Thomas Lenarz

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Thomas Lenarz (born June 3, 1956 in Darmstadt ) is professor of ear, nose and throat medicine , director of the ENT clinic and the German Hearing Center at the Hanover Medical School and an internationally recognized specialist in cochlear implants (hearing prostheses) and implantable hearing systems.

Life

After studying human medicine and biochemistry in Tübingen , Erlangen , Heidelberg and London (1975–1981), Thomas Lenarz received his doctorate in 1981 and successfully passed the examination to become a specialist in ear, nose and throat medicine in 1986. In 1987, he completed his habilitation in ear, nose and throat medicine on the subject of "Animal experiments on drug influencing the auditory system". In 1993 he was appointed to the Hannover Medical School . He was married to the professor of ear, nose and throat medicine, Minoo Lenarz .

Act

At the Medical University of Hanover , Thomas Lenarz heads the ENT clinic as the youngest full professor in the country in the field of ear, nose and throat medicine and is consistently expanding the cochlear implant program established there in 1984 in a pioneering global effort into what is now the largest international CI center. Consequently, in 2003 he founded the German Hearing Center Hanover (DHZ), which treats hearing disorders of all kinds. Under one roof, the DHZ offers the latest diagnostic methods and therapies, comprehensive technical advice and support, pedagogical and speech therapy hearing training as well as the supply of hearing systems at the highest international level. To date (as of 2014) more than 7,000 people have received a CI at the MHH. Around 500 new patients are added every year. This means that the MHH ENT clinic has an unrivaled level of expertise in CI surgery.

In addition to providing clinical care for patients, Thomas Lenarz has taken hearing research at the Hanover location to the top international. The research spectrum covers the causes, diagnosis and therapy of hearing disorders of all kinds. The area of ​​functional restoration of hearing through auditory implants is of particular importance. These include the cochlear implants in the case of failure of the inner ear, the central auditory implants in the area of ​​the midbrain and brain stem in the case of neural deafness and the implantable hearing aids in the case of middle ear and inner ear hearing loss . This is accompanied by work on new electrodes for the regeneration of the inner ear, local pharmacotherapy for hearing disorders, the development of new types of ossicular prostheses and signal processing in the auditory system. With the Laboratories of Experimental Otology (LEO), the Verbundinstitut for Audioneurotechnology and Nanobiomaterials (VIANNA) as well as the German Hearing Center Hannover (DHZ) as a place for clinically related research and clinical studies in cooperation with the industry, the Clinic for ENT Clinic forms the entire Innovation chain from basic research to translational research to clinical research and product development.

In cooperation with leading international manufacturers, the results of basic research can be converted into new methods and used. Mention should be made here of new types of cochlear implant electrodes for hearing maintenance in the event of partial deafness, the auditory midbrain implant and physiologically-based speech processing algorithms.

Research priorities

  • Causes, diagnosis and therapy of hearing disorders
  • Design, development and testing of auditory implants (cochlear implants, central auditory implants, implantable hearing aids, middle ear prostheses)
  • Protection and regeneration in the peripheral auditory system
  • Clinical Audiology
  • Local pharmacotherapy of the inner ear
  • Computer and robot-assisted surgery

Research networks

  • Cluster of Excellence "Hearing4all"
    The cluster of excellence for hearing research in Hanover and Oldenburg
  • Lower Saxony Audiology Initiative (state funding)
  • Priority Program 1124 "Navigation and Robotics"
  • BMBF joint project "seeing scalpel"
  • BMBF projects Gentle CI and SMART CI
  • BMBF research association REMEDIS
  • EU projects "ProHearing", "NeuEar"
  • Collaborative Research Center 599 “Sustainable bioresorbable and permanent implants made of metallic and ceramic materials”, Spokesperson: T. Lenarz Transdisciplinary SFB in cooperation with the Hannover Medical School, the Leibniz University Hannover and the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
  • NIFE - Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Technology, Implant Research and Development
  • CRC TR37 "Micro- and Nanosystems in Medicine"
  • EU projects "NanoEar", "BioEar", "HearProtect"

