Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. habil. Wolf-Bernhard Schill

Center of Dermatology and Andrology
Justus Liebig University

Gaffkystr. 14, D-35385 Giessen, Germany

Tel. (0641) 99 43200, Fax (0641) 99 43209

E-mail: Wolf-Bernhard.Schill@derma.med.uni-giessen.de

 

Medical studies     

                       From 1959 to 1965 at the universities
                        of Tübingen, Berlin and Vienna.
                        State exam at the University of Tübingen,
                        July 13, 1965. MD thesis "Cortisol secretion of the
                        suprarenal cortex during hydrotherapy"

Medical-scientific activity

1965-1967                        Internship (surgery, neurology/psychiatry,
                        dermatology, internal medicine, gynecology)
                        in several university and municipal hospitals

1967-1968                        Postdoctoral Fellow of the Max Planck
                        Society, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine,                         Göttingen (Director: Prof. Knoll)

Jan. 7, 1969                        State approval as medical doctor
                        (Ministry of the interior, Baden-Württemberg)

1969                        Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute
                        for Experimental Medicine in Göttingen
                        (Director: Prof. Dr. Haase)

1970-1971                        Postdoctoral Fellow of the Ford Foundation
                        in Reproductive Biology, University of Chicago, USA
                        (Director: Prof. Dr. G.F.T. Schumacher)


1971-1975                        Residency in dermatology and andrology,
                        Department of Dermatology, University of Munich
                        (Director: Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c.mult. O. Braun-Falco)


Dec. 30, 1975                        Specialist in dermatology and venerology

Jan. 1, 1976                        Staff member of the Department of Dermatology,
                        University of Munich

June 23, 1976                        Lectureship on dermatology and venerology.
                        Title of postdoctoral thesis: "Acrosin and
                        its inhibitors during reproduction"

June 14, 1978                        Specialist in allergology

Sept. 9, 1980                        Associate Professor for Dermatology and
                        Venerology with special emphasis on andrology

1988                        Request by the Ministry of Health
                        to chair the Department of Andrology at the
                        Universities of Hamburg, Tübingen and
                        Giessen, Germany

April 1, 1989                        Full Professor and Chairman of the
                        Department of Dermatology and Andrology
                        at the University of Giessen, Germany

September 29, 1997                        Specialist in environmental medicine


Research activities                       

                        Clinical dermatology, venerology and allergology,
                        including histopathological evaluation of dermal
                        and testicular biopsies, photobiology, phlebology,
                        X-ray therapy and tumor aftercare;
                        clinical and experimental andrology and reproductive

                        medicine; conduction of the andrological outpatient

                        department with andrological and endocrinological

                        laboratory and laboratory for sperm function diagnosis;
                        sperm bank for tumor patients; conduction of the

                        andrological research laboratories and working group for

                        reproductive biology and reproductive biochemistry,
                        reproductive immunology, cryobiology,
                        membrane biochemistry, male contraception,
                        drug effects on potency and fertility,
                        problems of the aging male, environmental factors


Teaching                        Main lecture "dermatology, venerology and andrology";

                        clinical ward round in the department of dermatology;

                        further lectures in the field of andrology and
                        reproductive biology;
                        conduction of reproductive-biological colloquium;

                        Seminars for graduate students/postgraduate education
                        in dermatology and andrology;

                        further postgraduate training for dermatologists,
                        gynecologists, urologists, internists and general
                        practitioners

Organizational activity                        Scientific organization and implementation
                        of 87 congresses and further education events

                        Radiation protection representative of the clinic

Scientific field of work                        Andrology, reproductive biology, reproductive

biochemistry, reproductive immunology, cryobiology,
membrane biochemistry, male contraception,
drug effects on potency and fertility,

hormone substitution therapy in aging men,
environmental factors,
clinical dermatology and allergology

Awards                        Fellow in Reproductive Biology,
                        University of Chicago
                        President of the German Society
                        of Fertility and Sterility (1987-1991)
                        President of the German Society
                        of Andrology (1991-2001)

                        Member of many national and international
                        scientific societies
                        Committee member of the Bavarian AIDS Foundation

                        Clinical Andrologist of the European Academy
                        of Andrology (since 1994)

                        Editor-in-Chief of the international journal
                        ANDROLOGIA (since 1995)
                        Co-editor of several other scientific journals

Member of the advisory board of the
Asian Journal of Andrology

and the Egyptian Journal of Andrology


Financial support                        World Health Organization, Geneva
in the past                        German Research Foundation
                        German Ministry of Research and Development
                        German Ministry of the Environment

                        Justus Liebig University, Giessen
                        Pharmaceutical industry
                        Foundation of the German Industry
                        Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Giessen
                        Foundation Reproductive Medicine, Giessen

Publications                        1072 scientific contributions
                        (original manuscripts, short communications,
                        abstracts, review articles, book contributions, CD-ROM)
                       
                        712 lectures
                       
                        227 scientific exhibitions
                       
                        Editor of 7 books
                       
                        Supervision of 53 doctoral theses