Prof. Dr. Med. Florian Otto
FMH Internal Medicine and HematologyFocus on Hematology and Oncology (D)
Core competencies
Tumors of the gastrointestinal tract
Career path
1969 – 1971
Bach School Detmold (D)
1971 – 1973
Beethoven School Singen (D)
1973 – 1982
Hegau Gymnasium Singen (D)
1982 – 1983
Studied Human Medicine at the RWTH Aachen University
1983 – 1985
Civilian service at the Municipal Hospital Singen (D)
1985 – 1990
Studied Human Medicine at RWTH Aachen (D)
1990 – 1991
Practical year at the Municipal Hospital Singen
Academic teaching hospital of the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
May 1991
Medical examination
May 1991
License to practice medicine as an intern
1992
Doctor of Medicine
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
November 1992
Medical license
1991 – 1992
Intern (University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Hematology and Oncology)
1992 – 1993
Assistant doctor (UKF)
Training in all hematological-oncological
inpatient wards and outpatient clinics as well as in the emergency room
and on wards of nephrology and rheumatology/clinic.
1996 – 2002
Immunology and Ultrasound Diagnostics
2002
Board certification in Internal Medicine
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Further activities
2003 – 2009
Main lecture "Internal Medicine"
2003 – 2004
Lecture "Molecular Biology in Internal Medicine"
2005 – 2009
Internal Medicine Seminar "Solid Tumors"
1997 – 2007
Bed-side teaching for senior students
1997 – 2002
Course: "Clinical Chemistry and Haematology"
1992 – 2007
Course: "Clinical Examination"
2001 – 2003
Seminar: "Introduction to Clinical Medicine"
1997 – 2007
Seminar: "Methods in Molecular Biology"
1999 – 2007
Journal Club: "Current Publications in Cell and Molecular Biology"
2004 – 2006
Teaching for nurses in specialist oncology training
2007 – present
Internal Medicine Seminar: "Haematology"
2007 – present
Course: "Internal Medicine"
2007 – present
Lecture: "Differential Diagnosis in Internal Medicine"
Memberships
- Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
- German Society for Haematology and Oncology (DGHO)
- CESAR
- EORTC Gastro Intestinal Cancer Tract Group
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
- International Breast Cancer Study Group (IBCSG)
Scientific Activities
1986 – 1989 Doctoral thesis: "Analyses of the Immunogenotype in Hodgkin's Disease"
Institute of Pathology, RWTH Aachen
Supervisor: Prof. F. Hofstädter
1991 – 1993 Research work: "Mechanisms of Endotoxin Tolerance"
Laboratory of Prof. R. Engelhardt
Dept. of Medicine I, University Hospital Freiburg
1993 – 1996 Research work: "In vivo Analysis of Immunologically Relevant Proteins"
Laboratory of Dr. M.J. Owen
Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, U.K.
1996 – 2008 Head of the Molecular Pathogenesis Laboratory
"Physiological Function and Pathogenetic Role of Transcription Factors of the RUNX Family"
Dept. of Medicine I, University Hospital Freiburg
Co-organiser of the 21st Annual Meeting OAO/GTOR/AOR 2005 Freiburg/Brsg.
5th St. Gallen International Cancer Prevention Conference 2008
6th International Conference on Clinical Cancer Prevention 2010
1st St. Gallen EORTC Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference 2012
2nd St. Gallen EORTC Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference 2014
3rd St. Gallen EORTC Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference 2016
4th St. Gallen EORTC Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference 2018
Ad hoc reviewer of manuscripts for: Acta Oncologica, American Journal of Human Genetics, Anatomy and Embryology, Annals of Hematology, BMC Medical Genetics, British Journal of Cancer, Development, Growth and Differentiation, Gene, Human Molecular Biology, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Lancet, Lancet Oncology, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Reports, Nature Genetics, Supportive Care in Cancer, among others.
Ad hoc reviewer of research proposals for the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Wellcome Trust.
EXTERNALLY FUNDED PROJECTS (“Peer reviewed”)
1993 – 1995 Training grant from the German Research Foundation (Ot 134/1-1): “In vivo analysis of immunologically relevant proteins”
1997 – 2003 German Research Foundation
(Ot 134/2-1 and 2-2): “Analysis of CBFA1 in osteoblast differentiation and skeletal development”
2001 EMBO Short Term Fellowship: “Skeletal Phenotype of Runx3 Deficient Mice”
2003 – 2008 German Research Foundation
(Ot 134/3-1 and 3-2): “Analysis of the in vivo function of TLE proteins”