Torsten Zuberbier

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Torsten Zuberbier (born February 28, 1962 in Hamburg ) is a German dermatologist and allergist .

education

After graduating from high school in 1981, Torsten Zuberbier studied human medicine at the Free University of Berlin from 1983 to 1990 . From 1990 to 1994 he received specialist training in the department of dermatology at the Virchow Clinic , Berlin , where he became senior physician in 1995 and completed his habilitation in 1996 on the differentiation and functional behavior of human mast cells .

Zuberbier is married and has two children.

Professional Activities

In 1996 Zuberbier was appointed head of the allergology department at the Charité Clinic for Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology . In September 2001 he was awarded an adjunct professorship . In 2003 he was offered an endowed professorship (C4) for allergy impact research and in the same year became head of the European Foundation for Allergy Research ECARF at the Clinic for Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Charité in Berlin. Since October 2004 he has headed the Allergy Center Charité at the Dermatology Clinic in Berlin-Mitte. Before he was elected managing director of the Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology at the Charité in January 2012, he was co-director of the clinic. He is co-editor of the journal of the German dermatological society and a member of the scientific advisory board of the Allergo Journal .

research

Focus of scientific work making beer are urticaria , eczema , respiratory and food allergies , mastocytosis and allergic rhinitis . His basic experimental research focuses on mast cells in skin and mucous membranes and on allergic processes.

Honors

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  • as co-author: EAACI / GA²LEN / EDF / WAO guideline: definition, classification and diagnosis of urticarial. In: Allergy . 64 (10), 2009, pp. 1417-1426.
  • as co-author: EAACI / GA²LEN / EDF / WAO guideline: management of urticarial. In: Allergy. 64 (10), 2009, pp. 1427-1443.
  • with J. Bousquet, E. Mantzouranis, A. Cruz, N. Aı¨t-Khaled, C. Baena-Cagnani, E. Bleecker, C. Brightling, P. Burney, C. Bush, W. Busse, T. Casale , M. Chan-Yeung, R. Chen, B. Chowdhury, KF Chung, R. Dahl, J. Drazen, LM Fabbri, S. Holgate, F. Kauffmann, T. Haahtela, N. Khaltaev, JP Kiley, MR Masjedi , Y. Mohammad, P. O'Byrne, M. Partridge, KF Rabe, A. Togias, C. van Weel, S. Wenzel and N. Zhong: Uniform definition of asthma severity, control, and exacerbations: Document presented for the World Health Organization Consultation on Severe Asthma. In: JACI. 126 (5), 2010, pp. 926-938.
  • as co-author: How to design and evaluate randomized controlled trials in immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis: an ARIA-GA (2) LEN statement. In: Allergy. 66 (6), 2011 Jun, pp. 765-774.
  • with N. Novak, D. Thaci, M. Hoffmann, R. Fölster-Holst, T. Biedermann, B. Homey, K. Schaekel, JA Stefan, T. Werfel, T. Bieber and A. Sager: Subcutaneous immunotherapy with a depigmented polymerized birch pollen extract - a new therapeutic option for patients with atopic dermatitis. In: International Archives of Allergy and Immunology . 155 (3), 2011, pp. 252-256.
  • Pharmacologic rationale for the treatment of chronic urticaria with second generation non-sedating antihistamines at higher-than-standard doses. In: JEADV. 2011.
  • with J. Lötvall, S. Simoens, SV Subramanian and MK Church: Economic burden of inadequate management of allergic diseases in the European Union: a GA2LEN review. In: Allergy. 69, 2014, pp. 1275-1279.

Memberships

  • Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA²LEN) - Network of Excellence (Secretary General)
  • German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI) (Member of the Board of Directors)
  • Scientific Advisory Board of the Allergy Portal, Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV)
  • European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), Dermatology Section
  • Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) (Member of the Board of Directors)
  • Communication Council, Special Committee: Allergy Diagnosis, the World Allergy Organization (WAO)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ allergie-centrum-charite.de Retrieved on September 22, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Zuberbier, Torsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dermatologist and allergist
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg