Clin Invest, Circulation  73 review articles  73 book chapters including 7 book editorships  > 500 published abstracts  Cumulative impact factor score: 937  H-Index: 38

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