Prof. Dr. med. Olaf Witt
Director "Translational Pediatric Oncology"
Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg
Assistant medical director of the Children's Hospital Unit III for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology und Pulmonology
Head of the KiTZ Trial Unit
University Medical Center for Children and Adolescents
Im Neuenheimer Feld 430
D - 69120 Heidelberg
Germany
Department chief of the Clinical Cooperation Unit Pediatric Oncology
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
D-69120 Heidelberg
CV
| 1987-1993 | Medical studies at the Universities Münster, Hamburg, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
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| 1994 | Degree of Dr. med. at the University of Münster |
| 1995 | License to practice medicine |
| 1995-1997 | Postdoc in the Division of Molecular Biology, Center for Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University of Göttingen |
| 1997-2002 | Medical specialization in pediatrics and neonatology at the Pediatric Hospital of the University of Göttingen |
| 2001 | Habilitation and Venia Legendi in pediatrics |
| 2002-2003 | Visiting scientist in the division "Functional Genome Analysis" at the German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg |
| 2003-2005 | Senior physician at the Pediatric Hospital of the University of Göttingen |
| Since 08/2005 | University Professor for pediatric oncology and hematology at the Heidelberg University Hospital and the DKFZ, section head and deputy medical director of the Children's Hospital (Unit III), Division head of the Clinical Cooperation Unit Pediatric Oncology of the German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg |
| Since 11/2016 | Director of the Children's Cancer Center (Kindertumorzentrum, KiTZ) Heidelberg |