Specialist centres (B centres) for rare diseases

The ZSE Ulm has the following specialist centres that deal with specific rare diseases.

Centre for Rare Neurological Diseases (ZSNE)

  • Profilbild von Prof. Dr. med. Jochen Weishaupt

    Prof. Dr. med. Jochen Weishaupt

    Ärztlicher Direktor der Klinik für Neurologie

  • Degenerative diseases of the CNS
  • Inflammatory diseases of the nervous system
  • Rare seizure disorders and phacomatoses
  • Neuronal channelopathies
  • Microdeletion syndrome
  • Vascular diseases
  • Myopathies
  • Spinal muscular atrophies
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, MND
  • M. Huntington's disease
  • Rare neurodegenerative Parkinson's syndromes
  • Rare forms of dementia, FTLD
  • Rare inflammatory diseases of the nervous system
  • Kennedy syndrome
  • Neurofibromatoses
  • Phelan McDermid syndrome
  • Rare vascular diseases
  • Clinic for Neurology
  • Clinic for Ophthalmology
  • Clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine
  • Clinic for Internal Medicine I
  • Clinic for Internal Medicine II
  • Clinic for Internal Medicine III
  • Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
  • Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy
  • Clinic for Neurosurgery
  • Clinic for Orthopaedics
  • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III
  • Clinic for Urology
  • Institute of Human Genetics

Centre for Rare Neuromuscular Diseases (ZSNME)

  • Profilbild von Prof. Dr. med. Jochen Weishaupt

    Prof. Dr. med. Jochen Weishaupt

    Ärztlicher Direktor der Klinik für Neurologie

  • Degenerative diseases of the CNS
  • Spinal muscular atrophies
  • Myopathies
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, MND
  • Rare myopathies
  • Malignant hyperthermia
  • Clinic for Neurology
  • Clinic for Ophthalmology
  • Clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine
  • Clinic for Internal Medicine I
  • Clinic for Internal Medicine II
  • Clinic for Internal Medicine III
  • Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
  • Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy
  • Clinic for Neurosurgery
  • Clinic for Orthopaedics
  • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III
  • Clinic for Urology

Centre for Rare Heart Diseases (ZSH)

  • Profilbild von Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rottbauer

    Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rottbauer

    Ärztlicher Direktor der Klinik für Innere Medizin II

  • Profilbild von Dr. med. Michael Radermacher

    Dr. med. Michael Radermacher

    Facharzt für Innere Medizin und Kardiologie

    Schwerpunkte

    Zusatzbezeichnung Kardio-​MRT
    Zusatzqualifikation Kardiale Magnetresonanztomographie (CMR) Level III

  • Dilated cardiomyopathies
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathies
  • Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
  • Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy
  • Peripartum cardiomyopathy
  • Syndromes with susceptibility to malignant ventricular arrhythmias
  • Rare benign ventricular arrhythmias
  • Rare supraventricular arrhythmias
  • Congenital heart defects
  • Skeletal muscle diseases and other neurological diseases with cardiac involvement
  • Rare cardiac tumours
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Clinic for Internal Medicine II of the Centre for Internal Medicine
  • Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
  • Clinic for Neurology

Centre for Rare Endocrine Diseases (ZSEE)

  • Profilbild von Prof. Dr. Martin Wabitsch

    Prof. Dr. Martin Wabitsch

    Vorstandsvorsitzender des Zentrums für Seltene Erkrankungen (ZSE) Ulm; Leiter Sektion Pädiatrische Endokrinologie und Diabetologie

