Boris Zernikow

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Boris Zernikow (2013)

Boris Zernikow (born August 12, 1964 in Bochum ) is a German pediatrician who works in the field of pain therapy and palliative medicine. He holds the chair for pediatric pain therapy and pediatric palliative medicine at the University of Witten / Herdecke as well as chief physician at the Vestische Children's and Youth Clinic in Datteln .

Career

After doing community service at the Vestische Children's and Youth Clinic in Datteln, Zernikow studied human medicine at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from 1986 to 1993 . He completed his practical year at the Kantonsspital St. Gallen and the Harvard Medical School , Boston. For the period 1987 to 1993 he received a grant from the Cusanuswerk .

After studying medicine, Zernikow was trained as a specialist in pediatric and adolescent medicine with a focus on pediatric oncology and additional qualifications in special pain therapy and palliative medicine at the university hospitals in Bonn, Datteln and Münster . In 2004 he completed his habilitation on pain therapy in oncological pediatrics (STOP) - results of a nationwide quality management program .

Together with a multi-professional team, Zernikow set up the Vodafone Foundation Institute for Pediatric Pain Therapy and Pediatric Palliative Medicine (VIKP) in Datteln at the Vestische Children's and Youth Clinic in 2002 . The German Children's Pain Center and the Children's Palliative Center Datteln have now emerged from this institute . In 2008 Zernikow was appointed to Europe's first chair for pediatric pain therapy and pediatric palliative care from the University of Witten / Herdecke . He is the liaison professor of the Cusanuswerk.

Act

In addition to on-site patient care, Zernikow's work also aims to structurally improve the care of children and adolescents with chronic pain and life-limiting diseases. Together with his team, he trains specialists in child palliative care and pain medicine and organizes regular congresses ( Dattelner Children 's Pain Days ). He conducts patient-oriented research that contributes to the identification of gaps in care and the broad implementation of developed approaches.

Above all, Zernikow associates his work with a social mission. Through countless publications, interviews, discussions and lectures, he brought a group of patients into the public eye that had previously been poorly cared for and neglected: children and adolescents with chronic pain and life-limiting diseases. Zernikow thus creates points of contact for cooperation and opportunities for further development between associations, foundations and politics. Last but not least, the medical professional takes a position in social debates as a specialist.

Patient care

Zernikow is the chief physician of the German Children's Pain Center and the Children's Palliative Center in Datteln at the Vestische Children's and Youth Clinic. The German Children's Pain Center is one of the largest facilities for the treatment and research of chronic pain in children and adolescents. A multimodal therapy program for the treatment of chronic pain was developed here, which is now also used in other centers. This treatment program is characterized above all by its short but highly intensive and long-term successful treatment.

In June 2010, the world's first children's palliative center was opened at the Vestische Children's and Youth Clinic in Datteln under the medical direction of Zernikow. Pediatric palliative care has set itself the task of alleviating the painful symptoms of the disease and, together with the entire family, to ensure the highest possible quality of life. For several years Zernikow has been listed as an expert in the Focus doctor list.

research

The Chair of Pediatric Pain Therapy and Pediatric Palliative Medicine at the University of Witten / Herdecke , which has existed since November 2008 and is headed by Zernikow, specializes in the areas of pediatric pain therapy and pediatric palliative medicine . To this end, research projects financed by third parties are carried out in the areas of diagnostics, therapy research and health services research.

Teaching

As a professor, Zernikow has been teaching students the subjects of palliative care and pain therapy in children for many years. To this end, he is involved in the cross-sectional subjects Q 13 Palliative Medicine and Q14 Pain Medicine , in seminars and in the supervision of doctoral students. Zernikow leads the medical training courses for special pain therapy and the multiprofessional offers of palliative care at the Vestische Children's and Youth Clinic as a recognized training center.

Another innovative project by Professor Zernikow was the palliative care research workshop. The idea of ​​the research workshop was to guide providers from the fields of nursing, psychology, medicine, pastoral care, pedagogy and other disciplines in answering their own clinical questions in projects they carried out themselves, and in disseminating the newly acquired knowledge through magazine articles or conference contributions, and for a long time Establish research structures.

public relation

Another focus of Zernikov's work is education about chronic pain. Various educational films explain the most important questions about pain in an entertaining and easy-to-understand manner .

