E-mail:
georg.hoffmann@med.uni-heidelberg.de
YEAR AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1957 - Goslar, Germany
Present Position
- Professor of Pediatrics and Chairman of the University Childrens Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
- Head of the Committee for Newborn Screening of the German Pediatric Association
- Head of the Center for Rare Diseases, Medical Center University of Heidelberg
- Member of the Leopoldina – National Academy of Sciences
PRESENT ADDRESS: Department of Pediatrics, University of Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 669, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
MARITAL STATUS: Married, five children
Education
- Medical School: Universities of Göttingen, F.R.G., and Birmingham, U.K., 1976 to 1984
- Medical Thesis: 1978 - 1982 on the subject of "Disturbances of carbohydrate and energy metabolism leading to mental retardation and neurodegenerative diseases"; medical doctor's degree with "summa cum laude" on June 5, 1984, (Prof. Dr. U. Langenbeck, Institute for Human Genetics, Göttingen, F.R.G.)
- Accredited subspecialisations in Pediatric Metabolic Medicine, Pediatric Neurology, Epileptology, Neonatology and Laboratory Medicine
- Habilitation: December 17, 1992 on the subject of "Mevalonic Aciduria - The First Inborn Error of Cholesterol- and Nonsterol Isoprene Biosynthesis"
Research Fields
- Neurometabolic and neurogenetic diseases
- Diagnosis, pathophysiology and treatment of metabolic diseases
- Liver disease, liver failure and liver cell therapy
- Gene therapy
- Newborn screening in all facettes
- Development of platforms for metabolic and genetic diagnostics
- Original peer-reviewed scientific contributions: > 550, chapters and books: >450, H-index 73, citations 17.938. Average citations per publication: 27.85
Honors/Awards
- DAAD Stipendium 1981 - 1982; Stipendien of the "Stiftung für das behinderte Kind", Frankfurt a. M., F.R.G., and of the "Werner Otto Stiftung ", Hamburg, F.R.G., 1984; Ausbildungsstipendium der DFG 1984 - 1986; Noel Raine Award of the "Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism" 1986; Biotronik Scholarship of the "Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism" 1987; SSIEM Award of the "Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism" 1994; Science 4 Life 2000; Hufeland Preis 2020; Guthrie Award 2021.
Academic Appointments
Council, Vereinigung leitender Kinderärzte und Kinderchirurgen Deutschlands 2001 - today; Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Pädiatrische Stoffwechselstörungen, Vice-President, 1996 - 1998; Scientific Advisory Board "Hilfe für das autistische Kind", 1997 - 2001; Scientific Advisory Board "Kindernetzwerk" 2001 - today; Council, European Society for Paediatric Research, 1992 - 1995; Honorary Secretary, European Society for Paediatric Research, 1995 - 1998; Fachgutachter of the German Research Agency (DFG), 2000 – 2004; Scientific Board of the Pediatric Neurotransmitter Disorders Association, 2002-today; Honorary professorship at the Tongji University, Wuhan, China, 2002; Vice Dean of the med. faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg 2006 – 2014; Head of the steering committee of Koordinierungszentrum für Klinische Studien (KKS) of the Medical Faculty Heidelberg 2004-2008: Head of the committee for structure and development of the Medical Faculty Heidelberg 2006—2014; Head of the National Committee for Newborn Screening, 2009—today; Center for Rare Diseases Medical Center University of Heidelberg, 2011—today; Honorary professorship at the Qingdao University, China, 2015; Honorary professorship at the Foshan Maternal and Children Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, China, 2015
Editorial Appointments
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Editor 1996 – 2005, Editor-in-Chief 2005 – 2009, Editor 2010 – 2011, Editorial Board 2012 - today; Neuropediatrics, Editor-in-Chief 1996 – 2009, Editorial Board 2010 - 2013; European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, Editorial Board 1997 - 2008; World Journal of Pediatrics - Founding member of the Editorial Board 2004 - today; Kinderneurologie in Klinik und Praxis, Editorial Board 2001- today; Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde - Scientific Board 2003 - today; Klinische Pädiatrie - Scientific Board 2009- today; The Open Pediatric Medicine Journal- Founding member of the Editorial Board 2008 - today
