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 08/2024Junior Clinical Translational Professorship "Imaging Host Responses" (W1, Tenure Track)
02/2022United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 3
02/2017MD, Institute of Physiology, Department of Neurophysiology, University of Würzburg
04/2008 - 05/2015Study of Medicine, Staatsexamen, University of Würzburg

Work Experience

since 08/2024Professor and group leader "Imaging Host Responses"
since 08/2024Section head of diagnostics, Department of Nuclear Medicine
since 10/2022Senior physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine
02/2017 - 07/2024Postdoc at the European Institute for Molecular Imaging
11/2022American Board of Nuclear Medicine Certification (ABNM-C)
07/2021 - 06/2022Clinical Fellowship "Nuclear Oncology", Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
02/2021Spezialisation exam Nuclear Medicine (Germany)
07/2015 - 02/2021Resident physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster

Appointments

02/2024Offer to a Junior Clinical Translational Professorship Imaging Host Responses-Professorship for Translational Imaging (W1 with tenure track to W2) , University of Münster (accepted)

Projects

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