Berliner, Michael | Prof. Dr. med.

 Specialist areas:
Rheumatology 

Tel.: +49  (0)30 2094 4000
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Diagnosis and Therapy of Rheumatic Disease:

  • Rheumatoid arthritis (chron. Polyarthritis) and special types
  • Collagen vascular diseases (diseases with changes of the soft tissues)
  • Lupus erythematodes
  • Mixed connective tissue disease
  • CREST – Syndrome
  • Dermato-, Polymyostosos
  • Progressive systemic sclerosis
  • Sjögren-Syndrome
  • Antiphospholipid-Syndrome
  • Morbus Bechterew (chronic, inflammatory disease of the spine and its adjoining joints)
  • Spondyloarthropathies
  • M.Reiter
  • Reactive arthritis following infection, borelia arthritis
  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Vasculitides (vascular wall inflammations)
  • Wegener Granulomatose
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica
  • Panarteriitis nodosa
  • M. Behcet
  • Rheumatic Fever
  • Crystal Arthropathies (Gout, Chonrocalcinosis)
  • Arthropathies within other internal diseases
  • Osteoporosis (Disease with bone-mass reduction)
  • Fibromyalgia (Pain sensation under pressure. Strong pain in the tendon and muscle attachments)

Further areas of expertise:

  • Complex immunological therapies used in inflammatory-rheumatic diseases (rheumatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, posriatic arthritis and others)
  • Immunotherapy in collagen vascular diseases (lupus erythematodes, CREST, Vaskulitiden and others)
  • Complex medical osteoporosis therapy
  • Multimodal treatment concepts in fibromyalgia and chronic pain syndrome involving physiotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic methods
  • Rehabilitation concepts and classic naturopathy in rheumatic diseases
  • Arthrosonography (joint ultrasound)
C.V.
1973 A Levels
1973 – 1979 Human Medicine studies at the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
1979 License to practice medicine
since 1976 Married to Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Birgitt Berliner, three children
1980 Doctoral degree at the Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen in the subject: “Isoenzymes in hairy cell Leukemia”
1979- 1984 Part of scientific staff in the Klinik für Rheumatologie und Physikalische Medizin der Universität Giessen, Prof Dr. med. K.L. Schmidt
1984 – 1987 Further education in Internal Medicine at the Städtischen Krankenhaus Bad Nauheim, Head Doctor Prof. Dr. H.-J. Kuschke
1987 Medical Specialist as Doctor for Internal Medicine
1987 – 1999 Head Doctor of the Klinik für Rheumatologie und Physikalische Medizin der Universität Giessen, Prof Dr. med. K.L. Schmidt
1988 Recognized as Medical Specialist in Internal Rheumatology. Recognition as Naturopath
Recognition as Naturopath
1994 Recognized as Medical Specialist in Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine
1996 Habilitation at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, with the topic (in German): “The action of physical therapy on skin microcirculation. Laser-Doppler flow metric studies of rheumatic diseases with special consideration”
1998 Deputy Director, Director and Head of Rheumatology, Medical Clinic III, University Hospital Giessen
1999 – 2005 Appointed Adjunct Professor at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
2004 Head of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the HELIOS Klinikum Berlin-Buch (Academic Teaching Hospital of Charité)
since 2005 Consulting physician for Rheumatology MEOCLINIC International Private Hospital, Friedrichstrasse. 71, 10117 Berlin
Research and Science Writer and co-author of over 160 scientific publications, lectures, book and video contributions in the fields of rheumatology and rehabilitation medicine
Science projects Laser-Doppler examination of the microcirculation of the skin in rheumatic diseases, research on fibromyalgia, clinical efficacy trials of new anti-inflammatory drugs, studies on the interaction of drug and non-medical rheumatic drug therapies
Memberships German Society for Rheumatology,
German Society of Internal Medicine,
German Society for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Academy of Balneology and Climatology
Giessen Academic Society
Expertise in osteoporosis-www.infoline osteoporose.de