  • Profilbild von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Heni

    Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Heni

    Leiter der Sektion für Endokrinologie und Diabetologie

  • Profilbild von Dr. Julia von Schnurbein

    Dr. Julia von Schnurbein

    Fachärztin; Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin

    Schwerpunkte

    Kinder-Endokrinologie und -Diabetologie

  • Profilbild von Dr. med. Johanna Backhus

    Dr. med. Johanna Backhus

    Fachärztin für Innere Medizin und Gastroenterologie

    Schwerpunkte

    Hepatologie

  • Differences of sex development (DSD)
  • Growth disorder - short stature
  • Growth disorder - tall stature
  • Puberty development disorders
  • Disorders of weight regulation
  • Disorders of the function of the pituitary gland, hypothalamus and CNS
  • Disorders of thyroid function
  • Disorders of adrenal gland function
  • Disorders of testicular function and the male genitalia
  • Disorders of ovarian function and female sexual characteristics
  • Disorders of glucose and triglyceride metabolism
  • Disorders of bone metabolism and calcium/phosphate metabolism
  • Disorders of water regulation
  • Syndromal diseases with endocrine disorders
  • Lipodystrophy diseases
  • Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
  • Clinic for Internal Medicine I, Centre for Internal Medicine
  • Institute for Human Genetics
  • Department of Surgery I (Paediatric Surgery Section)
  • Central Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry (Hormone Laboratory)

Centre for Rare Skeletal Diseases (ZSSK)

Osteopetrosis

  • Infantile (malignant) osteopetrosis
  • Intermediate osteopetrosis

 

Osteochondrodysplasia and skeletal developmental disorders

  • Osteogenesis imperfecta
  • Achondroplasia
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia
  • Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
  • Metaphyseal dysplasia
  • Multiple cartilaginous exostoses

 

Tooth and jaw malformations

  • Oligodontia, anodontia
  • Diseases of the dental hard tissues:
    • (amelogenesis imperfecta, dentinogenesis
    • imperfecta, amelogenesis imperfecta-gingival
    • hyperplasia syndrome, dentin dysplasia,
    • Dentinogenesis imperfecta-short stature-hearing
    • loss- intellectual disability syndrome )
  • Dental ankyloses
  • Cleft palate
  • Apert syndrome
  • Pfeiffer syndrome
  • Orthopaedic University Hospital Ulm at the RKU
  • Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
  • Clinic for Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology
  • Clinic for Dental Prosthetics
  • Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Clinic for Orthodontics and Orthodontics

Centre for Rare Tumour Diseases & Tumour Susceptibility (ZSTETS)

  • Profilbild von Prof. Dr. Thomas Seufferlein

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Seufferlein

    Ärztlicher Direktor der Klinik für Innere Medizin I

  • Profilbild von Dr. med. Johanna Backhus

    Dr. med. Johanna Backhus

    Fachärztin für Innere Medizin und Gastroenterologie

    Schwerpunkte

    Hepatologie

  • Malignant neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Neoplasms of endocrine and neuroendocrine organs
  • Haematological neoplasms
  • Sarcomas and testicular tumours
  • Genetic tumour susceptibility syndromes
  • Clinic for Internal Medicine I of the Centre for Internal Medicine
  • Clinic for Internal Medicine III of the Centre for Internal Medicine
  • Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
  • Clinic for Gynaecology and Obstetrics
  • Clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine
  • Institute of Human Genetics at Ulm University Hospital
  • Institute of Pathology
  • Comprehensive Cancer Centre Ulm (CCCU)

Centre for Rare Skin Diseases (ZSD)

    • Systemic sclerosis
    • Familial lupus erythematosus
    • Hereditary angioedema
    • Scleredema adultorum Buschke
    • Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology
    • Clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine
    • Clinic for Dental Prosthetics

    Centre for Rare Disorders of Haematopoiesis and Immunodeficiencies (ZSHI)

    • Profilbild von Prof. Dr. Holger Cario

      Prof. Dr. Holger Cario

      Oberarzt Kinder-Hämatologie und –Onkologie; Sprecher d. Zentrums f. Seltene Störungen der Hämatopoese und Immundefekte (ZSHI Ulm); Leiter des Hämoglobinlabors

