Johannes Ring

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Johannes Ring (born June 3, 1945 in Bad Wörishofen ) is a German dermatologist and allergist . He held the chair for dermatology and allergology at the University Hospital of the Technical University of Munich . Ring retired on April 1st, 2014 and handed over the chair to the dermatologist Prof. Tilo Biedermann .

Life

Ring studied medicine and Bavarian history at the LMU Munich from 1964 to 1970 . He completed both courses with a doctorate: in 1970 he received his doctorate. med., 1979 Dr. phil. with a work on the image of Bavaria in Anglo-American magazines at the beginning of the 20th century.

After completing his doctorate, Ring was a research assistant at the "Institute for Surgical Research" at LMU Munich. In 1976 he completed his habilitation there in immunology . After completing his habilitation, he went to the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla , California for a research stay from 1977 to 1978 . He returned to Munich and was appointed adjunct professor at the LMU Munich in 1983, while his teaching license was extended to include dermatology and venereology. Until 1990 he was the senior clinical physician and head of the allergy department at the dermatology clinic of the LMU Munich. Between 1990 and 1995 Ring was a professor and director of the University Dermatology Clinic and Allergy Department at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf . In 1995 he again accepted a position at the Technical University of Munich, where he still teaches today. Ring has published more than 600 original scientific papers and 400 reviews.

Ring is a member of the Catholic student union K.St.V. Südmark Munich in the KV ..

Publications (selection)

  • Neurodermatitis - atopic eczema , Thieme: Stuttgart, New York 2012, ISBN 978-3-13-146661-7 .
  • Applied Allergology , 3rd revised edition, Urban and Vogel, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-89935-128-2 . (English under the title "Allergy in practice", Springer, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-540-00219-7 )
  • (Ed.): White Book Allergy in Germany , 3rd revised and expanded edition, Springer Medicine, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-89935-245-0 .
  • (Ed.): Handbook of atopic eczema , 2nd ed., Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg; New York 2006, ISBN 3-540-23133-1
  • (Ed.): Anaphylaxis , Karger: Basel; Freiburg, Br.; Sydney etc., 2010, ISBN 978-3-8055-9441-7 .
  • (as ed. with Alain de Weck): Collegium Internationale Allergologicum: CIA; history and aims of a special international community devoted to allergy research; 1954 - 2006 , second, improved edition, Urban and Vogel, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-89935-227-0 .
  • Epidemiology of Allergic Diseases: Are Allergies Increasing? , Munich: MMV Medizin-Verlag and Vieweg: Braunschweig; Wiesbaden 1991, ISBN 3-8208-1164-8 .

Membership in boards of scientific societies (selection)

  • European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR; 1989–1990 President)
  • German Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI; 1993-2002 President)
  • German Academy for Allergology and Environmental Medicine (DAAU, President since 2002)
  • World Allergy Organization (WAO), former International Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (IAACI, 1993-2000 Vice President)
  • German Dermatological Society (DDG, since 1998)
  • Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA, 1994 Secretary, 2002-2006 President)
  • European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV, 2004-2006 President)

Editor and memberships in editorial boards (selection)

  • World Allergy Organization ´Journal (WAO Journal) (founding and chief editor since 2008)
  • Allergy and Clinical Immunology International (chief editor since 2005)
  • Allergo Journal (founding and chief editor 1992-2002)
  • Chemical Immunology and Allergy (series editor since 2005)
  • Current Allergy Reports (associated editor)

Awards and honors

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Ring, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dermatologist and allergist
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Woerishofen