The Centre
The University Centre for Rare Diseases was founded in the spring of 2014 under the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and the Medical Faculty of the TU Dresden and has since been making its contribution to improving the care of people with rare diseases and research into these diseases. In addition to ensuring care and clinical, translational and basic research, the focus is also on sharing information and bringing patients together with doctors, patient organisations and other centres.
Team
 | Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Berner Prof. Berner is a doctor of paediatrics and adolescent medicine and has been Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital of the TU Dresden since 2012. In addition to the diagnosis, therapy and prevention of infectious diseases, Prof. Berner specialises in diseases of the immune system and rheumatological diseases in children. As speaker, he manages the business of the USE and is responsible, among other things, for the internal organisation as well as the external representation of the USE. | ||
 | Prof. Dr. med. Min Ae Lee-Kirsch Prof. Lee-Kirsch is a specialist in human genetics and head of the Clinical Research Unit "Defects of the Innate Immune System in Autoinflammation and Autoimmunity" at the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Other focal points include the diagnosis and therapy of rare metabolic diseases. | ||
 | Dr. med. Joseph Porrmann Dr. Joseph Porrmann is a specialist in human genetics and head of the Genetic Outpatient Clinic at the Institute for Clinical Genetics Dresden. | ||
 | Dr. med. Amalia-Mihaela Hanßke Dr. Amalia Hanßke is a specialist in psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy. Her clinical and research focus includes improved and more in-depth diagnostics, as well as care for patients with mental and psychosomatic disorders based on new evidence-based findings. Dr Hanßke offers detailed clarification and classification of existing findings as well as support in finding suitable and indicated therapies." | ||
 | Dr. rer. medic. Tanita Kretschmer Dr. Kretschmer studied Health Sciences and works as a coordinator at the University Centre for Rare Diseases. In this function, Dr. Kretschmer is the first point of contact for all those interested in the Centre and staffs the telephone consultation hours. Dr Kretschmer is responsible for all organisational matters relating to the Centre and for supporting innovative projects. | ||