    • Profilbild von Prof. Dr. Ansgar Schulz

      Prof. Dr. Ansgar Schulz

      Oberarzt Kinder-Hämatologie und -Onkologie

    • Profilbild von Dr. Yvonne Pritschow

      Dr. Yvonne Pritschow

      Fachärztin für Kinder-und Jugendmedizin

    Haematopoiesis disorders

    • Thalassaemias
    • Sickle cell disease
    • Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
    • Congenital aplastic anaemia
    • Acquired aplastic anaemia
    • Ery membrane defects
    • Congenital erythrocytosis
    • Hereditary thrombocytosis
    • Myeloproliferative diseases
    • Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
    • Autoimmune thrombocytopenia
    • Rare iron and vitamin metabolism disorders
    • Ery enzyme defects
    • Haemolytic uraemic syndrome, atyp.
    • Hereditary sideroblastic anaemia
    • Congenital dyserythropoietic anaemias
    • Congenital methaemoglobinaemias

     

    Immunodeficiencies

     

    Diagnosis and treatment of immunodeficiency diseases and congenital bone marrow disorders

    • SCID (Omenn syndrome, ADA deficiency, PNP deficiency, ZAP70 defect, MHC°II defect / bare lymphocyte syndromes, reticular dysgenesis)
    • CVID and antibody deficiency syndromes, Bruton's disease
    • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS)
    • Septic granulomatosis / CGD syndrome, Purtillo syndrome, hyper-IgM syndrome
    • Osteopetrosis


    Diagnosis and treatment of children with rheumatological and autoinflammatory diseases

    • Diseases of the joint apparatus (e.g. juvenile idiopathic arthritis)
    • Diseases of the connective tissue (collagenoses, e.g. dermatomyositis, lupus erythematosus)
    • Diseases of the blood vessels (vasculitis)
    • periodic fever syndromes (PFAPA syndrome, familial Mediterranean fever, hyper-IgD syndrome, TRAPS, cyclic neutropenia, HLH)
    • Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
    • Clinic for Internal Medicine III of the Centre for Internal Medicine
    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine / Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm
    • Institute of Human Genetics at Ulm University Hospital

    Centre for Rare Liver, Intestinal and Pancreatic Diseases (ZSLDPE)

    • Profilbild von Prof. Dr. rer. med. Alexander Kleger

      Prof. Dr. rer. med. Alexander Kleger

      Leiter Pankreatologie Stellvertretender Leiter Internistische Notaufnahme- und Intermediate-Care-Station M1b

    • Profilbild von Dr. med. Johanna Backhus

      Dr. med. Johanna Backhus

      Fachärztin für Innere Medizin und Gastroenterologie

      Schwerpunkte

      Hepatologie

    • Alagille syndrome
    • Familial cholestasis diseases
    • Budd-Chiari syndrome
    • Caroli disease
    • Cholangitis, primary biliary
    • Hepatitis D
    • Hepatitis, autoimmune chronic
    • Hepatic vein occlusive disease
    • Liver disease, isolated polycystic
    • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
    • Wilson's disease
    • Recurrent hepatitis C virus-induced liver disease
    • in liver transplant patients
    • Cholangitis and pancreatitis, follicular
    • Hypereosinophilic syndromes
    • Pancreatitis, acute recurrent
    • Pancreatitis, chronic hereditary
    • IgG 4 associated diseases / pancreatitis
    • Pancreas anulare
    • Achalasia, idiopathic
    • Triple A syndrome
    • Eosinophilic oesophagitis
    • Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
    • Eosinophilic colitis
    • Short bowel syndrome
    • Hirschsprung's disease
    • Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO)
    • Gastroschisis
    • Omphalocele
    • Anal atresia
    • Oesophageal atresia
    • Duodenal stenosis
    • Genetic intractable diarrhoea of infancy
    • Congenital chloride diarrhoea
    • Rare inflammatory bowel diseases
    • Severe immune-mediated enteropathy
    • IL 10 -associated early childhood inflammatory bowel disease
    • Non-classifiable colitis
    • Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
    • Clinic for Internal Medicine I of the Centre for Internal Medicine
    • Department of Surgery I at Ulm University Hospital with Paediatric Surgery Section