Ambros J. Beer

Beer, Ambros, Prof. Dr. 13.10.1972, male Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Clinic Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm phone: +49 731 500 61300 ambros.beer@uniklinik-ulm.de W3 Professor, Director University education, degree Studies of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU) 1992 - 1999 Advanced academic qualifications Promotion at the Department of Radiation Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, 1999, Prof. Dr. E. Lengfelder, Habilitation in Nuclear Medicine (“Assistant Professor” for Nuclear Medicine) 2007, associate Professor in Nuclear Medicine 2014 Postgraduate professional career since 2014 Full Professor and Director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University 2014 “apl. Professor” (associate Professor) in Nuclear Medicine 2009-2014 Consultant (“Oberarzt”) at the Department of Nuclear Medicine of the Technische Universität München, Klinikum Rechts der Isar 1999-2014 Resident at the Department of Radiology and Department of Nuclear Medicine of the Technische Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar Other Membership in advisory / editorial boards Since 2016 Editorial Board EJNMMI Research Since 2016 International associate editor, Editorial Board Journal of Nuclear Medicine Since 2017 Member EORTC Protocol Review Committee 2014 – 2017 International Advisory Board “The Lancet Oncology” 2010 – 2016 Editorial Board European Radiology Honours and awards 2008 First place award at the “Cardiovascular sciences young investigator award symposium” Meeting of the SNM 2008, New Orleans 2005 First Place Award “Outstanding Clinical Investigations” of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Meeting of the SNM 2006, San Diego 2005 Young Investigator Award for the Year from the „Society for the Advancement of Nuclear Medicine at the Technische Universität München” Short Bio: Ambros Beer did his training in medical studies in Munich at Ludwig-Maximilians-University. He started working at TU Munich at the Klinikum rechts der Isar in 1999 were he first completed his training as a Radiologist and then as a Nuclear Medicine physician. He was appointed assistant professor at TU Munich and worked there as a resident at the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Prof. Markus Schwaigers group since 2009, where he also worked with the worldwide first whole-body simultaneous PET/MR system. Academically his main interest is hybrid and molecular imaging with a focus on oncology. After his appointment as chair and director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Ulm University Hospital in 2014, he continued working on hybrid and molecular imaging. In 2019 Ulm installed a whole body PET/MR system which is run together with the Department of Radiology. Ambros Beer has received several awards, is author and coauthor of more than 110 papers and acquired several funds for his research as principle and co-investigator. He is speaker of the Center for Imaging at Ulm University Hospital, speaker of the South-West German Society of Nuclear Medicine SWDGN, PI of the NCT-SW initiative (national centers for tumor diseases south-west), and co-speaker of the working group imaging in the ZPM initiative (centers for personalized medicine in Baden-Wuerttemberg).