Uwe Platzbecker
University Hospital Leipzig, Germany

Prof. Dr. med. Uwe Platzbecker
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Medical training
- Study of Medicine at the Medical Faculty of Technical University of Dresden (- 1996)
Academic development
- MD („summa cum laude“) at the Medical Faculty of Technical University of Dresden (1997)
- Postdoc supported by the Humboldt Foundation (Feodor Lynen Project) at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA (2001 – 2002)
- Habilitation („Privatdozent“) (2006)
- Appointment as Professor of Translational Hematology at the Medical Faculty of Technical University of Dresden (2012 – 2018)
- Appointment as Professor of Hematology at the University of Leipzig (2018 – )
Medical leadership positions
- Senior physician and Head of Hematology outpatient department, Medical Clinic and Policlinic I, University Hospital “Carl Gustav Carus” at the Technical University of Dresden (2005)
- Head of the Hematology section, University Hospital “Carl Gustav Carus” at the Technical University of Dresden (2014 – 2018)
- Chairman of the Medical Ethics Committee of the Technical University of Dresden (2014 – 2018)
- Head of Medical Clinic and Policlinic of Hematology, Cell Therapy and Hemostaseoloy at the University Hospital in Leipzig (2018 -)
Further scientific activities
- Speaker of German MDS Study Group
- Member of the International MDS Foundation’s Medical & Scientific Advisory Board
- Chairman of the European Myelodysplastic Syndromes Cooperative Group (EMSCO)
- Chairman EHA MDS working party (SWG)
- Board Member of the SAL study group
- Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Life Science and Medicine at King’s College London, UK
- EuroBloodNet coordinator (myeloid malignancies)
- Section Editor Leukemia
- Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Oncology
Honors
- Chugai Science Award (2006)
- Best abstract, European Leukemia Net meeting (2010)
- 2012 DGHO Poster Award
- Van Bekkum Award of the EBMT in the name of the German MDS Study Group (2019)