Chief Physician
Dr Michael Schmitz, MD, has been medical director of the Department of Nephrology at the Clinic for Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine and Nephrology since May 2021 and chief physician of the Medical Clinic III at the Academic Hospital Solingen since April 2022.
Professional activities:
Dr Schmitz started his professional career in 2000 as an assistant physician and researcher at the Clinic of Nephrology and Rheumatology at the University Hospital of Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf. He worked under the supervision of Prof. Bernd Grabensee and then Prof. Lars S. Rump until 2008. Rump until 2008. Since 2009 he has been an employee of the Curation of Home Dialysis (KfH) at the Solingen City Hospital.
From 2008 to 2021, Dr Schmitz held the position of Lead Physician of the Clinic of Nephrology and General Internal Medicine at the Solingen City Hospital, where he was responsible for quality management at the Interdisciplinary Stroke Unit and deputy responsible for transfusions under the supervision of Prof. Peter J. Hering.
Qualifications:
Dr Schmitz specialises in internal medicine and nephrology and is a leading specialist in this field in Germany and Europe. His numerous qualifications make him a respected and sought-after specialist in medical circles.
He qualified as a specialist in internal medicine in 2006 and in nephrology in 2007.
In 2007, he was awarded the title of DHL Hypertensiologist and in 2013 he became a hypertension specialist of the European Society of Hypertension.
In 2014 he obtained additional qualifications in internal intensive care and in 2022 in laboratory diagnostics.
Dr Schmitz is also qualified in radiology and emergency medicine. In addition, he is also qualified as a transfusion therapist and holds Good Clinical Practice and Good Medical Practice certificates.
Studies:
Dr Schmitz completed his medical studies in October 1993 and continued his studies until May 2000 at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. In 2002 he obtained his medical licence and in 2003 he brilliantly defended his doctoral thesis on "Antiproliferative effects of Paclitaxel (Taxol®) on human renal cancer cell lines and multidrug resistance phenotype" at the Institute of Pathology of the Heinrich Heine University under the supervision of Prof. Gerhartz.
Scientific achievements and awards:
For his scientific achievements he was awarded the renowned Philipp Klee Prize of the Medical and Natural Science Society of Wuppertal in 2017 and the prestigious scientific prize of the Rhine-Westphalian Society of Internal Medicine in 2016.
Membership in medical societies:
Dr Schmitz is an active member of numerous professional medical societies including the German Society of Nephrology (DGfN), the German Society for Internal Intensive and Emergency Medicine (DGIIN), the German Interdisciplinary Society for Intensive and Emergency Medicine (DIVI), the Rhine-Westphalian Society for Internal Medicine (RWGIM) and the German Hypertension League (DHL). He is also involved in the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and the German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM). As conference secretary and member of various commissions and sections, contributes to the development and dissemination of knowledge in these fields.
Specialisations:
Contact us
For the treatment of patients from other countries, the University Hospital Solingen has an international department whose staff helps non-German speaking patients and their relatives to receive medical care. The clinic staff organise consultations and treatment in the hospital departments.
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