
Prof. Dr. med. Frank Buttgereit
Programmbereich 4, PB 4 – Translationale Rheumatologie
Gruppenleitung: Glukokortikoide & Bioenergetik
Liaisonarbeitsgruppe mit Charité - Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie
Scientific Backround
Appointment to the position of senior physician/senior consultant
1998
Specialist for Rheumatology (Rheumatologist)
Since 2008
Medical Head of „Clinical Osteology Specialty Center DVO“ (recertified for the term 2022 – 2027)
Since 2012
Honorary Professorship at the Rosario University, Bogota, Colombia
Since 2012
Member of the “Commission Osteology” within the DGRh (German Society of Rheumatology)
2012 – 2015
Member of the EULAR Scientific Program Committee
Since 2016
Member of the Charité committee “Investgruppe Lehre” which allocates teaching resources
Since 2018
Consultant on glucocorticoids for World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
2019 – 2021
Chair of the EULAR Standing Committee on Education & Training
2021 – 2022
EULAR Chair of the chairs
2019
Inclusion in the appointment proposal for the professorship of “Innere Medizin mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie” at the Medical University of Vienna
2022
Honorary Award in Rheumatology (EULAR)
Since 2022
Head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Osteology at the Charité
Since 2022
Authorization for advanced training (Internal Medicine, Rheumatology)
2022 – 2023
Acting Director (Dpt. of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology)
Since 2023
EULAR Sub-committee Chair (Online Courses/Education Committee)
DGRh, EULAR, ACR
2017 – 2023
BIH Clinical Fellowship (BIH_PRO_431)
Since 2024
Stiftungsprofessur für Rheumatologische Osteologie (Stifterverband)
Scientific awards:
1987
Humboldt prize for the best Doctoral thesis of the year
1990
research scholarships from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation and from the DAAD 1992 – 1994
1996
scholarship for scientific education in foreign countries via the DAAD (special program for rheumatology
2001
travel scholarship of the Rudolf-Schoen-Foundation
2002
receipt of the Bruno-Schuler-Prize
2005
Josephine Delesse Scholarship of the DAdorW
2006
Short Term Visiting Fellowship from the University of Sydney
2008
poster prize at the 36th congress of the DGRh
2017 – 2023
Honorary Award in Rheumatology (EULAR) 2022; BIH Clinical Fellow (BIH_PRO_431)