PD Dr. Birgit Ertl-Wagner

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Birgit Ertl-Wagner   Department of Radiology   Klinikum Grosshadern   Marchioninistr. 15   D-81377 Munich   Tel. +49-89-7095-0

CURRENT POSITION

• Staff Radiologist and Neuroradiologist
• Section Chief of Teleradiology, Head and Neck Imaging and Neuropediatric Imaging
• Chief of Quality Management Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich - Grosshadern Campus

MEDICAL SCHOOL

DISSERTATION, HABILITATION, PUBLICATIONS

Dissertation 
"Interactions between human astrocytes and a myelin-specific immunereaction as a model of lesion confinement in multiple sclerosis" Department of Neuroimmunology, Max-Planck-Institute for Neurobiology, Martinsried, defended 1997, summa cum laude

Habilitation
"CT angiography of the cervicocranial vasculature with multi detector CT-technical optimization and evaluation of image quality and diagnostic value." defended 2004

Venia legendi
Medical Faculty of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, since 2004

Publications
36 peer-reviewed original publications, 19 as first author
4 textbooks of radiology / neuroradiology as single or lead author
8 book chapters

RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIPS

1996 to 1998
Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. K. Sartor)

1998 to 1999
Department of Neurology, University of Marburg (Prof. Dr. W. Oertel)

Since 1999
Institute of Clinical Radiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich
First as resident, later as staff radiologist / neuroradiologist and section chief (Prof. Dr. M Reiser)

2000
Six week Course for Radiological Pathology of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Washington D.C., USA

2001
Fellow of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) supported by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), rotations at the Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD

2002
Board Certification for Radiology, German Board of Radiology

2004 to 2005
Fellow for Neuroradiology, Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich

2005, August
Board Certification for Neuroradiology, German Board of Neuroradiology

RESEARCH GRANTS, PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

1989 to 1996
Scholarship / full stipend of the Bavarian State Government, ca. 75.000 DM

1993 to 1994
Stipend of the Biomedical Sciences Exchange Program (BMEP), ca. 10.000 DM

2000 to 2001
Intramural grant of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University "Functional magneticresonance imaging in patients with chronic pain sydnromes"; 48.500 DM

2001
Research and Education (R&E) Grant of the Radiological Society of NorthAmerica (RSNA) for a Fellowship on Clinical Trials in Medical Imaging; 20.000 US$

2002
AGFA "Medical Digital Imaging" Prize at the European Congress of Radiology(ECR) for the project "Determination of the periventricular elastance andcompliance in hydrocephalic patients"; ca. 10.000 ?

2002 to 2004
Habilitation grant of the German University and Science Program, ca. 63.000 ?

2001 to 2005
Principal Investigator Grant of the American College of Radiology ImagingNetworks (U01 Grant of the NIH) "Semiautomatic volume estimations ofenhancing tumor tissue and perifocal edema in patients with malignant glioma" >193.500 US$/ PI, Reader und Case Reimbursements, in addition directrecompensation of all expenses for staff and material

REVIEWER FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS              

• Investigative Radiology
• European Radiology
• European Journal of Radiology
• Epilepsia
• Journal of Neurology  

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES AND COMMITTEES

• Deutsche Roentgengesellschaft (DRG)
• European Congress of Radiology (ECR)
• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
• Head and Neck Committee of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN)
• International Committee of the American Association of Women Radiologists (AAWR)