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

Prof. Dr. med. Olaf Witt

Director "Translational Pediatric Oncology"

Postal address:
German Cancer Research Center
CCU Pediatric Oncology / G340
Natja Sachse
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
D-69120 Heidelberg
Germany

 

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1987-1993 Medical studies at the Universities Münster, Hamburg, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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