Functions and positions

  • 1995–2001 chairman of the working group of German-speaking audiologists and neurootologists
  • since 2003 spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center 599 “Future-proof bioresorbable and permanent implants made of metallic and ceramic materials” at the MHH
  • since 2003 spokesman for the head center Hannover Medical School
  • 2003 Coordination of the PhD program "Biomedical Engineering"
  • since January 2007 Regional Secretary EAONO / Member of the Steering Committee EAONO
  • since 2007 member of the board of the Collaborative Research Center Transregio 37 Micro- and Nanosystems in Medicine
  • since 2007 member of the board of the Hearing and its Disorders cluster of excellence in Lower Saxony
  • since 2007 AWMF representative of the German Society for Skull Base Surgery and Audiology
  • since 2008 Head of the Center for Hearing Research Hanover - Oldenburg
  • since 2010 member of the board of the German Society for Biomedical Technology
  • since 2012 spokesman for the Hanover Cluster of Excellence “Hearing4all” Oldenburg-Hanover

Presidencies

  • 2001–2003 President of the European Federation of Audiological Societies (EFAS)
  • 2006–2007 President of the German Society for Computer and Robot-Assisted Surgery (CURAC)
  • 2007–2009 President of the German Society for Audiology (DGA)
  • 2007–2009 Vice President of the German Society for Skull Base Surgery
  • 2009–2011 President of the German Society for Skull Base Surgery (DGSB)
  • 2010–2013 Deputy Chairman of the German Society for Biomedical Technology (DGBMT)
  • Since March 2013 Chairman of the German Society for Biomedical Technology (DGBMT)

Editorships

  • Co-editor of the Journal for Laryngo-Rhino-Otology
  • Advisory Board ENT
  • Editorial Board Otology & Neurotology
  • Journal of Audiology
  • Cochlear Implant International
  • European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the International Advanced Otology Journal
  • Member of the Editorial Board "Otorhinolaryngology Clinics"

Reviewer for magazines

  • Otology & Neurotology
  • ENT
  • Laryngo-rhino-otology
  • The Laryngoscope
  • European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head & Neck
  • BMC Neurology
  • Acta Otorhinolaryngologica

Memberships in scientific societies

  • National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (2013)
  • German Academy of Science and Engineering acatech
  • German Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery
  • German Society for Audiology (DGA), Board Member, Past President
  • European Federation of Audiological Societies (EFAS), Past President
  • European Skull Base Society (ESBS), Council Member
  • European Academy of Otology & Neurotology (EAONO), Board Member
  • German Society for Stem Cell Research eV
  • The Politzer Society, Inc
  • German Society for Skull Base Surgery eV, Past President
  • German Society for Biomedical Technology, Deputy Chairman
  • German Society for Computer and Robot Assisted Surgery (CURAC)
  • German Cancer Society

Corresponding memberships

  • American Association of Otolaryngology since 1997
  • Slovak ENT society since 1998
  • Austrian ENT Society since 2005
  • Belgian ENT society since 2006

honors and awards

  • 1987 Award of the Samuel Moos Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the University of Heidelberg for the best habilitation thesis in the medical faculty
  • 2008 honorary professor at Tehran University
  • 2009 Presentation of the “Alfred Mann Foundation Award for Scientific Achievement” in Los Angeles
  • 2012 Award of the Garbsen Ring of Honor
  • 2016 Award of the Professor Dr. Ludwig-Haymann Foundation of the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery

literature

  • Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine (Springer textbook), Thomas Lenarz (author), Hans-Georg Boenninghaus (author), 470 pages, publisher: Springer; Edition: 14th edition 2012 (June 8, 2012), ISBN 3-642-21130-5
  • Cochlear implant: A practical guide for the care of children and adults, Thomas Lenarz, 168 pages, publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998 (January 1, 1998), ISBN 3-642-80005-X
  • Harald Feldmann, Thomas Lenarz, Hasso von Wedel: Tinnitus: Basics of a rational diagnosis and therapy: 16 tables . Stuttgart, New York, Thieme 1998, 202 pp. ISBN 3137700027 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Minoo Lenarz, Geb. Moshrefi. In: Obituaries. Der Tagesspiegel , December 6, 2015, accessed on December 20, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Thomas Lenarz (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ Garbsen Ring of Honor to Prof. Lenarz . Website Freundeskreis Garbsen. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ Sponsorship award to Prof. Lenarz . Website DGHNO. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Lenarz, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and university professor for ear, nose and throat medicine
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt