Professor Markus Gosch from Nuremberg now leads the Society for Geriatrics
19.09.2023 18:28
Professor Markus Gosch is the new president of the German Society for Geriatrics (DGG) with more than 1,800 members. For the next two years, the head physician of the Clinic for Internal Medicine 2 with a focus on geriatrics at the Nuremberg Clinic - University Clinic for Geriatrics at the Paracelsus Medical Private University Nuremberg - will lead the specialist society.
“Right from the start, I will be committed to geriatric medicine in the context of the current hospital reform. “The newly elected board is also working on bringing together different certifications in geriatric traumatology,” says the Innsbruck native. “In addition, I also want to focus more on further training in geriatric medicine and ensure that geriatrics is given the status in further medical training that does justice to the subject due to its importance,” explains the 57-year-old.
Markus Gosch deals holistically with the field of geriatric medicine. As head of the chair for geriatrics at the Paracelsus Medical University in Nuremberg, he creates practical training and promotes research projects in the field of geriatric medicine by combining teaching and research at one of the largest acute geriatric hospitals in Germany. Markus Gosch recently worked scientifically on the treatment of corona patients in homes. Other areas of focus include cardiology in old age, geriatric traumatology, polypharmacy and many smaller topics, such as electrolyte disorders. He is currently involved in the creation of two national evidence-based guidelines.
New to the board: Professor Michael Denkinger from Ulm and Dr. Svenja Tietgen from Bremerhaven
Professor Michael Denkinger was newly elected to the DGG board on Thursday evening at the general meeting as president-elect, i.e. future president of the specialist society. The 47-year-old is chief physician and medical director of the Agaplesion Bethesda Clinic Ulm - an acute geriatric and rehabilitation clinic - and spokesman for the Ulm Geriatric Center. He is also chair of geriatrics and head of the Institute for Geriatric Research at Ulm University Hospital. Denkinger is a specialist in internal medicine, geriatrics and palliative medicine. He is also a board member of the Professional Association of German Internists (BDI) and a member of various commissions of the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM).
Also newly elected to the board was Dr. Svenja Tietgen, who is now responsible for the minutes of board and member meetings in the position of so-called secretary. The 41-year-old is a senior physician in the clinic for acute geriatrics and early geriatric rehabilitation at the Bremerhaven Clinic. Tietgen is a graduate of the European Academy for Medicine of Aging (EAMA) and was one of the founding members of the DGG young geriatrics junior group at the Gerontology and Geriatrics Congress 2022. In addition, she received the FEES trainer certificate and established instrumental dysphagia diagnostics for the entire hospital in Bremerhaven.
Professor Rainer Wirth is now Past President of the DGG
The previous DGG President Professor Rainer Wirth, Director of the Clinic for Geriatric Medicine and Early Rehabilitation at the Marien Hospital Herne - University Hospital of the Ruhr University Bochum, is changing to Past President through the rotation provided for in the statutes. In this role, he will serve on the board of the specialist society for two more years. “Rainer Wirth has achieved a lot for our members over the past two years and has increasingly brought the DGG into the political debate. To name just a few examples: During his term of office, Young Geriatrics was founded, new working groups were set up and the Geriatrics Science Forum was incorporated into the DGG. “Rainer Wirth organized several congresses and campaigned for uniform certification in geriatric traumatology,” said DGG President Gosch, appreciating the work of his predecessor.
Treasurer and continuing education officer confirmed in office
Private lecturer Dr. Sandra Schütze, treasurer of the DGG. Schütze is head of the neurogeriatrics section at the Medical-Geriatric Clinic of the Agaplesion Frankfurter Diakonie Kliniken. The DGG further education officer, Professor Dr., was also confirmed in office. Katrin Singler, senior physician at the Clinic for Internal Medicine 2, specializing in geriatrics, at the Nuremberg Clinic, Paracelsus Private Medical University Nuremberg. She is also a research associate at the Institute for Biomedicine of Aging at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Past President Professor Hans Jürgen Heppner from Bayreuth has now resigned from the board. The previous DGG secretary, Professor Marija Djukic, senior physician at the Geriatric Center of the Evangelical Hospital Göttingen-Weende, did not stand for re-election. “We would like to thank the outgoing board members for their many years of energetic and very professional and often time-consuming work on the board,” said Markus Gosch and Rainer Wirth at the general meeting.