Jochen H.H. Ehrich Explained

Jochen H.H. Ehrich (born 5 January 1946) is a German pediatric doctor in the fields of nephrology and tropical medicine, professor emeritus and Former Head of the Department of Paediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases at the Children’s Hospital, Hannover Medical School, in Hannover, Germany.

Life and education

Jochen H.H. Ehrich was born in Braunschweig, Germany. He studied medicine from 1965 to 1971 at the Freie Universität Berlin and at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He performed in 1971 to 1972 a postgraduate study at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, UK and received the Diploma in Clinical Medicine of the Tropics.

Career

From 1994-1997 he was Professor of Paediatrics and Head of Paediatric Nephrology at the Charité Hospital, Humboldt University of Berlin and from 1997-2011 he was Professor of Paediatrics and Head of Department of Paediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Hannover Medical School.

Clinical focus

His clinical responsibilities include paediatric nephrology, hepato-gastroenterology, endocrinology, tropical diseases and metabolic disorders.

Research

His research activities are dealing with kidney diseases^[1] in Europe and in the Tropics,^[2] laboratory diagnosis of renal diseases,^[3] solid organ transplantation,^[4] metabolic disorders, as well as diversity of health care services in 46 European countries.

International academic activities and work in international societies

• Member of the EDTA/ERA Registry 1988-1992
• Secretary general of European Society for Paediatric Nephrology 2000-2003
• Expert at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, on “Child-Friendly Health Care” 2009-2011
• Guest professor at the Scientific Centre of Children’s Health in Moscow, Russia from 15 January- 15 March 2012
• Guest professor at University Children’s Hospital in Innsbruck, Austria from 1.11.2012 – 28.2.2013
• Member of the European Paediatric Association since 1996

Awards

• Honorary member of the Hungarian Society of Nephrology in Budapest, Nov 14th 2002
• Purkinje Medal of the Charles University in Prague, June 8, 2006
• Honorary member of the Polish Society for Paediatric Nephrology in Szczecin, 7 May 2009
• Honorary Professor of Paediatrics of the Russian Academy of Science, Scientific Centre of Children’s Health, Moscow, 25 September 2009
• Johann Gottfried Herder Grant and Visiting Professorship at Russian Academy of Medical Science, Scientific Centre of Children’s Health, Moscow, 15 January -15 March 2012.

Publications

Jochen H.H. Ehrich is the author of more than 250 papers in English and more than 200 in German.

• PubMed Jochen H.H. Ehrich publicationlist
• PubFacts Jochen H.H. Ehrich publicationlist

External links

• description field of research at Hannover Medical School (in German)
• History of dialyses at the Hannover Medical School (in German)
• entry on the website of the European Pediatric Association
• Senior Researcher at the Second German-Russian Week of the young researchers Yekaterinburg, September 16-21, 2012 “Health and Society”
• Jochen H. H. Ehrich in "The Journal of Pediatrics"

Notes and References

1. Hofmann W, Ehrich JHH, Guder WG, Keller F. Diagnostic Pathways for Exclusion and Diagnosis of Kidney Diseases. Clin. Lab. 2012;58:871-889
2. Ehrich JH, Eke FU. Malaria-induced renal damage: facts and myths. Pediatr Nephrol 2007;22:626-37.
3. Trompeter R et al. Randomized trial of tacrolimus versus cyclosporin microemulsion in renal transplantation. Pediatr Nephrol. 2002;17:141-9
4. Ehrich JHH, Strehlau J. Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. In: Proesmans W: Therapeutic strategies children with renal disease. In: Baillère’s Clinical Paediatrics. Baillière-Tyndall, London 5: 539-575 (1997), Steroid-resistant idiopathic childhood nephrosis: overdiagnosed and undertreated. Ehrich JH et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 200722:2183-93