Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Backhaus, Juniorprofessor

Current affiliations

Clinic for Nuclear Medicine

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Translational PET/MRI imaging of the tumor microenvironment
Translational PET/MRI imaging of inflammation
Novel combinations of radioligand therapy and immunotherapy

Academic Education
since 08/2024	Junior Clinical Translational Professorship "Imaging Host Responses" (W1, Tenure Track)
02/2022	United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 3
02/2017	MD, Institute of Physiology, Department of Neurophysiology, University of Würzburg
04/2008 - 05/2015	Study of Medicine, Staatsexamen, University of Würzburg
Work Experience
since 08/2024	Professor and group leader "Imaging Host Responses"
since 08/2024	Section head of diagnostics, Department of Nuclear Medicine
since 10/2022	Senior physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine
02/2017 - 07/2024	Postdoc at the European Institute for Molecular Imaging
11/2022	American Board of Nuclear Medicine Certification (ABNM-C)
07/2021 - 06/2022	Clinical Fellowship "Nuclear Oncology", Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
02/2021	Spezialisation exam Nuclear Medicine (Germany)
07/2015 - 02/2021	Resident physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster
Appointments
02/2024	Offer to a Junior Clinical Translational Professorship Imaging Host Responses-Professorship for Translational Imaging (W1 with tenure track to W2) , University of Münster (accepted)

Publications

Initial Results of 68Ga-FAPI-46 PET/MRI to Assess Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer. Backhaus P; Burg MC; Asmus I; Pixberg M; Büther F; Breyholz HJ; Yeh R; Weigel SB; Stichling P; Heindel W; Bobe S; Barth P; Tio J; Schäfers M (2023) In: Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 64(5) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Simultaneous FAPI PET/MRI Targeting the Fibroblast-Activation Protein for Breast Cancer. Backhaus P; Burg MC; Roll W; Büther F; Breyholz HJ; Weigel S; Heindel W; Pixberg M; Barth P; Tio J; Schäfers M (2022) In: Radiology, 302(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Translational imaging of the fibroblast activation protein (FAP) using the new ligand [68Ga]Ga-OncoFAP-DOTAGA. Backhaus P; Gierse F; Burg MC; Büther F; Asmus I; Dorten P; Cufe J; Roll W; Neri D; Cazzamalli S; Millul J; Mock J; Galbiati A; Zana A; Schäfers KP; Hermann S; Weckesser M; Tio J; Wagner S; Breyholz HJ; Schäfers M (2022) In: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 49(6) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)

Projects

CRC 1450 - B06: Dynamic PET-MRI for integrated quantification of molecular immune responses and their vascular consequences Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2028 \| 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
CRC 1450 - B06: Dynamic PET-MRI for integrated quantification of molecular immune responses and their vascular consequences Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024 \| 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster

Prizes

Posterpreis
Awarded by: European Society for Molecular Imaging
Award given to: Backhaus, Philipp
Announced at: 15/03/2019 | Date of awarding: 15/03/2019
Type of distinction: Best publication award