An important publication for affected children and their parents and siblings is the so-called RED CARD . Zernikow and his colleague Michael Dobe explain in an understandable way to children, adolescents and parents the basics of chronic pain and how they can actively counter it.

In addition, Zernikow contributes in a series of television and radio reports, publications in recognized media of the lay press ( Der Spiegel , Focus , FAZ etc.) as well as in regional newspapers to inform the interested public about the background to chronic pain and life-limiting diseases as well as treatment options to inform.

Volunteering

Zernikow is involved in the following institutions on a voluntary basis:

  • Chairman of the Freundeskreis Kinderpalliativzentrum Datteln e. V.
  • Deputy Chairman Eigenes Leben e. V. - Help for children with pain and life-shortening diseases
  • Liaison professor of the Cusanuswerk
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the German Palliative Foundation

Awards & prizes

  • 1994: Science Prize 1994 , German-Austrian Society for Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine
  • 2004: Prize for Interdisciplinary Medicine 2004 , German Society for Interdisciplinary Clinical Medicine (DGIKM)
  • 2005: Clinic Award 2005 awarded by the Bavarian Landesbank
  • 2006: Award for Pain Research 2006 of the German Society for the Study of Pain (Category Clinical Research)
  • 2007: Sertürner Prize 2007 of the Sertürner Gesellschaft Einbeck eV
  • 2008: Pure Life Award 2008 from the Pure Life Foundation
  • 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013: Prize for Palliative Medicine from the German Society for Palliative Medicine
  • 2011: Selected location in the Land of Ideas 2011: Children's pain clinic and ward
  • 2015: Communicator Prize - Science Prize of the Stifterverband and the German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 2016: dfg-Award 2016 - winner in the category "Outstanding Communication and Marketing"
  • 2016: MSD Health Prize - 1st place for "outstanding innovative care solutions"
  • 2016: Winner of the Fast Forward Science competition - 1st place in the "Substance" category with the video "Migraine? Got a grip!"
  • 2017: "German Prize for Patient Safety 2017" (2nd place) of the Patient Safety for Work alliance: "PALLINI - a palliative care hygiene concept"
  • 2017: PVS-Social, “Jubilee Award for Social Projects” for the Children's Palliative Center in Datteln

Memberships

Publications

Zernikow published more than 100 scientific articles in scientific journals with peer-reviewed procedures on the topics of pain therapy and palliative care for children and adolescents. As editor and author, Zernikow oversees the textbooks:

  • as publisher: pain therapy for children, adolescents and young adults. 5th, completely revised and expanded edition. Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg 2015.
  • as publisher: Palliative care for children, adolescents and young adults. 2nd Edition. Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg 2013.
  • with M. Dobe (ed.): Therapy of pain disorders in children and adolescents: A manual for psychotherapists, doctors and nursing staff. Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg 2013.
  • with M. Dobe (Ed.): Practical Treatment Options for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents: An Interdisciplinary Therapy Manual. Springer International, 2013.

Web links

  • Boris Zernikow and his résumé on the website of the Chair for Pediatric Pain Therapy and Pediatric Palliative Medicine, University of Witten / Herdecke

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dattelner Kinderschmerztage website of the association “ Eigen Leben eV”
  2. ↑ T. Hechler, A. Ruhe, P. Schmidt, J. Hirsch, J. Wager, M. Dobe, F. Krummenauer, B. Zernikow: Inpatient-based intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment for highly impaired children with severe chronic pain: Randomized controlled trial of efficacy and economic effects. In: Pain. 155 (1), 2014, pp. 118–128.
  3. ↑ Licensing Regulations for Doctors of June 27, 2002 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2405 ). Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ J. Wager, H. Weinert-Sprissler: Research workshop on palliative care - “Research is not all exhausting and dry!” In: Z. Palliative Medicine. 13 (3), 2012, p. 114.
  5. ↑ YouTube channel of the German Children's Pain Center
  6. ↑ M. Dobe, B. Zernikow: Red card for pain: How children and their parents break out of the vicious circle of pain. 2nd Edition. Carl Auer Verlag, 2012.
  7. ^ Website of the German Children's Pain Center under the heading "Press"
  8. ↑ Liaison lecturers of the Cusanuswerk Website of the Cusanuswerk: Accessed on June 7, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Zernikow, Boris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pediatrician
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum