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    Prof. Dr. med. Christian Taube

    Specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology · Additional qualification in allergology

    Director of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Medical Director · Ruhrlandklinik Essen

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    Profile summary and areas of expertise

    Christian Taube is a specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology with an additional qualification in allergology and has been Professor of Pulmonology at the University of Duisburg-Essen since 2017. Since 2017, Christian Taube has headed the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at Ruhrlandklinik in Essen as its Director and is the hospital's Medical Director. From 2011 to 2017, Christian Taube held the Chair of Pulmonology at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands.

    • Bronchial asthma and allergology
    • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
    • Mechanical ventilation and weaning

    Clinical work and institutions

    1. Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Klinikleitung

      • currentMedical Director

    2. Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Klinik für Pneumologie

      • since 2017Director of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine
      • currentHead of the Westdeutsches Weaning-Zentrum, the Cystic Fibrosis Centre and the Alpha-1 Centre

    3. Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Duisburg-Essen (opens the institution's website)

      • since 2017Professor of Pulmonology

    4. Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Zentrum für Schlaf- und Telemedizin

      • currentDirector of the Centre for Sleep and Telemedicine

    5. Leiden University Medical Center (opens the institution's website)

      Abteilung Pneumologie

      • 2011–2017Chair of Pulmonology, head of department

    6. Universitätsmedizin Mainz (MedVici profile of the institution)

      III. Medizinische Klinik (Pneumologie)

      • 2008–2011Head of the outpatient clinic and the pulmonary and allergy laboratory
      • 2004–2011Head of the experimental lung diseases research group

    7. National Jewish Center, Denver (USA) (opens the institution's website)

      • 2001–2004Research activity (research stay)

    8. Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie Großhansdorf

      • 1997–2001Research associate

    Qualifications and training

    • Specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology
    • Additional qualification in allergology
    • 2008
      Habilitation, University of Mainz
    • 1998
      Doctorate (Dr. med.), University of Hamburg
    • 1990–1997
      Studies in human medicine, University of Hamburg

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    Doctoral thesis (1)

    Scientific publications (11)

    9. Asthma – was ist neu? (original source, opens in a new window)

      Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (PubMed 37611578)

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