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Dr. med. Thomas E. Wessendorf
Specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology · Additional qualifications in allergology and sleep medicine
Senior consultant, Department of Pulmonary Medicine · Ruhrlandklinik Essen
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Profile summary and areas of expertise
Thomas E. Wessendorf is a specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology with additional qualifications in allergology and sleep medicine. Thomas E. Wessendorf is senior consultant in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at Ruhrlandklinik in Essen and holds clinics for interstitial and rare lung diseases and for allergology in the central outpatient department. The publications of Thomas E. Wessendorf focus mainly on sleep-related breathing disorders, sarcoidosis and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
- Interstitial and rare lung diseases
- Allergology
- Sleep-related breathing disorders
Clinical work and institutions
Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)
Klinik für Pneumologie
- currentSenior consultant
Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)
Zentralambulanz
- currentClinics for interstitial and rare lung diseases and for allergology
Qualifications and training
- Specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology
- Additional qualification in allergology
- Additional qualification in sleep medicine
- 1997Doctorate (Dr. med.), University of Bonn
Publications, talks and media
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Doctoral thesis (1)
- Die Wirkung von Pipamperon auf den Schlaf gesunder Probanden (original source, opens in a new window)
Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
Scientific publications (11)
- Doping im Schachsport (original source, opens in a new window)
Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz (PubMed 42274778)
- Recurrent pulmonary alveolar proteinosis after lung transplantation: a case series (original source, opens in a new window)
Respiratory Medicine (PubMed 40404066)
- 58-jährige Patientin mit primär biliärer Zirrhose und Knisterrasseln (original source, opens in a new window)
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (PubMed 26625238)
- Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis (original source, opens in a new window)
Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology (PubMed 25779004)
- 55-jährige Patientin mit progredienter Belastungsdyspnoe und radiologischen Lungenveränderungen (original source, opens in a new window)
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (PubMed 23463475)
- Bronchiolitis obliterans mit organisierender Pneumonie (BOOP) (original source, opens in a new window)
Pneumologie (PubMed 12486619)
- Alveolarproteinose (original source, opens in a new window)
Pneumologie (PubMed 12140800)
- Pulsoximetrie als Schlafapnoescreening bei Schlaganfallpatienten (original source, opens in a new window)
Pneumologie (PubMed 12063616)
- Sleep disorders and alcohol (original source, opens in a new window)
Sleep Medicine Reviews (PubMed 12531143)
- Treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea with nasal continuous positive airway pressure in stroke (original source, opens in a new window)
European Respiratory Journal (PubMed 11716165)
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